State of Marauder DLC at Launch on Digital

So after almost 2 years since the last major release, the Marauder Expansion is finally out on digital. After buying and playing it for hours, here are my thoughts on the package. Note that this is about the quality of the adaptation itself, not about the original faction design nor the decision to include/exclude certain features in the update.

• The style and presentation is consistent with the original game and previous expansions. No complaints here.
• The new factions are smooth to play and control. The interface is generally fluid and intuitive.
• The graphics and animations are not quite as polished compared to the previous content. Cases in point -
  • No animation (i.e. smoke and fire) when the new buildings are destroyed.
  • When defeated, the avatar of the Hundreds does not seem to have a unique pose in the victory screen. It just stands there, menacingly (not).
  • Both the avatars of the Hundreds and Keepers uses the same animation when poked on the setup screen.
• When controlling the Hundreds, the AI consistently sacrifices the Warlord first in battle. I'm not a pro at this game, but it does not seem to be a good play in the vast majority of situations. The game even gives you a checkbox in the faction sheet to protect your Warlord in battles. If there is an internal playtest of this expansion, it's certainly not done by people who knows enough about the game.
• Plenty of bugs and graphical glitches, with some features just fundamentally not working (e.g. ban second Vagabond option). This seems to be the norm of the digital version though. Can't say if it is more serious compared to previous releases since I was not there.
• Asynchronous release of the expansion on PC and other platforms. Plenty of games release on different dates for different platforms, but this game supports cross play, which means the player base is split for weeks until the expansion is out for everyone. A baffling choice, for sure. Or simply poor management on the part of the developers.

There are other issues posted on this subreddit that I didn't personally verify, so I will leave those out. All in all, the expansion works and there is a lot of fun to be had, but there are also lots of issues that needs to be ironed out. The drop in graphic/animation detail mentioned above, if intended, is especially concerning. At worst it is a sign that the developer is cutting corners and seeing how much they can get away with. As for the other issues, it would be fine if the current version is released as a beta, but as a release product I am quite irked by the lack of quality.