I've been toying with it since I downloaded it last Thursday or Friday. It's not bad. Still a little rough around the edges I think for MP. Lack of historical battles hurts it, because I use the battle editor. But they are looking into improving it. I'm having fun as the Spartans in my SP campaign.

Still, there are some things I like about RTR-PE over RTR VII. It's a simpler campaign without being cheese like Vanilla. And specifically hotseat works, which EB also doesn't offer. I'm still not sure if RTR-VII will run hotseat, but I'm guessing not. At least right now. Some of the scripting they are doing is a little wild.

Honestly I think they all have their place in the RTW world.

Lazy, I might pop in on Hamachi to give it a go. What days and what time are there generally people online? I am -6GMT.