Like ant farms

[Doug-Thompson]

I got all the temples... almost all towns are fully upgraded.
Really kills the fun, when you have to make hordes of peasants to be able to get a campaign going.
And i cant see where I'll have the time to build the armies when the cities are launching out peasants all the time..

You sound like a player in the mood for something drastic.

Here you go:

Pick one city to revolt, preferably a large one.

Take your garrison troops out and let it revolt. Assemble an army.

Take the city back, and massacre the inhabitants.

Now, take the obscene amounts of cash you get from the loot and build whatever you want.

Build peasants in other towns and relocate them there, in the recently "renovated" city. This will reduce squalor throughout your empire.

I've never done anything like this. I strongly suspect any popularity you have with the people will tank, and you may inspire mass rebellion. Who knows what the Senate will do, too.

In fact, why don't you save the game before you try this and tell us all what happened.

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That 'peasant forced relocation program' fix is extremely clever but is such a gamey workaround ...

I wish that was true, Spino. Whole populations are forced to relocate all the time. Go ask either the Palestinians Israeli or the Israeli West Bank settlers.

You can afford forced relocation in RTW through careful management, but at the cost of slow growth.