Yeah kind of funny that we are responsible enough to buy gear so we end up with worse gear than the defenders who got normal quality 2nd tier gear - better than most fights before this and then defenders get the benefit of getting all that free gear they never paid for to sell or use again and also the 4000 gold they stole from the village and never actually spent on gear like we did. Super great idea chadz - favor the idiots of strategus.
Its still a false move to promise a disputed fief to someone else in trade. That tiny village is cowering under the giant, yellow snow stained, shadow of Knudarr castle.