Overall, I'm quite impressed with MP, other than the lag:

-> Cavalry are only uber in the charge (and boy if they charge right are they uber!), but when they get bogged down its horsemeat sandwiches for supper

-> Missile troops feel about right, not too deadly not to poop

-> Movement speed is a leetle too quick, but the lag kinda makes up for it

-> It just feels a little more polished than Rome in pretty much every department

My only gripes are:

-> Spears don't seem effective enough against infantry. In fact, spears suck at everything except absorbing a cavalry charge. Even armoured pikemen didn't cut it for me. Note that I don't expect spears to be great against infantry, but even decent spearmen get shredded by weak swords.

-> Massively depleted cavalry units (say like reduced to 3 troops) take ages to die/rout even when surrounded.


I can see myself playing a lot of MP. It's not quite like the original MTW, but it feels more like that than it does Rome, IMO, which is a GOOD thing.