I definately favor the battles slightly more. In battles there is more strategy involved than just putting troops in provences. I'm looking forward to more strategy in RTW as you can position troops on the map. Anyway, I do end up using auto for battles in campaign but usually ones I am positive I will win. Close battles I trust myself more than the computer. Either way these games have to be the greatest historical military strategy games of all time and I am predicting that Rome TW will be just plain the greatest strategy game of all time, no, greatest game of all time!!