After a long hiatus from EB, I've started a Pontos campaign in EBII. I'm having a fantastic time with the mod, but did have a couple of questions/confirmations that I can't seem to find definitive answers for in the player guide.
1. I've taken Sinope with its Hellenistic Polis. I know I can't upgrade it to a Metropolis, but will it still (by itself) provide me with colonists eventually? Or will I have to take additional Hellenistic settlements? I saw in a thread discussing a previous EBII version that you needed 1 Metropolis or 3 Polis to get colonists, but wasn't sure if that still held true for 2.35.
2. Do I need colonists of any kind to construct my local Laon military colonies, or just an appropriate government in the province? Since they convert to Eastern Imperial culture, are they only available post-reforms? I assume there's limited value in constructing these in my core provinces in Asia Minor, as they'll provide the same recruitment I already have there? Or do they unlock really powerful new units?
My thanks in advance, and apologies if the answers are readily available somewhere I missed.