Durk wrote:, you might remember the legions in Macedonia were loyal to Caesar, though technically Pompey's. This is represented by making the units half strength.
The units are not half-strength, but half-composed, it's not that the cohorts are depleted to the middle of the block, it's that you have only five cohorts in it, which is much more costly and time-consuming to rebuild. And it's only one legion, so i found it rather strange.
However I know that the two italian légions that Pomey bring with him was loyal to Caesar, but I thought that the two legion based in Thessalonica was composed of Pompey's men.
El Ninio : Thanks
In fact, you have not too many things to build. A very reactive pompey player can evacuate almost four of the seven spanish legions before the lock, with the two italian legions, the two macedonian legions and the two asian légions you have a ten legion army (more will be a logistical nightmare), and good legions. You add some allied forces and you have your army.