Quote Originally Posted by PseRamesses
* Disband ALL cavs. The upkeep is to high and you´ve enough troops initially to get by.

I would never disband any units especialy the Cavs with Makedonia. They are the heart of your army and with them you can win each battle with minimal losses. In my campain I could conquered a lot with my starting army.
After only 8 turns I owned 16 Cities and still had 2/3 of my army alive.
My Economy got better with each conquered town.
Of course you will get financial in the red with such a huge and powerfull army at first but if you disband them it will take you much more time to regain such a force again, if ever.
Mass Recruit Arkontisais the first turn instead, you won´t have any money for a long time anyway so upkeep costs don´t matter, but you have a nearly unstoppable army =)
(Playing on VH/VH settings)