Zorion_no
Sergeant
Basically what the other guy said.SO guys with weak/poor Khuzaits: if you siege Chakaind and sit there building all the siege gear and starving them, how many armies show up to fight you? 1? None? 4 or 5 in a row? I ask because to me the concept of poor AI doesn't matter if they still make endless armies. I haven't fought the khuzait since 1.6.4/5 but then they were capable of sending consecutive armies.
The problem is that as soon as they are defeated/beaten up from NE at the start, they are so poor they cant muster big enough parties with their lords to have 40% or more.
Parties below the 40% cant join armies.
So basically in my play now 2nd play in 1.70 they have again come to the point of 4 holdings, 4 clans left in the kingdome, including King.
And its 1000-1500 days into the game.
I'm starting to lean towards that its many factors.
in 1v1 if you want to put it that way, the armies/units of Khuzait is good.
They are perhaps abit weaker overall, but they counter that with the speed bonus, so they can outrun most still.
I'm starting to see a pattern where its actually more that something is "wrong" with the NE they are way to powerful.
Seriously they where at war with 3 factions (Includeing the one I was part of, and until I made a "mop up army" to take out their loose lords etc, they where winning all the time).
Constantly you saw lord x from Western Empire been caught, then followed by Southern Empire and Sturgia(my faction).
Since Khuzait start war with NE I'm thinking its more to do with that poor economy mixed with "too powerful NE" set them up for a recipe.
Not to mention that Aserai and SE will start ganking them, and takeing land on top of it.
Trade is also somewhat mared with the endless hordes of steppebandits, same for villagers.
When Khuzait are at peace you still see all the time "lord" was taken by bandits etc. they cant even get around to collect troops before they get jumped by the throng of bandits.
that said if you remove the NE out of the equiation, it still seem that they are suffering from being so horribly poor, their towns being 3,5 k prosperity so not that "supermuch in taxes" While the NE start with several 5-7K which is double the amount of taxes etc.
I also see at start that almost always one of the SE clans join NE (without any war between them etc)(this prolly dont help either).
I've very rarely seen merc-clan name joins Khuzait.
On the other hand I see merc-clans join NE all the time..
I was vocal about nerfing the Khuzait back in time, but atm unless they are joined by the player, they are "doomed" in all my plays, and my faction isnt at war with them "that much either".
We've only taken 1 city + 3 castles in total.