We are brave bandits, we are not afraid of anyone and anything! We do not care about bad odds, numbers, outequipped shit, we do care about one and only thing: having fun.
Maybe some of you might reconsider what are games made for.
edit: Also, as long as there are friends amongs the good clans, there are going to be epic battles. I was defending for mercs thru the whole night the other day, and i would do it again, just as i know some of them would do the same for my faction, cause that is what friends are good for. And believe me, mercs had quite shitty gear on most of their battles, yet for instance HRE was too scared to attack bunch of naked peasants with fully armored army...i mean, come on!