1. Abandoned villages don't show on 3d map. Can see them in cloth map.

2. Need a way to demolish buildings to free up population. Population is much more difficult to control now which is good as long as we have the capacity to manage it.

3. AI committed suicide by walking alone right up to a city I had recently captured from him.

4. No shard spells can be researched. I have both Air and Earth shards but can't research any spells from these areas.

5. Tech/Magic balance is way off. I am reasonably early into the game and have already researched every spell available to me yet I'm not even to level 3 Warfare tech yet.

6. Parties as a starting point are a good thing.

7. There should be a low-level missile weapon available from the start. Perhaps a sling or crude bow.

Over all this is an improvement. But man, the balance is still so far off it isn't funny in terms of tech not being the massive chore it currently is. I really hate the impact Technology has in this game. It is just way too important and dramatic - which is so arse about for a game about magic. I think I'd prefer ditching tech altogether and using city size as the limiter to what can be purchased.