Pontos Recruitment Issues

**SpawnOfEbil** · 03-27-2010, 16:00

Playing Pontos is hard enough, but playing Pontos where you can't recruit anything from Level 1 Native barracks and only Pantodapoi and Gund-i Palta from Level 2 makes it even harder. According to the recruitment viewer, I should at least be able to get Pantodapoi from a level 1 and Pantodapoi Phalangitai from a level 2. Is there any way I can change this?

https://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1723/pontosmic.jpg
https://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4683/pontosmic1.jpg

I'm playing on 1.2 btw.

**XSamatan** · 03-28-2010, 11:42

I'm not accustomed to Pontos, the only thing I can tell you is that the Recruitment Viewer is not up-to-date with 1.2 in some cases. If you didn't changed any files of EB that affect recruitment options it is IMO linked with this. If you want to 'jump' over the levels which won't give you qualitiy troops, use add_money €€€$$$ and process_cq CITYNAME to speed things up.

XSamatan

**SpawnOfEbil** · 03-28-2010, 17:30

Thanks for the help. Is there any way to mod some files so that I can 'fix' recruitment?

**XSamatan** · 03-29-2010, 14:58

This would be export_descr_buildings.txt in EB\data (BACKUP BEFORE MODDING)

You have to search for your barracks and add the recruitment option of the wished unit of the other barrack lvl.

XSamatan

**Cute Wolf** · 03-30-2010, 11:41

oh yeah, and don't forget that Pontos and Hayasdan are linked for "Persian reform" in their MIC ranges, so in order to get some of your best troops, made sure that you have proceeded through their reform, without that, you won't be able to build any decent unit...

**Hax** · 03-30-2010, 21:02

oh yeah, and don't forget that Pontos and Hayasdan are linked for "Persian reform" in their MIC ranges, so in order to get some of your best troops, made sure that you have proceeded through their reform, without that, you won't be able to build any decent unit...

This is not correct. Pontos has no reforms like Hayasdan has. The only reform they get is when their bodyguard upgraded, and that's related to the March of Time (giving Makedonia Hysteroi Pezhetairoi, and upgrades for Hayasdan, Pahlava, Pontos and Baktria in their bodyguard units).

**Cute Wolf** · 03-31-2010, 04:13

Originally Posted by Hax

This is not correct. Pontos has no reforms like Hayasdan has. The only reform they get is when their bodyguard upgraded, and that's related to the March of Time (giving Makedonia Hysteroi Pezhetairoi, and upgrades for Hayasdan, Pahlava, Pontos and Baktria in their bodyguard units).

But as far as I know, Pontos can't built their 3rd level MIC on type 3 Gov't as a side effect of that was tied with Hayasdan Persian reform... so built type 2 Everywhere you can... (other faction can normally build level 3 native MIC on type 3 gov)

**moriluk** · 03-08-2011, 23:05

Originally Posted by Cute Wolf

But as far as I know, Pontos can't built their 3rd level MIC on type 3 Gov't as a side effect of that was tied with Hayasdan Persian reform... so built type 2 Everywhere you can... (other faction can normally build level 3 native MIC on type 3 gov)

Is this correct? I wanted level 3 factional mic and level 4 local mic in early conquered provinces (typically level 3 gov) & much later upgrade to level 1 gov and drop local mics. After process_cq I see level 3 gov only allows level 1 factional mic. Is this just how it is with them?