Quote Originally Posted by Seyavash View Post
Perhaps it is personal preference but I never understood the dislike for civil wars. As your empire grows and your generals get ambitious you should be at greater and greater risk for civil war. There is a reason there were very large empires and even fewer that lasted longer than a couple of generations. Those that did last always had internal conflicts that could and did threaten the empire's survival. It should be frustrating and often occuring at annoyingly inconvenient times otherwise it isn't truly a challenge. My prime complaint about how CA implements civil wars is that they are often too predictable (Shogun's Realm divide anyone?) and thus too easy to avoid or minimize.
I love shogun 2 but the realm divide always made me very angry..... I always knew that just about when I take x settlement everyone, even my closest and dearest allies, will instantly hate me unconditionally.... rather a buzzkill considering my backlines weren't protected because my allies were there..... ugghh