In fact, I've just realised that we seem to have gone full circle back to the original Hojo Horde problem of STW. We complained then that the way the Hojo Faction in STW seemed able to produce 20+ full army stacks to defend a single province was boring, as it just resulted in an end game that required the same battle to be fought with the same troops repeatedly.

Half a dozen upgrades and new version down the line and it seems...here we are again....different uniforms same problem. How come CDV Software can come up with an AI thats challenging, but CA can only provide theirs with the same old ways to cheat?