How to Decide Which Government Type?

[Fondor_Yards]

Yes you can do it, and no they don't need the type 4 government to recruit all those local units still. Some might consider this a cheat or something, but since their recruitment is really messed up it's ok to use to me.

[Sdragon]

It varies from faction to faction. As the Getae(sp) I conquered the area North of the black sea. I build a level 4 government and level 4 MIC. I could have Hellenic spear men, hoplites and Skythian Nobles, along with the typical levies. Those Skythians were better than anything I could field and it was good to have some mobile infantry with armour. I love the flax troops but they get decimated by enemy fire and since most foes have javelins...

[Fondor_Yards]

It varies from faction to faction. As the Getae(sp) I conquered the area North of the black sea. I build a level 4 government and level 4 MIC. I could have Hellenic spear men, hoplites and Skythian Nobles, along with the typical levies. Those Skythians were better than anything I could field and it was good to have some mobile infantry with armour. I love the flax troops but they get decimated by enemy fire and since most foes have javelins...

You do know the Getai get their own, very strong and well armoured phalanx troops right? And yea, the scythian noble cavalry rules.

[Sdragon]

You do know the Getai get their own, very strong and well armoured phalanx troops right? And yea, the scythian noble cavalry rules.

The Getai phalanx troops aren't what I'd call mobile, although I do use them out of formation as shock troops quite a bit. But doing that they take way more casualties and it's a long walk back for replacements. Some local Greeks to support my tougher guys in phalanx is far more convenient.

btw how do I get Thracian Peltests? Only Thracian unit I've found is the light cavalry.

[Fondor_Yards]

btw how do I get Thracian Peltests? Only Thracian unit I've found is the light cavalry.

As the Getai you need a level 4 or level 5 factional MIC in any of these towns, Naissos, Kallatis, Tylis, Serdike, Byzantium. Possible Pella as well, as macedon you can recruit them here but I havn't been able to build my MIC'S up high enough yet to tell in my campain.

[Velvet Elvis]

I too faced a dilemma when deciding which gov't types to install in my Roman campaign. The first problem I noticed when installing lvl 4's or 3's was keeping the town happy and keeping my income in the black. This isn't a big problem nearest home (gaul, greece, sicily), but furthure into the frontier it's a major problem (western Iberia and Africa). So what I ended up doing was installing one lvl 3 gov't in each 'provence'. Mine are (from memory) Sparta in Greece, Messana in Gaul, New Carthage in Iberia and the first town west of Carthage in Africa (rumor has it elephants are plentiful there). It's around 195 BC in my campaign now, the usefulness of my 'recruitment hubs' may be lessened by the Marion reforms... we shall see.