Can a faction ever reemerge twice? If they come back, is it ideal to eliminate them or to wear them down and then leave them alone? I only ask because the Novgorod Rus have just come back in 10 provinces with approximately five times as many troops as they ever trained in their entire first life, all of them uber-teched-up. This causes me to ask-- do I want to wipe them out, and then risk their re-re-emergence, with 25 times as many troops, which I could expect would be mostly Valour-9 Swiss Pikemen?
What I'm thinking is that it's probably a good idea to leave factions worn out but alive, like in one province, the entire game. Because no amount of loyalty revolts, which are predictable, could ever be as bad as a faction reemergence, which seems to happen at random in provinces that are otherwise contented.
That's another question-- is there any way to predict these breakouts? Are there any tell-tale signs or key triggers? Cuz I've had one from the Hungarians and now a big one from the Novs and this is starting to be a pain in the ass. At this point I don't dare wipe out the Byzantines-- fifty units a piece of Varangian Guard and Kataphractoi are exactly what I DON'T need shoved straight up my ass right now.
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