Something i haven't really paid attention to before is the influence that cities have on family members or other key characters capable of gaining traits and retinues.
I noticed this yesterday when i conquered Alexandreia (Ptolemaioi capital) as Carthage. Every family member since to have passed through that city, which was my faction leader who conquered it, his son who came of age there and stayed for 2 years, an allied general from western Africa who was present when the city was taken and another allied general who is residing in the city ready to become governor when the allied general who was present when it was taken dies, have all become very, very good governors and have gained traits that indicate they have become very intelligent men.
The allied general i recruited there, despite being dull, already has a very high influence, very good management skills and a wealth of retinues that give bonuses to law and order, unrest, squalor and overall management ability.
No bonuses to leadership (as in, in a battle) have i noticed yet, but those are generally acquired by actually going to battle anyway.
If you've never been in control of Alexandreia, try it out. Start a campaign as the Ptolemaioi and watch how quickly family members and generals in that city become absolutely amazing in the field of government.
Also, i'm interested to know if anybody else has discovered any unique ability boosts that certain cities across the map may give.
The reason i find this so fascinating is because i've always said that without the traits and retinue system, EB wouldn't be worth playing, so if you sit a family member in Alexandreia for a while you'll have so many different traits and retinues that you can look at them and think, hmm, this guy would be best placed in X city, because of this trait and that retinue, he will be of a lot of use there.
Great for roleplaying.
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