Here's another one who's been waiting since MTW.
The battles have always been the reason I played this game (and still play). The careful positioning, the anticipating of certain tactics, the management of fatigue and morale, ... The extend of realism in the tactics and concerns while commanding made the game very immersive and satisfying.

I've been living towards every new release of the series in order to 'update' my most beloved game but everytime I was put off by the comments of early buyers. The series seems to have taken a new path. A path where you try to triumph over a game rather than an opposing factionleader/ commander. Some one said it very approtiate as "M2TW is to MTW what a Disney flick is to a documentary".

I'm again, naïvly so perhaps, exited about the new TW game. The time period and some of the new features (naval battles especially) have really made me crave ETW. BUT as long as CA can't give me a game that poses a FAIR (not making up for stupid AI by giving it bonusses) challenge, I'll be playing MTW:VI for many years to come.