Thanks. I feel I've done enough talking here. I'll let people decide for themselves once the new version is released!
We were busy with lots of other stuff when you were making the Thracian overhaul, besides I'm not sure your preferences would coincide in all changes! There's no ETA on it still, he'll make it when he has time since he's helping me with lots of other stuff
Thanks.
This is exactly what I've tried to create here. A longer campaign where you just can't rush (aka town-hopping) randomly any more throughout all the game and how the lengthy campaigns are more a kin to historical campaign lengths.
You can still rush from time to time so it's not impossible. Especially early game is easy to rush (like conquering the Daci as Getae on the 3rd or 4th turn). This longer campaign fits a lot with the standard 24 TPY that the mod uses and will probably work similar with 12 TPY once I release that version. I recommend getting some of the excellent music mods to increase immersion even further (like Tyso3's epic music pack, or the Rome 1 pack).
I do realize that this type of gameplay won't fit everyone's taste as some players prefer a faster pace and might not have patience to spend 40+ turns in defeating a tough medium-sized neighbour. But for those that do, this will hopefully be an enjoyable experience.
Now I just hope that CA gives us more deeper gameplay with their next patch (family tree, more nice features from Attila etc) to even further the immersion.