Quote Originally Posted by mogami View Post
It's not the garrisons that determine who gets attacked at start of game. It's where the starting armies are. If the getai don't attack histera they will be 20k+ in the hole before they capture any other town. They are forced into that attack (or they can disband their army)
Interesting, that would work too, and perhaps with less unintended consequences than a worldwide increase of garrisons. Though I'd still like to see bigger garrisons in places like Syrakousai.