VC Balance Mod features hundreds of gameplay and balance improvements, including tournaments varied by faction, 2-handed dane axes and throwing axes, more elite AI armies, realistic travel speeds based on map scale, increased Norse sailing advantage, AI lords stats based on history and literature, balanced troop and item stats, strengthened Laithland, added lord families, random bandit armies, and much more. All changes documented, so you can know exactly what you are installing.
Due to a combination of a warband looting glitch and the VC post-battle loot options, Viking Conquest players were often being cheated out of getting any loot at all from the best enemies. Instead, they would often only get loot from peasants or low tier units.
Balance Mod fixes the glitch, and players will now always get the loot they deserve.
If you are curious about the warband looting glitch that was cheating players out of the loot they deserve, see my post here: Reddit.com
Essentially, if you killed a peasant first (and especially if in a large battle or using the Viking Conquest post-battle loot options), then that peasant and all its friends would have their loot fill up the loot buffer, and you would get 0 loot from high level enemies.
Balance Mod's fix for the glitch has also been included in AWOIF, and any other mod that also wishes is welcome to use my code at that link to fix the glitch. Players should get the loot they deserve from kills regardless of the order they kill the enemies in.