Mabye I have a different deffinition of balancing. In my oponion, a normal game has factions, some harder, some easier, but all can win. But balancing ends up giving one of the harder factions an easier win. After seeing your agrument, I agree with you Wiz, because I strongly dislike the Romans and don't want them to ever win (I can't stand them). But I just wish they had a more historical and less... kiddie. But it seems that the Romans got way more time spent on them on the other factions. The rest kind of just get pushed off to the side, and given idiotic units.