Over on the Ask Sandy thread, if I recall correctly, Sandyman stated that Spain is the baseline civilization. Consequently, ES is trying to bring OP civs down to the Spain level and UP ones up.
OpenAmp, for your opinion to be considered valid, you need to provide more information than your title and opening salvo.
If I simply state that something stinks or sucks, without providing an argument why I have made my statement, I would expect people to mock me.
I personally will be patient until the patch is released and see how the game has changed.
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