7/9/2019

There were times I played this game out of pure spite. The first (and last) nation I played was Judea. There were 15 attempts. Once the ball got rolling, however, my nation was unstoppable.

And that's the problem. When you get unstoppable, the game is very boring since the internal politics are too easy to manage. A lot of people online are making hay over the mana issue. While it does suck, I'm not sure that removing it is the silver bullet everyone seems to think. Internal politics (especially in a Rome game for Christ's sake) is where most of the mechanics should be--I'd say 50-60% of the game should revolve around people--like in CK2. Right now internal politics is around 15-20%.

I'm not sure how they'd change the game so much to accommodate. I wish them best.

7/9/2019 There were times I played this game out of pure spite. The first (and last) nation I played was Judea. There were 15 attempts. Once the ball got rolling, however, my nation was unstoppable. And that's the problem. When you get unstoppable, the game is very boring since the internal politics are too easy to manage. A lot of people online are making hay over the mana issue. While it does suck, I'm not sure that removing it is the silver bullet everyone seems to think. Internal politics (especially in a Rome game for Christ's sake) is where most of the mechanics should be--I'd say 50-60% of the game should revolve around people--like in CK2. Right now internal politics is around 15-20%. I'm not sure how they'd change the game so much to accommodate. I wish them best.