u/NoNewspaper2

I am new to this wargame. I bought some models for romans and for vikings, mosty for collection, and now I am finishing painting them.
I'm planning to try out pillage with my friend and developing a list for Roman 500p warband.

At first Foederati rule sounded quite cool, I like that I can add some flavor units to my warband. But now I am not sure about how practical it is, it seems 60 points is quite costly, just so that I could spent event more point on units from other factions(berserkers for example).

Does anybody have any experience playing romans with this rule, at what game cost is it effectiver, or at least is not a waste, for you ?