WHY do they exist? WHY are they some of the most powerful units in the game? Why does every bandit tree but Sea Raiders get not just an effective horse archer but one competitive with the ones used by militaries? WHY does nearly every bandit type have a higher ratio of these elite cavalry than most non-Khergit armies?
Obviously this is coming from a place of frustration since I just took an escort caravan quest which vomited out, I kid you not, 140 Mountain Bandits, half of them Highwaymen, and they took my midgame army to pieces.
this really makes absolutely no sense at all. Very few bandits should be a match for a soldier. Certainly there should not be significant numbers of bandits in nearly every single bandit group that are better than nearly ever soldier in nearly every single regular army, like is true of Steppe Bandits.
A VERY SMALL HANDFUL of the very most powerful Bandits might deserve to have special troops that are a match for regular armies. Those groups should be bandit clans and play similar to the Brotherhood and the Legion of the Betrayed, except they'll occasionally try to raid the heck out of a major faction if they get too strong. Ordinary bandit clans having among the most powerful militaries in the game man for man just should not be a thing at all.
A measuring stick for Bandits should be that ordinary bandit groups with no pedigree or uniqueness should go 1 for 1 against Militia. And you look at Marauders and Highwaymen and try to measure them up against a group of militia and all you can do is laugh helplessly. They are ridiculous.
I would have no problem with special bandit clans being nasty and having very powerful specialized units that can catch you by surrprise and give you a run for your money. Ordinary, normal, garden variety bandit groups absolutely should never, ever be doing this.
Obviously this is coming from a place of frustration since I just took an escort caravan quest which vomited out, I kid you not, 140 Mountain Bandits, half of them Highwaymen, and they took my midgame army to pieces.
this really makes absolutely no sense at all. Very few bandits should be a match for a soldier. Certainly there should not be significant numbers of bandits in nearly every single bandit group that are better than nearly ever soldier in nearly every single regular army, like is true of Steppe Bandits.
A VERY SMALL HANDFUL of the very most powerful Bandits might deserve to have special troops that are a match for regular armies. Those groups should be bandit clans and play similar to the Brotherhood and the Legion of the Betrayed, except they'll occasionally try to raid the heck out of a major faction if they get too strong. Ordinary bandit clans having among the most powerful militaries in the game man for man just should not be a thing at all.
A measuring stick for Bandits should be that ordinary bandit groups with no pedigree or uniqueness should go 1 for 1 against Militia. And you look at Marauders and Highwaymen and try to measure them up against a group of militia and all you can do is laugh helplessly. They are ridiculous.
I would have no problem with special bandit clans being nasty and having very powerful specialized units that can catch you by surrprise and give you a run for your money. Ordinary, normal, garden variety bandit groups absolutely should never, ever be doing this.
