The first game was too much focused towards the single player, multiplayer was crap! Flaming arrows for gondor were waaaay 2 powerful and the lack of depth in units and upgrades is a glaringly apparent.
I dont want to be limited to a set number of build points, i think that is stupid.
To be honest, take rome total war, with its ability to have huge seiges against castles with massively coordinated armies, and add in the ability to build your base from scratch and then traverse across the land with your huge army towards the enemies base and you might have yourself a perfect rts.