good news coming from BI
i'm reading ood things over at teh TWC..the shieldwall seems to do it's job (especially against cav)
in a test battle of phalanxes the AI held a line (!YES!)

but, i guess..EB's decision for going to BI is not dependent on fixes, but more on moddabilty...

about modabilty i've heard all factions are playable..