That was my fault. I made a post to goad them into making another "future plans" post, and it specifically mentioned DLC. So I think they were referring to that. Also some other people have asked about DLC too.
They already tested making the player unable to see how many enemy troops he has to fight, Mexxico told us this was tested in early development. Apparently it made the game too unfun, so it was scrapped. You never knew whether the enemy had 1000 troops or 100, so you could go headfirst into unwinnable battles and would just have to re-load the save to get out of it.