How to expand with Skaven?
Hello
I love love love the Skaven. I think the whole idea of them rocks but I've never had much luck playing with them on the Total War games. I recently had some luck with Throt and was doing exceptionally well. I secured some settlements in the north and became buddy buddy with the Khorne faction, securing my east. So I decided to expand towards the empire.
It wasnt until I got to Altdorf that I realised I was bleeding food, that was after only colonising settlements at level 1 with the exception for one or two tier five capital settlements (when I could afford it). I've been sending my warlock engineer far away to set up undercities but even that wasnt enough.
So my question is how do I expand with the skaven? Do I raze as many settlements as I can? Only keeping some? Do I capture then trade? Very confused because I felt I was doing so well