Quote Originally Posted by Intranetusa
The problem with too much mercs is that it removes a sense of urgency - you can be invaded by a large army and you won't have to worry since if you're swimming in money, you can hire huge stack of mercs 4 times a year... :(
Good point, I don't like using them apart from cost, it's a waste of experienced gained(you can't retrain mercs). Like others have mentioned if I am assaulting walls, I may hire mercs to do the dirty work to save important troops, that's of course if the opposition looks a bit tasty.

Historically how much risk was there of mercs used as a garrison getting up to no good? I was wandering if mercs are used, that a script with a chance for the city to rebel or be sacked, might be applicable!