Quote Originally Posted by Drewski View Post
Haven't had any trouble at all from Epiros, in fact got an alliance on turn 3 and they've kept it for 35 yrs. They have none of the Thracian states in my current game. Even then, its incredibly easy to take all of the Greek Penisula early on as Getai, but I decided not to this time, and stuck to the rebel cities. Oh until the Greeks sieged and took Byzantion one turn before I got there...well I wasn't going home was I?;)

Carried on and took Perg, Hali, Sardis and Rhodes, then signed peace treaty. Oh and then took Mytilene because it was leaving a black stain in the nice mass of brown

I agree though, the Getai have a hopeless time making money, compared to any of the "civilized" nations. Its also very difficult to produce a good Manager/one with influence (luck is the major factor), and you very quickly run out of top end health/happiness buildings, so maybe all those extra chevrons are compensation.

Didn't know that about the Sweboz, does that LV3 temple give 2 chevrons then?
Yup, Sweboz L3 temple of Tyr gives +2 chevrons/ +3 morale, vs L4 temple of Ares +1/+2. And the Sweboz can do it in any city, the only problem is that Sweboz cities start out small. So I usually hire and settle mercs throughout Germany until the populations reach the boiling point, even a level2 temple of Tyr is +1 chevron so it is really easy to assemble 3 chevron basic troops as the Sweboz.