I cared a lotand some people do want more civs, and that's okey because they want to get fun.
And if you ask me, people dying to improve always use the same 5 civs. no matter how many are available.
Tournaments are played with drafts nowadays, so you're not forced to pick new civs. Damn, not even in ranked you're forced to pick new civs.
I understand that some of you might be annoyed by Aoe II not being the same than in 2003, but again NOTHING IS. Nostalgia effect is a thing guys.
Is there many problems with multiplayer & pathing ? Yes. are some new civs bonuses too gimmicky ? Yes.
Is adding civs bad perse? NO.
and tbh, there was never a more broken UT in AoE than Obsydian Arrows. but noone seemed to care, because Mayans ♥ /s