Yet the problems remain - You'll have to pay 10 bucks for negligible content update. And while I liked SOI and paid for it gladly, I still felt something was amiss. I understand this way you can choose what you want and still play multiplayer with others, but it really slips out of my mind why someone wouldn't want something that, after being developed and sold, shouldn't be in the game. Most of the downloadable content was stuff that could have been in the game since the beginning or released in a single pack for 20 bucks with some other minor addiction (like, for example, maybe, playable republics or the possibility to play as Pagan. Hell, I still have to understand why the option to be a zoroastrian is in the Ruler Designer when you can't play as one). Now, in that case I wouldn't have felt so bad about a full expansion, but as it is the game somewhat forces you to buy the new DLC. Which, as many pointed out, isn't necessary, but so is playing video games.
Still, there will be some SOI only mods that will force some players to buy the expansion the same. It is really the same thing, only with less content and with a bigger prize.
Sorry if I sounded a bit confusional about my post, I love you guys and I'm glad to support you but I felt a little betrayed by this whole CK2 DLC thing.