Well, yes, there are many things to be polished and is overall grindy, but once you get into it, there are plenty of stuff to be done, the game sort of keeps you busy and you somewhat overlook the ****tier aspects. Or at least this happened with me.
One thing that I wonder if stuff is still being improved, considering that Bannerlord is out and the original team works on other games as well, as I've noticed. Would be great if they maybe integrate the "balance mod".