I have an Aedui game going right now. The starting seems way less annoying than the Arveni starting for some reason.

Anyways, good advice, thanks. Those Leuce Epos and Celtic slingers are amazing, I already knew this from my Sweboz and Roman games.

I still think the gaul spearmen suck. I just use them as garrisons, to hold the line and to boost my numbers now, and they seem to work well enough so far against other gauls. Slingers, swordsmen and cavalry really do most of the work in my battles.