[Rant] Successful raids shouldn't be taken into account as much when deciding who gets to pay tribute, or how much is paid

I should preface this by saying I'm on 1.6.5 beta, so IDK if this is the result of that or not.

I'm doing a South empire playthrough right now, and we're locked in a constant battle with the Western empire. We've taken every town except Lageta, Ortysia and Rhotae. The Vlandians took all their westernmost castles, and the Battanians took Veron castle as they always do

They're down to only 2000 manpower as opposed to my 9000, but because they've recruited so many mercenaries (more mercenary parties than actual lords), villages get constantly raided (30 times in the last war alone, which lasted around 2 weeks, compared to the 3 south empire did), but not villages in general, there's only 4 villages they constantly attack

Because of their overwhelmingly large raids thanks to the Lake rats, Forest people, Wolfskins, Brootherhood of the Woods, and the Golden Boars, we can't end the conflict without paying them 3000 gold daily at least, despite only having two castles, 3 towns and 4 remaining royal families. It's so fucking stupid that anyone can ask for money despite being in the obviously worse position just because they rob 3 of the same villages over and over again

Submitted November 24, 2021 at 12:04PM by Justhereforthemods https://ift.tt/3FEKmCg