well thats what i mean, imo its a misconception/misplay that KH have a hard start. You need to blitz obviously, but with some good use of your army you can win so much ground early on. You start with quite alot of FM and theyre pretty epic infantry, the spartan family members, but even the regular ones, kick some serious *** if you use them right. For example, you can conquer crete (on VH/M) by just using your 2 cretan archers and your 3 family members (you ship 2 over from the mainland). aka you shouldnt lose a man that will not get automatically replaced.

And their economy is pretty strong as well, you shouldnt even go into debth :/