Brigand scarcity in Warband?

Hi, I've got a few questions I hope the reddit hivemind could help me with.

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I first played the original M&B, and later switched to Warband. Am I going mad or has there been under-the-hood changes between the games beyond added features? Two things regarding wandering brigands: Firstly, they seem much faster than before, I'm rarely able to catch up and attack them, even if they're footmen and I have a horse-oriented band. Secondly, they also seem much rarer, with the lowly club-and-pebbles wielding Looters almost non-existent and to the point I haven't actually encountered any Sea Raiders whatsoever (are they gone or what?). So am I onto something, i.e. a possible game-design change to force the player to engage more with the factions than with the brigands, is it just perceived scarcity, or am I doing something wrong?

Submitted November 23, 2018 at 06:41AM by Zbleb https://ift.tt/2QdNuz6