As stated playing the latest version, have been regularly updating and revising the getai since first release of eb2. The bodyguards are not the issue ( I lost a general in turn three of latest game so only 2 of the 3 normal bodyguard units), also disbanded half the cavalry and 2/3rds of the starting merc pool to try and recover but v hard (180 gold per turn surplus) with income still dropped to 50%.

The roving armies tend to find and sit on watchtowers, if you build watchtowers they attract roving units like moths to a flame. Two games ago i built three watch towers and within 2 turns all were occupied from armies outside of my borders.

IMHO the faction isn't feasibly playable at the minute with the usual caveat of me just being rubbish.

You cant attack North, the roving stack near sarmisegetusa is too strong, east you can take the coastal town but then are too weak to take a third town (you have to assault, you can't afford to wait 4 turns), NE there are two roving stacks and it takes too long to reach the city to make a fiscal difference. South is possible but again the roving defending army has better units than you and you end up with the same net result as heading east, too weak and broke to proceed.

Historically weren't the getai rich...which is why the romans went for them?