Quote Originally Posted by Redmeth
The very aggressive AI expansion in 0.81a is because of the underpowered Eleutheroi (the mine nerfing did that) factions Like Epeiros and Rome spill out very quickly into central and north Europe check out this thread for improved money scripts although in your campaign the "damage" is already done.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=83349
Lol, just a comment:

Some months ago, there were numerous threads referring to the "Overpowering of the eleutheroi"...

funny how subjective things can be.

Even though I agree that in some areas, the Eleutheroi are a bit weak (pannonia, noricum and rhaethia for example) and a bit strong in others (Helvetia).

Cheers!