This thread is becoming negative. Here's a small positive contribution. I've got further on my med/med Julii campaign - 220bc reached enough popularity to make a bid for power.

All the factions I have defeated - Gauls, Spanish, Britons and Dacians - have fielded bigger and better quality armies than pre-patch. As a result, there have been some epic decisive battles. And I have not even started on my formiddable Roman rivals - Scipii has N.Africa and Brutii have all Greece/Macedon and are finishing Thrace.

I really like delaying Marius - triarii are actually very good against barbarian noble cav - and also the date is not so long that you can't use legions. (By contrast, in MTWs patch the wait for longbows etc was a little long.)

I am still not bothered by the battle move or killing speed - from STW onwards, I've used pause so I guess it is not an issue for me. I actually appreciate it - I've fought 140+ battles, many minor. If things moved at STW or MTW speed, I suspect I might have burnt out.

The key test for me will be after this campaign. I also had a blast pre-patch as Julii and then my interest in RTW just fell off a cliff (too easy?); I hope this is not repeated. I may have missed this, but does anyone know what if anything the patch has done for the difficulty levels?