Dependence on local units?

[Lovejoy]

I tend to use mercs as cannon fodder. Always when I take a city I hire some mercs to climb the walls and breach the openings etc. I care about my factional units too much and don't want them to get hurt!

[Tolg]

I tend to use mercs as cannon fodder. Always when I take a city I hire some mercs to climb the walls and breach the openings etc. I care about my factional units too much and don't want them to get hurt!

Same here. lol

[heldelance]

I always leave at least 2 slots open for mercs, generally the Galatikoi Kluddon, they're pretty much everywhere and they do a lot of damage. Perfect against light and most medium infantry, great flankers too.

[Zim]

In my Carthage game I had to raid Egypt to slow the Ptolomies stack spam at Lepki for a decade or two. Those guys proved extremely useful as flankers. Dropped like flies, but there were always plenty more.

I always leave at least 2 slots open for mercs, generally the Galatikoi Kluddon, they're pretty much everywhere and they do a lot of damage. Perfect against light and most medium infantry, great flankers too.

[softiron]

My strategy is: Full factional army and half stack containing every type of unit used in core army, following every operating army to merge and reinforce it in case of casualties