I started a new campaign the other day on Expert. I remember completing it three years back on the same settings and finding it alot easier then than I do now.

I decided to play as Hojo this time around and ended up getting gang raped by the Takeda, Dark Blue and Turqoise factions (can't spell the names off the top of my head). They all seem to think they have some kind of prejudice against me; I manage to defeat the first 10 waves they deliver but even though each of my units has about 8 Honour they are down to about 20 men each.

They do all of this in the first 3 years of play meaning that even though I have plenty of money I can't churn the troops out quick enough to send to the front because the enemy factions seem to generate armies out of nowhere.