Buildings and Units

[ziegenpeter]

In view of the historical correctness, wouldn't it be better to enable the recruitment of high developed units from the beginning - at least in all capitals? And capitals should have all buildings built (well, exept those which weren't built 272 BC of course)*
For example, Sparta already had Spartan Hoplites as Soldiers 272 BC, didnt they?

*I think I've read that public Thermae came up in Rome after the defeat of Varus, so way later then EBs era. Wrong or right?

[lobf]

The problem is that some cities would start out really big and developed from the beginning and it would screw with faction progression. Plus then you wouldn't really be building anything is some cities the entire game.

[ziegenpeter]

I agree, but it somehoe feels strange, playing a superpower with supercrappy spearmen as starting units ;-)

[brymht]

I think thats kind of what the reforms are about, at least on the romani side.

[lobf]

It is a bummer to be putting simple drainage in Rome in 272BC. It's also a bummer that it takes at least a half a year to travel the Italian Peninsula early on in the game. However, there's a lot of concessions that need to be made to gameplay to the detriment of historical perfection.

[Hax]

Ambrakia, Epeiros.

Antiocheia, Arche Seleukeia

Alexandreia, Ptolemaioi

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Most of the more 'developed' factions already have these kind of buildings up and running ;)