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This was their (NWC) last way to make some money at the expense of their reputation! I understand them, I feel sorry for them! But what else could they do! A hopeless situation! This was necessary in the development of history, like feudal fragmentation for almost any country (I don't know history well, but I know this for sure). On the other hand, now everyone knows that you can't listen to fans (unless it's with a most thorough analysis)! Because they (all of them in general) don't even know what they want themselves and think that if everything is made easier and stuffed with all sorts of interesting things, it will be much more fun to play! And then they are surprised themselves why it's so boring and wrong! For example, a long time ago playing the third one, I thought how great it would be if you could recruit an army every day bit by bit, otherwise you get tired of waiting, and for the hero to fight a little in battle, and most certainly for the army to move on its own (I'm sure many people had this idea)! But practice showed the opposite! It's that simple!