Level quality resets to "high" in name only at the beginning of every level. Quality stays the same as before. Dude is running backwards also at the ending.
Army of 99 hypaspist (1), 50 companion cavalry (2), and 51 silver shield guard (3) works best. Use hypaspists against spears, silver shield guards against cavalry (or archers that get closer than halfway), and cavalry against everything else (swords and far archers). Pretty repetitive, and game really should end after you conquer Persia.
I finished the entire game (and getting all the merit badges minus the reload 150 times) with only 55 reloads. I'm not going to sit there and grind out 100 reloads.
Also the "placing item" recognition just doesn't match up. I could put in a yellow gumball for a button, and the game would tell me that I just replaced the gingerbread man's eye.