I have a good idea for assisting the Horde in making them more realistic and equivalent to the challenge that they presented to the world. Could you mod it so that they have Level One buildings that produced quality troop units and make their maintenance cost very low as well.

I know it seems unfair but that was basically what the Mongols had. These were people raised as horsemen trained in hunting tactics that later became butt kicking fighting tactics. They didn't learn these skills in a large fancy hall with expensive facilities they were skills essential to their everyday survival. Also, Mongols were known to ride hard and light and even at times drank some blood let from their ponies to carry them for a day or two without food. Also, as nomads they carried most of what they needed and needed very little overall therefore the low maintanence cost.