I really don't like playing multiplayer a lot of the time especially in games I feel like I don't approach anywhere close to being "Skilled" since I only enjoy a game with others when I feel like I am a contendor.
Add in the many ways Online is terrible: You are a noob, they are a noob, you are a scrub, they are a scrub, you are a tryhard, they are a tryhard, flames, trolls, and other stupidity... and often you absolutely do NOT want to play multiplayer.
I would never play Civilisation online, I would never platy genuin games of Warcraft or Starcraft online, I have never touched a real time strategy game online, I think that I'd need my head examined to play a 4x game online as well. There is no balance in any of these games you either have fun or you do not have fun and if you are not one of those people who either has fun losing or has the mindset to win you are not the one multiplayer is geared to.
The fact that no one likes multiplayer surprises me and doesn't surprise me. It surprises me because I thought EVERYONE did multiplayer, it doesn't surprise me because multiplayer sucks.
Multiplayer sucks and sucks so bad. Multiplayer rocks as much as it sucks. It needs to be in the game as much as it absolutely should not even touch the game.