Quote Originally Posted by Morgoth101 View Post
One thing, though- when i start with a roman faction, 1 of the 2 starting cities(Ariminum, Capua, and Croton, usually) go down into negatives pretty early. I've tried everything, but it doesn't work. It slows down productivity quite a bit. Does anyone else have this problem?
I used to have it when I recruited more troops than needed. Your starting armies with perhaps a few Hastati later on from a non-primary settlement are enough for your conquering needs early on. Build +pop and +trade buildings in your settlements and soon you will have more denarii than you know what to do with. Your performance will vary based on faction and chosen straregy though.

For example as the Brutii the other day I rushed for Sicily and took both the greek and cartagenian settlements, making the Scipii attack Greece proper instead. That slowed the aquisition of Athens, Sparta and Corinth but I still got them, even though the Scipii got Arretum. Still a fun game though and I am using slavery to boom the two starting cities in Italy and already I'm way more developed than exepcted fro the year.