RealHornblower
Recruit

I'm familiar with the normal mechanics of minor faction strength in POP - if you destroy a minor faction army/warband, it decreases its strength, while new spawns increase strength. All the advice is basically, don't fight the minor faction, and ask for lots of rumors about them, and eventually they'll come back.
What I am wondering is if there is any way, with cheats or a tweak or a savegame editor or anything, to give this process a boost. I know you can cheat to spawn armies, but I've read this has no effect on the actual faction strength (so won't increase spawn rate) and causes other problems.
I tend to play long, slow games, and by lategame, if a minor faction becomes obliterated and only spawns an army every once in a while, chances are the army will get wiped out before the faction strength recovers much, decreasing its strength again.
In one game, the Mystmountain tribes and Jatu are both at "fading", but there are 4 Mystmountain armies and 3 Jatu + Zulkar on the map. There isn't much more for them to spawn, so how are they supposed to gain strength? Meanwhile the Heretics and Snake Cult are "Obliterated" and "Destroyed" respectively, although Eyegrim with 11k soldiers, and the Dread Legion, are both on the map and have been for a long time.
My Kingdom has Ravenstern, Rane, and Poinsbrook and the surrounding castles, and I have positive relations with the Jatu and Mystmountain Tribes, which is how they've clawed their way to "fading" status, but again, how can they get any higher than that when basically all their armies are spawned? And I can't do anything for the Heretics and Snake Cult, even if I never fight them the other major factions will.
What I am wondering is if there is any way, with cheats or a tweak or a savegame editor or anything, to give this process a boost. I know you can cheat to spawn armies, but I've read this has no effect on the actual faction strength (so won't increase spawn rate) and causes other problems.
I tend to play long, slow games, and by lategame, if a minor faction becomes obliterated and only spawns an army every once in a while, chances are the army will get wiped out before the faction strength recovers much, decreasing its strength again.
In one game, the Mystmountain tribes and Jatu are both at "fading", but there are 4 Mystmountain armies and 3 Jatu + Zulkar on the map. There isn't much more for them to spawn, so how are they supposed to gain strength? Meanwhile the Heretics and Snake Cult are "Obliterated" and "Destroyed" respectively, although Eyegrim with 11k soldiers, and the Dread Legion, are both on the map and have been for a long time.
My Kingdom has Ravenstern, Rane, and Poinsbrook and the surrounding castles, and I have positive relations with the Jatu and Mystmountain Tribes, which is how they've clawed their way to "fading" status, but again, how can they get any higher than that when basically all their armies are spawned? And I can't do anything for the Heretics and Snake Cult, even if I never fight them the other major factions will.