Meh, I think it's a wording thing. While reading your thoughts I got the distinct impression that what you were saying was not exactly what other people were getting out of it. While racist isn't the word I'd use, I don't disagree that it would be nice if the base game provided a better experience for the new world mechanics. Basically I think the Barbarian cities could stand to be a bit more complex. Unfortunately for me, I get some serious lag when I play LOR for too long so I usually stick with plain old BTS. But it does help with the new world issue quite a bit.