I'm not bashing anything but the idea that the worst mob in the game might need a nerf is silly. If the topic was forest bandits are op, or raiders are op or especially steppe bandits are op I could understand but looters are not. If you have T1 troops and they out number you then you're going to lose people. Butt as soon as you farm 2-3 mobs and get archers they have no chance.I did. My point is that people are talking about looters, and those are just the first few results that a search brings up. Clearly what OP brought up is relevant. There are waaaay less relevant threads on this forum for you to bash upon before you criticize this one.
Precisely, one elite tier unit should be able to mop a party of twenty looters without breaking a sweat.. Perhaps Warband had that taken to the extreme where you could kill 100 peasants on your own once you had good gear, but I would rather go with that than with what we have now myself.
At the start of a game I typically don't get troops just go get a bit of better gear a helmet, shield, s horse and maybe armor (depending on what I start with) and go farm them especially if I have a spear or bow. You just kite them till they run out of stones they kill them off easily.
The biggest issue with them is that armor does crap so it makes it seem like they're powerful. But you have a horse if you're worried about losing troops kite them till the run out of stones then send your troops in.