Paradox Studio are hypocrites and liars.

[mishabulanyy]

I recently read in Tinto Talks 131 that they regret the fact that players didn't like the new expansion. But what really infuriated me was their claim that they had actually tested this crap, and that the players supposedly only took issue with the content and the amount of material in the expansion.
Are you kidding me? Have you actually played this? Did you test it? Why are you lying?
All the annoying aspects of the game have remained exactly as they were since its launch. No one has fixed them.
Armies numbering in the hundreds of thousands roam across Siberia, Central Africa, and North America—traversing swamps, deserts, and forests—with almost no losses. And in a whole year, you haven’t fixed this nonsense.
Absurd alliances—like the Crimean Khanate being a vassal of China in 1400—are everywhere. How on earth did you manage to break the game like this? And there are plenty of other such examples, like Egypt supporting rebels in Mongolia in 1500.
Your entire gameplay experience consists of constant debuffs. If a player’s state begins to develop too well, either someone—with a death wish—declares war, or the player’s own allies start waging wars almost incessantly. As a result, the game turns into one endless conflict.
The game is full of nonsense like this. In a whole year, the studio hasn’t fixed a single thing, yet they still manage to churn out useless cosmetic updates. Don’t even try to lie and claim that you actually play this piece of crap or test it. Before writing such foolishness, try playing as Russia or China right before the release of a new expansion—you’ll see for yourself that the game is broken. Maybe then you’ll understand why it’s more irritating than it is enjoyable.

[Silenced]

its schrodinger's idiot, they got back lash and now are back pedalling. If the players were fine with the content they wouldn't have made that tinto talk.