Why can't Pontus construct roads!?

[Dayve]

*Hires a mercenary army to invade the EB headquarters*

And why does a rebel army keep appearing inbetween the capital city and Sinope every 2 turns? And why are all my generals depressed and dejected? WHY WHY WHY

[Kull]

.....And why are all my generals depressed and dejected? WHY WHY WHY

Hmmmm. Maybe they are picking up on the mood of their leader?

[pezhetairoi]

I thought it would be the other way around...

[Dayve]

Nah seriously... Why can't Pontus build paved roads? They are civilised... Surely they should be able to build them? And every general i've had so far is dejected, just wondering why...

[Chester]

You know, you can still go far with a poor general. I often ignore retinues and character traits, and just randomly place my generals in cities or in legions.

During times of war, which is almost constant, I just fling them into action like there is no tommorrow.

Dull, Dejected, poor tactician... In the end I still win the majority of my battles.

[Dayve]

Yeah i like to try to play as realistically as possible though... Surely a king wouldn't appoint a dumb, un-inspiring depressed loser as commander of a legion/army... Especially i don't think the Romans would do that...