Quote Originally Posted by Budwise
Not more variety so much as more starting money. The horde even if it does extremely well will go into debt very quickly. It needs to be able to retrain troops as well as build on land.
Indeed. No matter how many troops they have, the Horde runs out of impetues fast. This is partly because they don't have money, partly because the A.I. tries to control the unruly (wrong religion!) and worthless steppe provinces and partly because they cannot construct anything (having destroyed the infrastructure on their way in). I guess the Horde just isn't cut out to be represented like a traditional faction. BI's Horde feature sounds far better suited to this kind of warfare.

Giving the more starting money doesn't help much: the A.I. just blows it all and goes broke all the same. I guess the best way would be to give them a high-priority, fast-to-construct building that provided them with a good income and pacified their provinces. This way the Horde could remain concentrated and prevents bankrupcy.