Went away from this game somewhere in May last year, now got back to 1.5.7.
Game feels more balanced and mature, but still development has been disappointingly slow.
Except quests (still not that much and very simple, static, badly written), there's very little new content.
I mean, there have been mods about rebellions for a while now, now its in a game, yey, but like 20% of what mod does. Lords cant rebel and create new kingdoms, no alliances etc.
There's child education, that's a cool feature, but still not much else has changed, just balancing and fixing bugs, creating new bugs, then fixing them and creating new ones an endless loop with very little new features.
Game still lacks heart and creativity. Grind gets boring too fast.
Cant exist without mod, but even with mods there's lackluster of stuff to do in the game.
Badly needs more diplomacy options, real NPCs, faction quests, clan infighting and intrigue, nemesis system perhaps, peace time activities etc.