Quote Originally Posted by professorspatula
It's not a bug.

It's a deliberate bit of gameplay.

You can only recruit Spartans in those two regions. Outside of those 2 regions, the people laugh and bully them about their stupid red dresses, which upsets them somewhat, and makes them refuse to come out and play. That's the 100% truthful* reasoning behind them not being recruitable anywhere else.




*May not be wholly accurate