Well, as someone who has been doing the cards it has been great for me this summer. I thought I would have had a mad rush getting things ready for 1.0 but it has been much easier with all the new unit groups. I cannot tell you everything right here (or the bosses will kill me) but basically the whole concept of needing recruitment maps and MIC tiers is no longer an issue. Neither is having 20 different spearmen units for the same faction. It is much more streamlined and much more straightforward to grasp for newcomers. I personally think it was getting silly when some people were even thinking of pushing the number of units up to the hardcoded 500 limit. So yeah, fewer units, less recruitment issues, more straightforward recruitment.