its a really fun game, and i play it on vh/vh. I think the game developers just didn't want to go too far with the features and made it a little more simpler so it would be more attractive to new gamers. At first glance RTW looks like such a cool game and this is really all you need for 90% of the people out there to buy it. I've never played MTW but i did play STW and I've noticed how MTW seems a bit generic(as in "this is just another game") and "different"(as in "too confusing") from an outside perspective. And MTW was such a hit that it wouldn't be smart to ruin a good thing by introducing new features in RTW that might curb sales away. When I was just a newb at this game, I was so addicted to it that every once in a while in my day that I couldn't play it, I remembered how cool the game was. But now that Ive become an expert, its a little bit boring. I just hope they end up designing the expansion with more strategy in mind.