First Game in a long time.

[xGhost4000x]

So my only long term game in Rome was with Macedon which ended with a military standoff with Rome.


I loaded the game up last night, this time with the new patch, and decided I would play as an "easy" nation this time, as last time I spent a lot of time competing with Rome. So I picked Rome, yet about 20 years into the game while planning my invasion of Carthage I had a revolt, something I hardly ever had to deal with when playing Macedon. So not only did the second legion revolt but the Roman Rebels had ridiculous manpower, after winning every single battle over and over against them my two legions were both below a thousand men, I rested my legions in Rome but before I could get above 10k total the rebels showed up with 34k troops and removed my legions, after that it was just a matter of speeding up the game and letting them win. I exited out because I don't want to play as a Dictatorship.

Why are uprisings seemingly more difficult as a republic? And why is it much harder to keep people happy?

Or am I just rusty at this game

 

[UniversalWolf]

I call rusty.

It sounds like you aren't used to playing republics. They're quite different from monarchies.

 

[Cheexsta]

Something something something Unofficial Strategy Guide.

As an aside, even if you had let the rebels win and therefore became a dictatorship, you can actually reinstitute the republic if your ruler has the right traits.