After Empire...

[Monk]

A valid point, but I think you know as well as I do that it's highly unlikely CA will go back in time for an ETW expansion. Particularly if Empire ends in 1800 (and not 1820, as originally stated) -- which does seem to be the case -- a Napoleonic campaign is simply too good an opportunity for them to pass up.

Know what I would love to see?

If they do go the Napoleon route I would love to see a number of campaigns. One where Napoleon has just seized power and the other where his empire is already at its apex. True, it's highly unlikely.. but the TW player in me is starved for a challenge. I wanna fight the the new ETW AI with it having the full strength of Napoleon's army and empire behind it.

Bring it on I say!

[Arcana]

Although I'd like a Shogun II (I'm unable to play the first Shogun - nVidia 8-series and all that), or a Rome II with an up-to-date interface and not-quite-so-invincible generals as it ended up being after 1.3, I would also like a Mongol: Total War.

I know technically this would be set around the same yime period as M2TW but I was thinking setting around Mongolia, Indo-China and the Middle East. Granted, the Mongols would be WAY overpowered, but it's not the first time that's happened in a Total War game (I'm looking at you, Roman Empire...).

Whatever they do, I hope the emphasis can be shifted away from repetitive siege battles and onto more open warfare, as I think they've tried to do with Empire. There's something mightily annoying about the 'meat-grinders' you get when you attack a city...