Quote Originally Posted by Shadowwalker View Post
(1) Economy

At the start certain factions have control over only one province, leading to the problem (in EBI) that the player has only two realistic options - blitz until the income of the growing empire exceeds the upkeep of his forces or disband the starting army. In EBI there is - due to engine limitations - no way of turtling with such a faction AND keeping an army that is able to defend against intruders. Examples for this situation you can find with the celtic factions (except the Casse).
Why not just do with all small factions the same thing as has been done with the Casse? I.e. the faction starts the campaign at peace with the Eleutheroi. That will boost their trade. Oh, and being at peace with Eleutheroi means they don't need such a large starting army.