I hope they can be creative enough using those new tools.
Totally necessary and realistic. I also like the idea of upgrades affects only the new created troops but with the option of taking your non-upgraded troops to the blacksmith and get the upgrades (for free of course). Seems more realistic for me this way but of course it change the gameplay.
Reminds me LOTR: BFMEII where units act like this and say comments about the situation respectively. But on the other side, on this game they just speak the selected language and AOE II have this amazing and charming fact the units speaks the tongue of the actual civilization.
So putting both things together comes to my mind that at a panicking scene while I’m playing with Sarracens or Chinese for example. I’ll hear my troops screaming or speaking stressfully, scared, etc etc. on their own tongue that I won’t understand a single word (Like actually happens when I play).
In summary, this it’s quite interesting. I hope they can make great combination, using good speeches and appropriated voices for each situation as the civilization’s respective language.
Realistic moves on 3D? Sounds good
This is mandatory considering the immensity of this game and also the lack of thing that will probably have. Like for example the lack of Blood announced already here
So mods will definitively help a lot on this game.