Even with the fixes, almost every kindgom starts the game at war, and then stays at war pretty much until they get wiped out. This really needs to change. Not just because it feeds the snowballing and increases the pace massively, but also because Lords and Kingdoms need time to rebuild their armies and garrisons, and they just can't do that if they're in 2+ wars at all times. As it stands, all the Lords end up with 70% peasant armies and all the castles have bare-bones garrisons (also mostly peasants) after just a few years in-game.
For peacetime to be a thing, though, there needs to be stuff for Lords to do at peace, so here are a few ideas:
-Tournaments
-Feasts
-Grand Tournaments (Big tournament like a feast where all the Lords show up with much bigger prizes and influence rewards)
-Recruitment
-Bandit/Rebel Hunting (to train troops)
-Building Garrisons
-Developing Fiefs
Just a few things. I think this would make wars a lot more fun and impactful when both sides are going into it with full garrisons and armies, while also slowing the overall pace of conquest to help support the intended timeframe of the game instead of having everything be effectively over by 1088 every time.
For peacetime to be a thing, though, there needs to be stuff for Lords to do at peace, so here are a few ideas:
-Tournaments
-Feasts
-Grand Tournaments (Big tournament like a feast where all the Lords show up with much bigger prizes and influence rewards)
-Recruitment
-Bandit/Rebel Hunting (to train troops)
-Building Garrisons
-Developing Fiefs
Just a few things. I think this would make wars a lot more fun and impactful when both sides are going into it with full garrisons and armies, while also slowing the overall pace of conquest to help support the intended timeframe of the game instead of having everything be effectively over by 1088 every time.