Well, I think the thread died down because of it's nature, trying to find an ultimate florin level that everybody who isnt a noob MUST PLAY until RTW comes out. That never happened because it is going to be impossible to change people's minds without actually playing for some time. I dont think anybody "won" or anything.

If you want my opinion, I think that the situational factors will make more of an effect at lower settings because of the lower strength and morale of the troops. Since it is harder to survive a charge, hills would seem a bit more important for their charge-slowing ability. I do not know about rain, however. I dont know a lot about the stats and how things are calculated, because the game relies on a lot of voodoo math to calculate everything. If I had more than just a suspicion of something, I would have been more active in the thread.

How strong should situational factors be, in your opinion?

Also, I think that many of the people at the NET read only the "recent topics" list, and cannot be bothered to navigate to the forums when the link disappears beneath the bottom. Try bumping the thread.