Hopes: More realistic marching distances (not a big one, though)

Dreams: Also Stated.

Fears: Over Varied Uniforms, Lack of variety in faction units, bad ai...again..., more problems with the aging of family members (seriously, it gets very old with your people aging 1 year every four years), bugs upon bugs upon bugs, lack of modablity, needing an unpacker to do any modding at all, etc.