Further discussion is irrelevant untill we have seen the game really.
I disagree. I think we've seen that the Romans have gotten way more attention than anyone else. And I guess I'm the minoritity, in that I want the rest of the factions (all of them) to be given equal detail as the Romans. Even though it's called Rome Total War, Shogun still had the Mongols in the Warlord addition, and were in my oponion more fun to play as as the Japanese. And while the so called average gamer thinks of knights etc in the Medivel era, the most fun factions for me to play were the non Catholic factions. I mean, the Romans get there own advisors, all the units have the real names, and you have to play as them. From what I understand the rest of the factions have no advisors, extremely incorrect sounding and looking units, and half you can't play as. And while yes, it is moddable and I fully plan on helping anyone and everyone in order to make my favorite factions the way they should be. But in my oponion, why tailor to the casual gamer and put the backburner on the core fan group?