Recruitment information

[Poulp']

I'll take Epeiros as an example;

Using the recruitment viewer, I'll highlight troops available to level 5 regional MIC only.
If we take the recruited generals out of the picture, there are only 3 units left; Brihentin (in Mediolanium and Massalia, I won't expand further north), Indian Elephants (far away) and Scordisci Infantry (in Scorcouw).
That's three provinces where I know I'll want to install level 4 goverments. The rest of my conquest will go through the usual process; level 3, level 2, level 1.
Level 3 government allows to reach level 4 regional MIC which lets me recruit every unit everywhere (everywhere but Gaul, India and a province on the Danub).

Must I bother reaching level 4 Reg. MIC in every province ? No thanks, I'll work with province viewer and work out a list looking like this:

Arretium 4/3
Segesta 0/4
Mediolanium 0/5
Massalia 4/5

My future targets.
I can see that in Arretium I must reach level 4 factional MIC and level 3 regional MIC. Fortunately, doing so only requires a level 2 government. In Segesta, I'd build a level 3 government, build up the regional MIC, switch to a level 2 government and forget about the city, or remember just enough so that I don't waste money on useless buildings. Massalia deserve the full course, level 4 gov to level 2, building all the barracks all the way up.

[fomalhaut]

See, the recruitment viewer and the hiemstatt, still for the Red Sea Hoplite are completely different. Hiemstatt points out west of the red sea only, while RV points out east of the read sea only. :lol

[Kleitos]

hmm ..well i just looked with my rec.viewer and there are the same provinces highlighted as with heimstatt. Erythraia and Diamat. ..could it be you choose Red Sea light Infantry instead? ..´cause they are listed just below Red Sea Hoplites and the provinces highlighted then are on the east coast of the red sea.

well Poulp´ dropped some interesting knowledge here - never thought about reaching such maximum MIC development in certain provinces in doing this government upgrade course. ..thats most effective use of the recruitment viewer - thanks

[fomalhaut]

nope i definitely picked Red Sea Hoplites. and maybe our RV's are different versions?

Anyways Red Sea Hoplites could only be recruited in Axum at the second highest level anyway, not worth sending them up the Nile them being below average units anyway.

[Kleitos]

maybe - i didnt care about the Rec.viewer (V-0.9) until now anyway - by installing EB i installed it as well but didnt used it.
but now i see its a real good tool.
picked some special units with it which i never trained in my first KH campaign (used then almost only factional troops) - and im happy with them now: like the thraikioi peltastai they´re just fantastic - dont miss ´em when your campaign leads into that area!
reg. Poulp´s MIC building strategy i must revoke my enthusiasm - surely most effective to have high level MIC´s of both lines - but i guess its not as meant by the inventors.