Well, that and the whole mana bonanza (where even hiring mercenaries cost mana instead of gold for some reason), but the entire system was quickly revamped.
Not even any serious differentiation between various government types, religions, culture and whatnot. we will see now.Eh, the issue with Imperator was that the framework was just barebones and that there was nothing more than that. They got burned badly with Imperator, but. What people are affraid most seems to be the usual Paradox approach with selling the framework, then adding things on as the time passes.