So what are your thoughts on how 1.5 is performing?

[Monk]

1.5 is working fine for me, as is the DLC.

Also the DLC of Warpath.

How is it working for you?

Warpath first impressions:

Decidedly average and unbalanced. The start date is 1783 but native factions (at least the Cherokee, who i played at the start) are completely outmatched technologically by the Europeans. European factions start off with colonial line fully upgraded with socket bayonets while natives have bows and arrows... As a result playing the native factions feels like playing a barbarian faction from RTW, you have to rely on numbers and rush tactics to win battles - which is very disappointing and not at all what the adviser tells you to do ("employ irregular tactics"). It feels wrong to be saddled with this kinda tech gap at such a late date.

So far Warpath is a smaller, shorter, and much more unbalanced version of the vanilla game. Lacking the option to play as the US or any of the other European factions, it feels as if the deck was purposefully stacked against you.