I think the battle speed is a welcome change. Some battles in M:TW took over an hour to finish (I remember someone mentioned a Mongol Horde battle that lasted 5 hours.) In the beginning of any campaign I almost always personally do the battles, but once I get past 75-100 years I start auto calcing a lot. When I have something like 4000 vs 5000 every few turns it gets a bit annoying and drawn out.


Sethik