You mean the AS are no longer able to fall apart with all of those splendid messages describing its breakup??? I have never witnessed the breakup in the EB campaign before and does that mean that I will never be able to witness it anymore (I play v1.1)?

Also, can anyone please elaborate on what Hax said? Does he mean that AS does not cease to exist or even lose any of its territories on the campaign map while those breakup messages say that AS is falling apart? Then what triggers the messages?
Alas, the inclusion of Saba screwed up the messages for the AS, so 0.7 onwards you can't witness those messages.

I wasn't around before 0.8, but I think that what triggered the messages would be the loss of main cities; Ekbatana, Susa, Seleukeia, Antiocheia, Ipsos, Susa, Persepolis.

I really, really hope this could be fixed for EB2 though.