u/Zeranvor

Despite being the economic and cultural center of China for the past thousands of years, all you can do is farm and fish which makes pitiful amounts of money compared to going south of the Yangtze and capturing the powerhouses of Danyang and Poyang.

If real life was like this game, Sun Wu would've have an entire army decked out with the most advanced armor and weapons and rolled over Shu Han and Cao Wei in 2 years.

or is it just explained by “when the boss joins the good guys trope”

Shae will never be dethroned from her top dps position I guess