Quote Originally Posted by F for Fragging
Retarded settlements on the start of the game

When Alexander the Great started his conquest over half a century ago he had Hetairoi, Pezhetairoi , Hypastai and lots of other “high level” units in his army. Then why can't I, over half a century later at the start of my Makedonian campaign, recruit only Hoplitai Haploi and Akontistai? Wouldn't a native MIC level 5 be more realistic in my starting homeland provinces? And why do only Corinth and Athens have stone walls at the start? Were they really the only cities with stone walls, out of all the cities in Greece depicted in the game?
at least for Makedonia it is not exactly true. During 40 years of wars after Alexander's death many armies marched through it and hundreds of thousends of men were drafted. And then Galatians finished the job and ravaged the land.
In 270 Makedonia was a wreck of once great kingdom. Antigonos Gonatas was fighting wars with only mercenaries and some low skill levy. Makedonia never fully recovered from the wounds of the wars of late IV and early III century.