Quote Originally Posted by General Appo View Post
As most people do, I only build them when there´s nothing else left to build in a city. I don´t do the soaking up cash though, usually when I´ve gotten so much money that I need to lose some I´ve got a big empire, and so a little corruption and decadence is only fitting. Though I´ll admit, having 250+ corrupted fatsos and -2 competent FM´s in my Romani campaign is a bit annoying.
Besides, the whole thing with creating huge armies that you don´t need is just to much a bother. Instead I made the Vallia Aurelia (or something like that), an extensive series of forts covering every single crossing of the Rhine and Danube all garrisoned with a single legion (3 Marian Legionaries, 1 Antesignani and 1 local auxiliary cavalry) plus the Vallia Appia after Caivs Appivs Cotta, a series of forts covering many strategic positions in eastern Anatolia and the Levant, garrisoned in a similar manner. To add to this, a full stack is never more than 3 turns marches away. Now that´s a stable frontier.
How many games have you got on the go at once?