They should also bring back individual units' ability to rally rather than having it just in the general's hands. Many's a MTW battle where I would be desperately waiting to rally a unit which might just be able to turn the tide. That didn't happen in RTW, which was that game's loss.

Seriously though, we need confirmation that this is just marketing speak, and not a fundamental rejigging of the engine - faster paced battles is just not what I want to hear. What's the point of the lovely new graphics and fancy motion-captured animations if the battles are too fast to enjoy them?