Typo,
I've been at war with 20 other nations in Europa before. Carrying on diplomatic maneuvers, troop maneuvers, adjusting religious tolerance (yes EU actually treats religion, and does it fairly and well), and raising troops all in RT.
As I noted, do you take the exact same amount of time every turn in Civ? There is no difference between taking a little longer in a turn here and there than in dropping the time setting.
And EU is NOT a simpler game than Civ. it is different, but it takes into account factors that Civ does not (such as religion), plus it has more diplomatic options than Civ had. You don't do all the individual builds like one does in Civ, but in terms of overall game depth, there is no differnce. It has depth in different areas than Civ.
As I said previously, I don't want Civ to be RT. My point is that one does not need to make a RT game a click0fest, it can be a true strategy game.