I've been playing these games for abt 3-4 years ever since i got Shogun. Saying that, i've never done any multiplayer games. So i'm going to ask a few questions just to clear up some confusions before i try them out.

1) I have a 56k Modem, so i'm worried abt lag. Are there many players that have this sort of connection, and if so, whats their connection to the game like? Do you suffer from tiomeouts, or regular disconnects (I've played mmporgs on this connection with only a few probs but this is a different sort of game)

2) Are there lobby's for new players? i.e. not just experienced players that like griefing newbie multiplayers

3) Are these games much different to AI games (on hard/expert)?

4) Generally, is teamwork actually teamwork rather than everyone going off on their own? (and dying to an organised grp)

5) When you join a game, whats the chances of finding yourself attacking a castle or Mountain, where a player has set up on purpose in order to slaughter you?

Cheers for any info