Looter and Bandit patrols are too few, too small.

[MightyMidgit]

In Warband, there were often 5 to 10 different bandit troop patrolling around any single bandit den, and those troops were often 20 to 40 or more units large. In Bannerlord. I am hard-pressed to find 5 troops near a den and hardly any of them are over 10 units large. That not only makes them much faster moving than my army (especially bandits on horses), they are hardly worth the time to kill. It was exciting in Warband in early game to have to avoid or risk a sea raider battle because you knew that if you engaged one, 4 nearby groups would join, making it a 30 vs 120+ battle in their favor. And once you were stronger, it may amazing trainging for troops and profit for you.

I understand that over time bandit troops slowly increase in size, but it's WAY TOO SLOW! I am tired of discovering a bandit den only to find 3 troops patrolling it no larger than 5 or 6 units each. Only once in hours upon hours of game time have I seen a looter or bandit group over 30 strong, and it was a looter group of 38 I went and soloed, no troops on my side. Bandits are no threat to anyone right now. Increase their numbers and make them worthwhile to hunt.

 

[JA55]

+1
Most importantly slow them down.

 

[MisterDanny8]

+1/1

 

[Ursi]

I definitely agree that the bandit/ looters scale slowly, but I often see 20 - 40 size patrols with an uncommon but not rare 50 or 60 sized bandit patrol. I think they grow the longer the hideout is left active(Maybe?)? If that is the case you could leave one to grow in a neighboring region. They are definitely easy to kill regardless,

 

[MightyMidgit]

I definitely agree that the bandit/ looters scale slowly, but I often see 20 - 40 size patrols with an uncommon but not rare 50 or 60 sized bandit patrol. I think they grow the longer the hideout is left active(Maybe?)? If that is the case you could leave one to grow in a neighboring region. They are definitely easy to kill regardless,

I left a bandit hideout to sit and stew for nearly a year. The number of bandits in the hideout never increased and the patrols stayed small. I don't know if someone else had been cleaning up, but certainly they were never a threat and never grew.

 

[wherearewee]

I'm starting to wonder if devastation from war contributes to how big the looter bands are. I hung out around Jalmarys during a war between Vlandia and the Empire, a couple of villages had been raided, there were frequent battles being fought, and there were pretty constantly looter bands of 20 to even 55 strong. But when I left the area for more peaceful lands, the looter bands were all 5 or 10 again.