Quote Originally Posted by Owen
This is an issue on normal unit size for most of the barbarian cities as well. Only Patavia, Alesia and Corduba are definitely immune, though it's possible Londinium can also be added to that list.
Not just for Barbarians, but some Eastern nations as well. I rather like it, and gives a sense of realism unlike most other strategy games. The problem is with the AI. It tends to think of soldiers as a infinite resource and uses them as such. For example, it will send wave after waves of full stack armies against your well defended cities without changing it's tactics. It just figures the next stack of 1200 spearmen should break through, and if they don't another stack should do it next time. After 20 years, 10 attempts, and a lost of 10's of thousands, your now making your highest level troops but the AI isn't because its cities only have 1900 population. Some factions like Carthage don't have this problem because growth can keep up with the constant recruitment the AI policy uses.