Quote Originally Posted by Paltmull View Post
Well, it's a good thing for the AI, but I think it kind of adds to the immersion if you lose population when recruiting. It gives the feeling that your soldiers actually are citizens of your state or tribe.
Except that they'd be more likely to come from the rural regions, rather than directly out of the most populous cities. Which wasn't respresented in the RTW engine at all. Furthermore, it will reinforce the reality that (particularly the Hellenistic kingdoms) relied very heavily on mercenaries, not levies or militias.