when you get the game better and realize how one must play in order to actually win against a skilled opponent youll see what i mean
The game is an indisputably high micro game and its a huge issue in veteran player circles.
The most played mod for instance has taken drastic measures to reduce micro.
If you wan to witness true micro assfuckery then play as a blood heavy nation
Again if you are playing against other newbs and/or dont care about winning you can play as you wish.. if you are playing a veteran you will be spending up to hours on a single turn starting mid game. and youll still make mistakes
Gathering blood slaves with multiple blood mages spread out over your whole empire while paying attention to unrest/taxes and swapping items around for maximum effect can ruin the game.
Its not just blood nations either.. they are just the most extreme example. Another great one is non CBM machaka and swapping fever fetishes between leaders.
even research/ item construction management becomes tedious when you have more then 25 mages (which you will need in order to be even remotly competitive)
Having to set up battle plans every turn (if you want to actually win against somebody who does) and creating spell chains while swapping gems around is also fun. Ive spent over an hour in a 1vs1 game just planning a battle.
Dont forget there are some shortcuts though.. you can save orders for instance for later use
edit: ah paying attention to supply lines and the amount of supply is also a dickpain.. have fun when your huge army you thought was gonna wreck havoc starts to starve on the turn you were going to attack because you moved it into the wrong province (or not even that.. maybe you just miscalculated the supply and if its enough) because there isnt an advisor warning you. Maye there is a way to test if there is enough supply.. if there is it isnt obvious.. so basically i have to resort to literally counting up my total army size (as in add the size of all units) then see if the province has enough.. taking other factors into account