Rome 2 Patches, Hotfixes, Betas and Such (patch 17 live!)

[Slaists]

haha, why on earth would you do that, i get 50 or a 100 of them running around just by converting them, kill literally 100's more because they annoy me - trouble is it's all a waste of money, and it turns Total War into something else, like a really stupid spy game

when i say it needs a tweak i'm being generous in my description

LOL, somehow, I never run into this problem at the same scale as you. At most I've had about 20 of each agent type and that happened when playing as Seleucids I allowed my Eastern Satraps to rebel (resulting in many factions sending their agents into my territory). In most times: I have just slightly above my max.

The main reasons why I use agents: 1) to counter the AI's agents; 2) to push regions of my allies into rebellions [an authority focused spy + a dignitary work really well]; 3) crowd control (of AI armies) - any successful agent sabotage action will stop an army from reinforcing.

Money is usually not a problem in TW even on legendary difficulty (except at the campaign start, but then, agents are not a big problem either).