Interesting faction list. I'm a little disappointed that you're not going the Eras route (One of the things I like about P&M1 is the way you use the eras to spread things out and give more small factions a chance) but all things considered it's a nice selection. Personally I tend to favour small factions and uniqueness over importance, and it would be nice if more small ones were there, but actually quite a few are (Circassia, Persia, Songhai etc.) and historical accuracy in the campaign is also important of course.

It's definately nice that things like warwagons, proper firearms logic, dismounting etc. are back, should make things a lot easier. Hopefully you'll be able to get 30 factions sooner or later.

Anyway, I'm glad that you're going ahead with a sequel and I very much look forward to it.

Antagonist