Having played a couple of more factions this morning, I would like to expound on my previous post:

+The more I play this map, the more I love it
+The more I see what goes on with my characters, the more I love it

- The economy is completely screwed. No matter what I try, I can't get enough economic buildings put up before I run out of cash. I end up basically broke and being invaded by huge stacks of Lesser Faction troops , which I cannot counter because I cannot build or train anything . This is the only weakness I can find in the whole set up.

I hate to end on a negative note like that, so I'll repeat: This is an amazing job. I would seriously put this on the same level as RTR if it weren't for the nasty economic issues. I'm quite impressed with every other aspect of the game, and can't wait to see what the finished product looks like! On behalf of the M2TW community at large, I thank you !