ALEXANDER EB

[Danzifuge]

If you are going to get out of serious debt with Macedon or other ''hard'' factions - you will need to fight from the start and fast - like.. put a siege on Athenai right away - or go after Thermon and Sparta or Byzant.. etc..
If you do that, you will certanly lose 30% of your army but you will gain pace for new one.. It is really EB vanilla strategy - it is common so we left it that way.. In my tweaks of vanilla RTW I always left factions set so they gain money from the start - but in EB it is other way around

I say. Even when we add more income pattern for the mod - it will never be enough to feed Macedonian start-army

You need to fight your way

you're entirely right. from what i've seen mod-wise so far, it is the eb way to go bankrupt in the beginning. i'm just not economically inclined enough (that and the fact there is no definitive faq for all eb buildings) to survive as anybody other the carthies, rome, ptolies, or seleucs.

my main issue was this style of play is there is absolutely no room for error in the beginning of the game (in battle or in building) so its not very friendly for the first time eb player (or 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, or 10 time player). i've restarted campaigns so many times, i'd rather just disband everybody and hit end turn for the first 5 years.

but none of this is your problem, really. and i think i'm going to uninstall eb tomorrow. maybe try out rtr.