Things are very seldom what they seem. In my experience, they’re usually a damn sight worse.
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I haven't played mundus magnus in a while, and I haven't noticed anything like that.
Anyway, I have started a game as the romans and have built two full legions (in my legions I have a general, 5 hastati, 5 principes, 5 triarii, 3 missile units and equites, but it varies with cavalry sometimes). One legion has conquered southern Italy and has started on sicily and the other legion has began to conquer lands near the Alps. Just before my legion was about to conquer Mediolanium, 2 nearly full stacks of Gallic armies appear and seem miles away from Arretium. I sent my legion down to wipe out the Gauls and they did, of course. So after my victory I went back to Mediolanium and took it, when once again the Gauls sent 2 full stacks after Arretium. Unfortunatly, I had no garrison trained for Mediolanium yet so I had to recruit mercs for a temporary garrison. After that I sent the legion down once again to destroy the Gauls and on the way they were ambushed by some Rebels, but that was an easy battle. But when I faced the Gallic armies, not one at a time but both in the same battle, they all withdrew from battle. This was puzzling. Why not attack? I know there was no way they could win but I didn't think the AI would do such a thing. Nevertheless, I followed them and discovered that they were gunning for Mediolanium. And in a smart 'attempt' to hold me off, they kept an army at the bridge near Arretium and sent the other army to Mediolanium. I discovered that even after I defeat the Gauls at the bridge that I can't move to attack the besieging Gauls on the same turn. I thought "Hey, no big deal, they never assault until at least the third turn of the siege." But the Gauls sent another army after me and delayed my legion just long enough to where they took Mediolanium and, beleive it or not, enslaved them. Of course I took it right back but these events were something I had never experienced before- slightly smarter Gauls. Oh, well, it was fun.