Macedonian recruitment in Tylis

[Arkatreides]

I noticed that the Macedonians have very limited factional recruitment in Tylis even though it is a homeland province and both neighbouring settlements (Byzanth and Serdike) seem happy to provide phalanxes, hoplites and the usual macedonian units.

Is this intentional or a bug?

[Gazius]

Very likely bugged as is recruiting all over the map. Probably won't be fixed in time for .81 either.

[paullus]

there might be some bugs, but its not a recruitment problem. there just weren't makedonians in that area. those hellenes that had been settled in the region when the Thraikian Odrysian kings ruled there had all fled when the Galatians took over. you need a native population to field your units.

so I check recruitment, and while you can't recruit phalanx units there (except the late period phalanx), you can recruit elite shock troops (pheraspidai) and thraikian variants (agrianikoi, thr. peltastai/hippeis/prodromoi). what i would recommend is putting in a type 3 or 4 government if possible, so you can get access to some mighty nice gallic and thraikian units (taxeis triballoi, kuarathoroi, and kluddolon, for example).

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

As the Romans I can only recruit Gallic soldiers in Tylis (I don't think any cool Galatians though).

[Ower]

I play Epirus, and can recruit only gaulls, in local MIC's

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[Gazius]

I play Epirus, and can recruit only gals, in local MIC's

I'd take a lesbian army over a thesbian one any day.