Based on the responses it seems that most people are unwilling to grant CA the benefit of the doubt and assume that they put an awful lot of time and effort into improving the tactical AI as opposed to resorting to hidden bonus type shenanigans for AI controlled armies. Can't say that I blame these people but should CA's claims wind up being considered false or grossly misleading the public outcry from the TW community would be massive. Basically I doubt CA would be so underhanded and/or stupid as to try and pull the proverbial wool over our collective eyes.

The relative openness that CA has exhibited via these developer blogs has only increased my optimism for MTW2. Not that I'm quite ready to jump off the fence and pre-order my copy but stuff like this certainly brightens my spirits.