We also found v2 a big improvement; new uses for fatigue, much clearer rules on spending fatigue and abilities, banking dice, closing ranks, and removal of all the strange corner cases around side by side, levies and warriors generating Saga dice if units big enough. All improvements, and no way is the game 'dumbed down'. On the contrary, I think there's more to to think about, but also less 'gotcha' moments with crazy combinatons from some factions, which I see as a good thing.