- Performance tuning and stability. This is a given, really, as every game goes through this process prior to going gold. I'm pretty happy already on my fairly modest hardware (i2500K, GTX 770, 8GB RAM), but there's always room for improvement.

- Army behavior. AI-controlled armies are the second major selling point in this game, after scale thanks to advancements of the engine. There are various posts already showing off wonky army behavior that should be addressed. Currently there is too much of units shuffling around, hanging back in fights, going backwards to get into formation, not to mention going up cliffs. Furthermore we should have better controls for grouping and splitting armies.

- Unit and group responsiveness. There are a number of threads from new and old players alike commenting how it frequently takes multiple clicks or clicking in the right spot to get units to execute an order. I consider responsiveness a key factor for a release-quality game.

I have, of course, tons of other improvements I'd like to see, but I consider the above core to the game and necessary for a release-quality product. The rest can be addressed after release.

This is BY FAR the most important thing for me. If I can't make my army do what I want, I don't want to play. When others read a review that says, "you can't control your army because the UI isn't responsive to clicks", they won't want to buy the game.

They have said elsewhere March is the tentative release time.

I think we have given a lot. At this point it feels like more of a wait for Beta and then we can see what they have incorporated or not and then start to get really picky with the finer points of the game

Edit: I should clarify that feedback is obviously great, it is just that it is hard not to get repetitive at this point. I hope Beta comes soon and we can get cracking on the balancing. And hoping that many of the control bugs are fixed so they don't come up again