The Greek Cities

**Quintus.JC** · 02-22-2008, 13:56

Originally Posted by Mouzafphaerre

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add_population "city" -10000

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Thanks for the tip, but i prefer not to use cheat codes. Is there any great way to deal with the squalor problem without doing anything supernatural.

**Punicus** · 02-22-2008, 16:31

Take all of your troops out of the city, let it rebel, destroy the army and exterminate the population. Had to do this a couple times myself with Carthage. I'm not sure if there's any better way once it gets to a certain point.

**Good Ship Chuckle** · 02-22-2008, 17:19

I've actually never found the public sewers, baths etc, to be very effective and taking away squalor. Maybe 10% subraction at the most. The only real benefit the health facilities give to public order is the heart icons they add on the positives of public order, under settlement details.

The way I deal with squalor is to know the cities where it is most prone to strike, and then build public order buildings (temples etc) en masse. Such cities like this are Corduba, Carthage, Patavium (

), Antioch, Alexandria, Memphis, Byzantium, Selucia, and a few more. My strategy is relying on my prior experience, and knowing which cities that squalor is prone to.

**Quintus.JC** · 02-22-2008, 20:00

Originally Posted by Punicus

Take all of your troops out of the city, let it rebel, destroy the army and exterminate the population. Had to do this a couple times myself with Carthage. I'm not sure if there's any better way once it gets to a certain point.

I used to do this as well, but don't you make more money with a higher population?

**Punicus** · 02-22-2008, 20:48

I've never noticed a significant difference in my income after exterminating the populace of a settlement. I'd like to think it would catch my eye quickly but I may have not been paying attention, so I could be wrong.

**The Wandering Scholar** · 02-23-2008, 00:14

you lose major taxes but gain insane amountsnof money. Plus with a Roman faction you could have it as a senate mission to retake it, giving you an added bonus.

**Quintus.JC** · 02-23-2008, 13:25

Originally Posted by Tom0

you lose major taxes but gain insane amountsnof money. Plus with a Roman faction you could have it as a senate mission to retake it, giving you an added bonus.

With the Romans I don’t have to do such a thing because I’m able to build advanced health projects. The real trouble comes with Egypt and Carthage; both have insane population growth and no health buildings. I’m constantly hit with the plague in larger cities.