I haven't really managed to play BW2, what with an adaquate computer and little to no time :/.
But I do miss the fact that when BW1 came out, it was so original and different. Despite all the new and original things they have in BW2 it's not the same.
I seem to remember that it was said that the Black and White series progressed technologically, and that BW5 was close to present day; or something similar.
Agreed. Not that it's the game's fault or anything, but I once had an enemy soldier wandering around in the corner of my influence not doing much (who knows why? midlife crisis?) and my good advisor was wetting himself saying my town was doomed.
Looks like a good machine, although personally I would prefer an AMD system. Generally, the hyperthreading is good for mulitiple programs; I tend to categorise Pentiums for 'normal' programs etc and Athlon's for games, but there isn't much difference. Except in the price of course!
Have fun...
:o Can you not change the height? When I played a beta you right clicked, dragged out the path for the wall, then set the height. Didn't have anything about thickness though...