I am happy to hear that! The high hopes for a revamped MTWII without that crappy UI and ugly campaign map with ludicrously designed diplomats etc. has kept me so far from throwing MTWII + Kingdoms out of the window for good... the only really cool thing about MTWII are the battles...and maybe EBII won't torture us anymore with long loading times... apart from that imho EBI is still the best strategy game around...
Keep it up, boys!!!