Depends which faction you play and how you play, as the Casse the yellow or Grey death are of little concern unless you are going for global domination. I like playing Romanii and my current campaign is the first I've used FD and like MAA I'm using it to make "realistic" ceasefires instead of having to destroy a faction, also without being a slave to history I want to expand at a more resonable rate and fight all the other factions. So far it's 180BC and everyone is still in the game, the second Punic war has just ended and Carthage is just a rump, Hai and Pontus are doing well, Getai very well, Epiros is top Greek kingdom, Selucids still in the game and there's a chance that one day Augustan legions could cross swords with the Partians!
It has been tremendous fun keeping the balance of power between Aedui, Averni and Luso short sharp wars with eventual settlements. Also everyone gets legitimate handouts from the Senate.
Oh, and if you lose you have to settle to your disadvantage, hence my humiliating tribute to the Getai who gave me an early kicking in Illyria.
I want to go all the way in this one and the Legions can look forward to some serios scraps with some nicely balanced stacks out there.