I respectfully disagree. I think IF playing balance is upset by this it can be solved easily by changing crusade objectives in GA goals.

Also it is very much up to the player who gets big in any game. Many say "this and this faction always gets big" - I see that this is up to the player... If you are Turks - Eggys and Byz hardly get superpower, if you are English, the French won't last long. It is usually the one power on the other end of the map that gets big.