Well Old Celt... What a cleverly masked way to call me an idiot.

If your idea of fun is clicking on every single family member and do a little dance for each so they don't get bad traits every single turn, then by all means, click away.

I, on the other hand, like this game for it's strategic and logistical command aspect. I love moving my armies around, seizing critical provinces making deals and subjugating whole nations to Roman will. As far as observing the habits of my family members, I have enough patience for approximatively 5 of them and I don't feel (or have time for that matter) like managing 30+ governors and general witch have nothing else to do but sit there. I mean just because I set this guy up as a governor for the rest of his life doesn't mean he would normal become a vice ridden, corrupt alchoolic.

Ok... You might say that thats the way it works in real life, but this isn't real life. It's a game. And a good one at that. I think the reason the game is so easily modified is that the developers "wanted" their fans to alter it to their preferences. I think this alteration makes the game more fun without shifting the balance too much. After all... The enemies get better family members too.