I'm not disputing that there are still bugs, and some of them are extremely frustrating, but IMHO the average user is going to be more annoyed by the pathetic AI, the constant pathing problems, and the advisor who just won't stay turned off. I've played the game for not quite a year now and had two crashes (Admittedly I know about and avoid the wooden walls bug), both of which could've been related to other tasks I was doing in the background. That's exactly why I call the crash bugs insignificant.

The game is about as stable as games get. The gameplay bugs aren't, IMHO, as frustrating as some of the deliberate features, like the disconnected strategic and diplomatic AI.

There are a lot of good reasons not to buy MTW2 and especially Kingdoms, but I don't think bugs are one of them. My 2 cents.