I think they're doing poorly on a downward trend unfortunately, Played this game the least of any totalwar game so far. Medieval 2 was frustating as well until I added a couple mods and then I more than happy with it, played my usual years months of fun. I don't know much about modding except I see modding people griping about tools promised but not delivered, with mikes blog ( which I like for it's honesty and people take too much exception to ) saying they'll have to stop working on it, it's extra-lame to not help the modders fix things for them.

This is the first totalwar game I've purchased since mtw without waiting till it sounds like most bugs have been fixed, and it's the last I'll purchase until seeing a couple months of feedback.

Also, I want CA to be successful as this is one of only 2 games I play,