heh, I actually would have liked to see more non-roman factions.
Come to think of it, I would also like some roman-like factions as well, as long as they are something more than completely identical to the already existing ones, except in clothes of a different color.

Speaking of which, is there gonna be any difference between the three houses in terms of units ?
I don't remember anything about it, and while a different starting position makes for _some_ variation, it would be worse than MTW, where at least playing yet another catholic faction meant not only a different position but also quite a bit of different troops (think of all the "unique" units: hobbies, jinettes, swabian swordsmen, italian light infantry, longbowmen and billmen, vikings, szekely...).