Yeah, I paid attention in TRP to some degree (mostly because I love playing the Soviets). Still, it could be so, so much better. I'm impressed by podcat's confidence but I hope it is warranted. Will the weather be a big player this time around?
I know I'd love to see the effects of monsoon rains, rasputitsa, hurricanes, snowstorms, as well as short-term events like fog, sandstorms, flash floods, etc. Being a big-time fan of the East Front, it would be a delightful change of pace for a section of the front to seize up for reasons other than the AI falling asleep. I mean how cool would it be for the German advance to stop dead - from the front end all the way to the rear echelons - because of a giant winter snowstorm? Likewise for a huge Pacific hurricane causing Japan and the US to redirect their CTFs. That's immersion.