[Jasper]

Originally posted by Arryn:
It slows me down, which is the point. The normal indies have many more troops and many of the provinces have exotic things like vampires and whatnot. The point is having a greater challenge.

Independents 7+ is much less of a challenge than independents set to 5 or 6. When playing on 9 I typically found independents who had only conquered a few provinces, while my expansion was not greatly slowed.