Alexander's Legacy and Greek Factions
I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but I've basically come to the conclusion that Greek factions have the most mid-game potential of any other culture. Many of you may have discovered that if you choose to occupy (not loot) a town/city of the same culture, your army will receive "double plus" regeneration the same turn. This opens up the opportunity to "sprint" your conquering elite army across regions sharing your faction's culture, as once you defeat the handful of stacks the other faction is fielding you can basically hop from town to town as the couple dozen troops you will lose to the far inferior enemy garrison units are replaced by the next turn. Provincial capitals can provide more of a challenge, but you can often attack an army outside of it and lure the garrison that way.
For many cultures (Celts, Germans, Persians, etc) this will provide some opportunity for early expansion, but it is often better to loot settlements in the early game to provide the much-needed cash and slaves needed to expand your infrastructure and turn yourself into an economic powerhouse, and in turn fund your armies. This strategy really becomes powerful once you already have the economic means to support an empire, but with those cultures you've often eaten up much of the territory sharing your culture.
However, seeing as Alexander was kind enough to conquer and Hellenize a solid chunk of the map, in addition to the Greek colonies already spread out over the Mediterranean, there are vast swaths of land open for rapid expansion. If you're lucky, some other Greek factions will expand themselves and Hellenize even more territory for you! This, combined with the fact that Greeks have arguably the best anvil infantry in the game, access to good shock cav/elephants (depending on the faction), awesome missile infantry, solid hammer infantry after reforms, and great AoR units, allows you to go on some pretty awesome lightning campaigns. Auto resolving isn't usually ever an option for this to work, but you'll also rarely have to deal with rebel armies.
In short, due to the new population system and overhauled Greek rosters, Hellenic factions make for some extremely enjoyable and interesting campaigns. I'll definitely be playing with them a lot more than I was prior to these last few updates.
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Originally Posted by Zirteh
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Magical upkeep 
