I'm looking at a friend and realize he is two levels above me but has fought way less bandits.
Since I'm getting bored at the 'send recruits into slaughter until bandits are gone' while collecting bread/copper/iron gameplay I am suspecting I missed something vital.
So: At lvl23, is there another way of leveling up but fighting bandits? And/or do you gain different amount of XP depending on how you fight them?