Quote Originally Posted by Blxz View Post
I had a look at your save game and have been playing it for the last 5 game years. The major thing that I think is giving you trouble is that your whole country is very badly set up. It reminds me of te Western Roman Empire in barbarian invasion. You are not set up economically or even very well defensively.

Some of the main things I noticed was that you have bad garrisoning, I found a general and a unit of Equites Extrodinarii in Capua. That horse unit is 700 mnai a turn. Meanwhile you are fighting in iberia with light iberian spearman. I have nothing against those spearmen, they have their place. But those horses should be moved up.

Secondly I found lots of client rulers. I mean LOTS! You had all your homeland governments with Type 1. EVERY other town had a Type 4 government except for Syrocusae with a Type 2. Each town had a client governer or sometimes 2. Those guys cost money...lots. Between 500 for a gallic king up to about 1200 for a Hellenic horse. But you had no shortage of family members, I found 6 of them in Roma. Unless you are roleplaying I seriously think that is a bit of overkill.

In those 20 turns that I played, I managed to kill off all your client rulers, rebuild Type 2's in all towns, lose 1 town (shame) but take back 2 of the enemies (as well as Patavium which you were siegeing at the save start point) by moving up some of the garrison troops.

You can win, but you need to look at your overall financial security when building your empire next time. Type 4's are good for getting military units from other cultures but generally have public order negative hits and other stuff. Try and ease up on the client rulers too, I know lots of generals is fun but they do cost.
That's great advice, can you tell me in more detail how I can set up my economy for success. I am trying to build schools in all my cities in a different game with the Romani, and I have gone to greece first to campaign. I feel like I can take over the Hellenes, and at the same time leave carthage alone who will contend with The Luso's in Iberia while I build a few legions. Any more details information or tactics for ruling the world.... LMAO, I get it giddy thinking about it. I must be the only one who'ss 1.90 meters guy who has a Napoleon complex.