In today's beta 5.3 release, the initial funding of all factions was returned to 5000 BC. (Wealthy may get more, haven't checked.) It was discussed on the live stream, and is a mechanism to get the early game started faster. Very well.
The problem is that the numerous custom factions that I have created don't know this. First one I tried got 1000 BC. Which means, I am thinking, that all my custom factions are at a huge disadvantage. And there may be other changes that are not as obvious that affect old custom factions.
Which leads to my question: wouldn't it be possible without too much trouble to allow the player to edit his custom factions so that he can update them as the new releases come out, as they will be doing regularly for some time, even after release, with the expansions, dlcs, patches, etc.
And/or wouldn't it be possible to indicate what changes in a patch will affect custom factions and/or provide a means to update them.
Something to prevent having to recreate the factions one more time; when you get to 10+ it becomes a bit of a chore.