I´m almost certain this has been brought up before on numerous occasions, but in case it hasn´t I´ll do it now. In the mid/mid-late game when you have amassed a warband of higher tier units every fight turns to a slaughter of whoever you´re fighting. Killing waves of unshielded recruits feel more like a gamey chore rather than a challenging battle. I think one of the upcoming patches should either make villages/towns have higher tier units to recruit, both for the AI and player or that the lords are better at training their troops to a higher tier before going to battle.