Features and game mechanics that should have come as standard were never even planned to be in the base game. You really can't play this game without a mega **** ton of mods. And even then, it's playable but still feels empty. Not to mention the one mechanic that should be the most important for the devs, "War" sucks, has always sucked and by all indications, will continue to suck till a modder fixes it. I don't mean battles and sieges btw. Those still suck ass. I mean the way war between factions are set up and conducted.