Quote Originally Posted by Macilrille View Post
It puzzles me that rebel slaves and minor kingdoms represented by the Eleutheroi has the technology available to upgrade weapons though, while great empires of learned cultures (like the Hellenes, carthies and Rome) with advanced tech does not... is that an oversight or on purpose, and if on purpose; with what justification?
The team wanted to get rid of the higher upgrades entirely, hence they did not give it to the advanced factions. However, the city revolt mechanism cannot be modded. I think that when a city revolts the A.I. gets a certain budget to buy units and upgrades with. It can only buy units that are recruitable in the city (unless the city is designated rebel capital, in which case it can recruit anything), but upgrades are not limited that way.