LOL just because you take along time does not mean everyone else will, i can beat RTW useing my fav mod SPAQ in about 2-3 days sometimes 4 depending on what faction i use, i spend 15-20 hours a day to do that but i can do it and have done it. Also most of the time in RTW is spent moving your army more then anything else EAW just speeds that part up, but with the slowest speed setting you can slow it down and i am sure mods will being adding in hundreds of planets+ even slower speeds for the die hards who want truly long epic wars.