Well I've been going through a Julii campaign so far, even though I've modded all factions except the senate as playable, and I'm starting to warm to the campaign map design a little. My main issue so far is the blatent stupidity of the AI on the campaign map. It's either cat and mouse chases, or pathetically weak attacks that are doomed to failure. I dislike the zoom levels and the general tiled RTS look of the map. With regard to battles I still feel that cavalry are overpowered, even light cavalry. Morale is pathetic, 90% of the time either one side or the other routs if their hit by any kind of flank attack. When it comes to battles, Rome's battles have got absolutely nothing on either Medieval or Shogun. Also one of my pet hates is the lack of the "engage at will" and "hold formation" functions, instead I seem to have units that seem to be always on "engage at will", and even if I order them to attack a specific unit they often attack randomly.

I am warming to it though...