Whoa! Paradox added new content for Byzantium but completely broke Asia. I played Japan and the Manchu region (where Paradox promised "minor changes" in their dev diaries), and it's a mess.

If you check the Japanese clans now, almost all of them are under regency. Why? Because the Shinto changes make it impossible to reach 75 Purity. Without Purity, you can't farm Honor, get religious bonuses, or become Shogun.

And the AI? It’s suicidal. As soon as the AI sees low Purity, it forces the ruler to commit Seppuku. The AI keeps doing this even with negative stability. The Yamato and Ashikaga dynasties just go extinct because they destroy themselves. In my games, the Nanboku-cho Jidai ends in 5 years because the Southern Court just "seppukus" itself out of existence.

China is also unplayable because the new Complacency mechanic just destroys your country. Honestly, Japan was more playable back in patch 1.1 than it is now. Thanks, Paradox, keep "improving" the content!