I think the choice would be, Do you want a building that takes 4 employees to operate or a squad sized unit ? Getting Prestige to attract new peeps is how a city grows , building more places for them to work should help factor into that prestige somehow.
My suggestions may have been suggested before here on this thread or another but its something I personally would like to see. Instead of being able to build units just by researching them, instead make a building requirement also needed in that city for them to be built in that city. IE... Barracks needed to be built in the city before you build a squad or experienced units. Wouldnt mind seeing a food requirement for the barracks either. Throw in some other build
[quote]5.1.1 Minor Factions: The minor factions are really a good idea, but I would like to actually interact with them. My girlfriend suggested that it could be interesting to be able to trade with them or even be able to annex their cities to your kingdom if you have good relations with them. There are things a player will never do that a minor faction could actually do since they cannot win the game.[/quote] You can interact with them, all you have to do is talk to
Using domination and confusion will turn a small weak looking army into one that can kill alot of creatures.