Moats seem very hopeful, BUT they'd better serve a good purpose and be implemented well. If they don't block latters and siege towers, then what's the use really? Maybe they will come up with an option to build those piles of sticks (make em flamable too) that we used to fill in stuff like that, so that a path could be opened up for a ladder team or a siege tower? The other thing would mean that it'd force you to bring your own artillery and then build a whole crap-ton of these bundles and hope you can make a hole and get it filled in. Sieges aren't nearly hard enough on the attackers, IMO. I guess for me, the bottom line is that I hope this MEANS something in terms of gameplay instead of just lame eyecandy.

As for the campaigns, that's all well and good, but I do not want something like Alexander where you're rushing against a clock/timer counting down. If it's just like VI or BI then I'll be fine.