Do you think the KH are too hard in the beggining?

I believe so. THey are far likelier to lose than anyone else because they have all those huge Makedonian armies nearby. Think about it, the KH need luck more than anything else in the beggining. If Pyrrhos doesn't attack the Makedonians in the begining you are toast because they will attack you.

If you combine all of your forces in the Peloponesse you have just enough to defeat Krateros, but then Antigonos will slaughter you. Areus *can* take Krete, but it requires very good generalship, and you have to wait for them to sally, since in the streets you are far likelier to lose.

Also, remember that you have to rely on the Generals of the KH, specifically the 3 Spartans, since Chremonides has too few people to really make such a difference.

So basically the KH's military situation seems to me to be just far too difficult to win without a huge amount of luck. Heck, if you take every single KH unit, and the three Spartan generals, you are barely likely to defeat Antigonos, especially if Krateros joins him.

This means that you have the options of saving Sparte and taking Kydonia, while risking to lose Athenai and soon after become irrevocably screwed, or leaving Krete and trying to save Athens through some miracle of God.

The only other factions that have such tough starting positions are the Casse (because of the hp switch bug), Hayasdan (because they are at the mercy of AS while beggining), and Pontos (for the same reasons as Hayasdan).

It seems to me that the KH are just far too rough compared to the other Greek factions. Makedonia has enough military power to hold off Pyrrhos, Siege and possibly take Athens, and siege and take Sparta. This means that they have enough military power to take all of Greece by 260BC, at most. By 250 they should have everything parallel and below Buridhava, and both coasts of Greece, plus Krete and Rhodos.

This means that they can make more headway than anyone else in less time.

Epeiros is not quite as powerful, but can still manage to take all of Northern Greece in less than 12 years, and all of Greece less than 20 years later.