Okay, the start was a bit rocky, because apparently after players' battle sizes were made dependent on army sizes, nobody had the idea to reduce hiring limits for fiefs. Good thing we caught that, and chadz luckily made it possible for us to get some more players after the battle started, so that made it go more reasonably.
What I'd like to hear now are comments from defenders about the gear types. As you noticed, there is now separate melee/ranged armour, and most weapon types get two bought for more variety. I understand infantry armour ran out a little earlier than it should have because apparently archers were also using it a lot, and there were quite a few throwing weapons left over. Is there anything else I should know about? Was there too little/too much of any other item types, should more gold have been spent on one type of item and less on another, anything like that?
Also, the siege equipment bought for the villagers, was there too much of some of it? Obviously since you fought outside the village no ladders were used, did anyone build the healing tents?