Great news, great news indeed. I played a scarce few games in MTW online, but the ones I do I remember and cherish. I remember having a classical battle in a 3v3, in which my opponent and I dueled out with skirmishers and Pavise's for a bit when our fellow teammates launched massive attacks at each other from the start. Suffice to say, I came out on top, just barely, and mopped up the battlefield with my intact army. My allies and enemies across the field had all but annihilated each other in the melee.

In RTW, my only memories are people spamming 15 Egyptian pharaoh cavalry and 5 Egyptian royal archers, and never being able to beat the vicious blobs or cheap tactics that ruled.

This news on the return to the MTW kind of multiplayer is heartening, and I hope that it will play out more like MTW, and not RTW.

And guys, how about instead of speculating about combat speeds and such and tearing into each other's opinions, we wait for the next Blog? He has clearly stated that the next blog will be about morale and fatigue. And considering they most likely know most people the frequent a developer blog are hardcore fans, his statement that we'll love the upcoming news seems like a good sign to me.