I stopped to play the game long time ago because of the bugs. Now reading about the vanilla mod I am tempted to start playng again - but I should like to ask some questions before (I read the changelog and didn't find anything about this):
1. Is the shield bug fixed? And if it is fixed is it fixed as it should be or it is left as one of the first fixes - just by adding some more armor instead of the shields? Actually this is my main concern after H weapons bug.
2. Is the wrong type of defence towers bug fixed? I mean ballista towers shooting cannons before gunpowder age and when upgraded cannon towers shooting as ballistas depending on the size of the town?
3. Is the design of the fortress bug changed so the enemy cannot anymore just walk through the walls into the inner fortifications (not at all fortress designs)?
4. Is the expolit fixed when you can kill any inquisitor just by circling him with troops and them squashing him with another troop?
5. Is the missile defenders shooting in a plain air instead at the enemies bug fixed?
6. Is the polearm units bug fixed when the polearm units were changing to the secondary weapon when charged by the cavalry and thus being easily slaughtered? The yearly fixes just removed the secondary weapon but as a matter of fact a polearm weapon should be useless against any infantry with shields?

I hope at least some of those bugs to be fixed if possible so please look at this as a suggestions