Looking forward to this new update, thought I'd let you know how my own campaigns are going in the meantime. My Celtica campaign is nearly done I think, we have no possible rivals anymore, we formed Brennonia, united with the Gaulish culture and will have finished the Annexation of Gaul in four years once I've integrated our Lingonian vassals. Playing very vassal heavy, all of Iberia save the Suebi and Carthage are either vassals or tributaries and got Iceland and Norway as vassals ages ago, so Scandinavia is next. I have all the colonial countries save Brazil, including the East India Company, and I just started on Brazil. I've seen Gaul form Dual Celtica in observe mode before, can is that a formable for Brennonia too, or just the Gauls? If it is, I will at least finish up the mission tree, otherwise I think it's safe to put this one to bed. I started another campaign as Nekharot, made the diabolical deal with Macedon and formed Israel. Conquered most of the levant and currently fighting my second war with Aegyptos. Been great fun so far, though I do hope they get a more expansive mission tree in the future.
Love that North Sea Empire color too. Funny enough that's the same color Galatia has in Imperator: Rome's Invictus mod. As I did a long campaign between games as them.
Changing Cloth to Silk. Now that's just dang impressive as a reward. Doesn't sound like much I know but the Trader in me heard that and felt that little glee over it.