1. I can add that rushing is completely disinterest. Civil war you say, I've played it around 70 bc and it was stunning war, not this shit in the beginning.

2. hmm. I didn't play darthmod, so can't say is better/worse in that aspect than other mods (EB, RTR, RS).

3.AI will betray you anyway!

4. From my exp, reinforcement's generals don't get anything *(sadly)..

5. don't know. (for myself I found chariots rather annoying than dangerous);

6. I guess failed kill mission(dead assassin) will result an alliance broken or, if neutral, war will be declared. Succesful cutting their family tree don't affect relations, but who knows?

7. 1.6 is a patch for BI... BugFixer, described here https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=55464

8. they can have wifes -- so probably children too :) ...