Against 4tpy...

[Atraphoenix]

@Parkev
At first I tried to change EBBS with monthly system, 11 summer 1 winter but as you know we have more than 1100 turns in EB, many players are already blitzers. you can conquer whole map less than 500 turns if I add monthly turns that means 1100 x 3 = 3300 turns and a bit more.
To reflect the realism I have changed movement points and it works on RTW, BI, Alex , EB even on Alexander EB.
On the other hand as we have no chance to increase the numbers of the cities even in Kingdoms, I prefer to use second solution I still play Eb with it.

The Persian Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius I of the Achaemenid Empire in the 5th century BC. Darius built the road to facilitate rapid communication throughout his very large empire from Susa to Sardis: "centralized rule is the victim of time and distance". Robin Lane Fox has remarked in this context.[1] Mounted couriers could travel 1,677 miles (2,699 km) in seven days; the journey from Susa to Sardis took ninety days on foot. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote, "There is nothing in the world that travels faster than these Persian couriers." Herodotus' praise for these messengers—"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor darkness of night prevents these couriers from completing their designated stages with utmost speed."—is the inspiration for the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service.[2]

I have opted realism and I prefer it to game playabilty. But even I did not dare to increase movement points so as to travel from susa to sardis just in 1 Turn....
On my campaigns with Realist movement mods I find AI more agressive against me so it does not take 3 YEARS for AS to send reinforcements from Seleukeia to Northern Border (Margiane) even I find 9 mounts (3 turns) unrealistic.
so I have not had any problem on increasing movement point though I did not tested the possible maximum limit.

in my signature you can see my mod's screenshot (The realist Movement Mod).

P.S. I support levies should be in 0 recruitment but I had already got tired of modding EB, so I am waiting for EB2....
But I hate road-runner traits for generals (current EB system is fine) so I do not wanna try more traits to increase the movement points.

MONTHLY TURNS OR INCREASED MOVEMENTS,
I wish we had another solutions.....
(AFAIK enlarging map twice is meaningless)