After reading frogbeastegg's last post I have to say you don't seem happy. Like I said before, it is better than RTW in all areas (it even has better graphical glitches... ), but in a lot of those areas it is only marginally better...

I will have to try a game as the Saxons to examine what you report, the starting funds seem excessive, more than the WRE if I recall rcorrectly...

As for the AI aggresssiveness on the strategic level. One thing I have icked up on is that the game is balanced to pretty much maintain the status quo and to let the hordes be ther driving force in the game which means that if you stablize your land quickly it will have a significant period of piece...