I agree wholeheartedly. There is a balance between CA responding to good feedback and being trigger happy and responding to every issue raised in the forms with a tweak. I do believe the feedback in the forums can make for a better game - some of it. I bet the Dev's have a hysteria filter

If you are unhappy with the game stop for a minute and take a look at the forest not the trees. Are there other strategy games, set in this game era, remotely close to this one (other than other TW series)? EU II (III out next month!) - maybe better campaign strategy but if you have issues with unit animation and battles - forgedaboudit - there are none in that game to speak of. Knights of Honor - fun but hardly historically accurate and has cartoon graphics. AoE III - same. etc., etc.

CA are breaking new ground with this series of games. They take pains to create historically appropriate game elements and they deserve recognition of that. If you didn't know anything about Medieval History or warfare and you play M2, or M1, you may actually learn a few things. They also support the community in various ways, read the forums, issue patches, support game modification. They're not perfect, the game's not perfect, but it is definitely playable. When I think of all the junk games I wasted money on over the years I still think this was $50 well spent.