Would you be satisfied?

[sunsmountain]

What good will that do if they aren't considered to be problems?

They will become problems for CA if you make them fact: Solid replays that can be downloaded, replayed and viewed with criticism of the Rome:TW engine. Videos are even better since people are lazy.

What good will that do if they aren't considered to be problems? Getting the game to play without it crashing is the big thing for the developer. Gameplay issues are secondary.

Yes, the game is pretty crash free. That means the ground work is done right. Gameplay issues to you are not necessarily gameplay issues to them, unless you make your point convincing.

One of the ways to make your point convincing is simply creating a custom battle, with specific units you would like to test, and show in the replay that the AI is making a stupid decision and where. All this takes is playing the battle, noting the AI mistakes (they will be plentiful if we take your word), and making a post with the attached replay. Use pause and note down the times during replay.

Unfortunately, playing the game for many hours only to find that it wasn't worth the effort is, in a way, worse than the game being unplayable because it crashes. At least you don't waste a lot of time on a game that won't run as you do on a game that turns out, in the long run, to be not worth the time and effort required to play it.

Well if you want to prevent other gamers of suffering your fate, the least you could do is play a few more hours and point out exactly what made you quit this game. I assume you are no longer playing Rome, or are you?
If you want these series to go back to the superior days of Shogun, you have to make your case convincing. Listing your grievances is a first step, and my god you seem a library for it. Perhaps me and others can help you complete this endeavour, and make Puzz3D a nail in CA's coffin.

Until that time though, all comments are moot. MTW2 isn't finished yet, and here we are, dreading in anticipation... only battle replays might make a dent... note that videos that were made showing AI dumbness in the past did result in improvements in the patch!

How sad especially when many people bought the game because they were interested in history.

Look, i like Head Hurlers. And I especially like the Egyptians. If I want a history lesson, i'll go and study history. CA is not Microsoft, they can't cater to both historians and gamers while maintaining creativity. History just isn't that creative, and that is a fact. If Egyptians looked like Greeks, that wouldn't have helped the historical debate on any level, it would simply present another opinion on what things looked like back then...