First of all it's such a relief that so many people are having problems with the last version of strategus. Correct me if I'm wrong but, this one was the shortest with respect to head to head battles and long lasting conflicts. This time, we had the NA/EU split which destroyed the old balance between clans and one side has literally crushed the other in EU part ( because of missing auxiliary or major balancing forces that used to exist once )
While I'm agreeing with the general concepts, I can add the following:
* I guess it will be impractical, but enlarging the map will be really good. Not another continent or alike but just an expansion to the north and east. After then, EU/NA split will be completely efficient and meaningful. If not possible, this split is still reasonable to be honest.
*I'm tired of seeing neutral villages being captured within minutes as there's no one to defend it. Why not giving some kind of bonus to those who participate from a faction; a bonus which can be used within that faction such as temporary crafting skill boost, strategus gold, temporary sales on strategus market ... Increased amount of XP and gold for c-rpg also would do good in means of attracting factionless players as well as the faction members. Find a solution to this, it really kills the mood of the game.