So what are your thoughts on how 1.5 is performing?

[Quickening]

Going to have to give up on this VH/VH GB campaign, just can't compete with the Huron.

On one occasion, they took Rupert's Land because my army had just left to advance on their territory. I went to assault and reclaim it but first offered them the chance to surrender... which they did. I was very happy to see that because previously the AI never surrendered even if it had only a few civilian mobs at its disposal.
I wasn't so happy when I reclaimed Rupert's Land to find that EVERYTHING I had built had been destroyed, both in the city and in the region itself. Fourteen years of progress down the drain. Considering I was already stretching my resources rebuilding my navy, this really messed me up.

Also, the United States arose as an independant nation, I have never seen that happen before, I didn't think it did in the Grand Campaign.

EDIT: Oh by the way, that means I'm impressed with the patch.