de-synching of games between MP player's PCs resulting in different outcomes for each player - this has happened to me playing with swoosh in a 1v1.. about 10mins into the game i try to chat and my chat options get stuck on the screen and wouldn't go away. i couldn't type to her, but we were still able to play and we could tell our games were different the way movement of troops was going, about half-way into the game.

controls - i like how you don't have to group units and they stay in formation when you click towards the enemy, but there is no ability to change your facing before hand and click on the map for your army to move any distance and keep the same facing, it changes as soon as you right click again. you can use alt to change the facing while the army is still, but that's it. i think in order to keep the facing when you want to army to move to a certain spot you have to move your camera there and face it the way you want your army to face... dunno, but that would take to much time. Any of you found a way to keep the facing?

camera - it was perfect in the other totalwars, no idea why they changed it. i was able to adjust it to almost like the other totalwars, but i have to use my mouse to rotate, when in the others i could just use the keys. and when i out it to keys for rotating i can't move left or right, i have to use the mouse... bah. something i'm missing or could we have the old controls back plz...

i would like to know a good reason for the change...

i've played a game called populous the beginning for 3 yrs which had the same type of camera movement, plus totalwar for 4 yrs.. now it's gone :(