They appear pretty capable of pulling this off in EU4 still (left to their own devices and facing other similarly undisturbed NPC enemies) so I'm not sure what's so terribly wrong that Paradox does about them
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I don't believe AI makes any extensive use of the looting mechanics, so it's doubtful this most recent change is really such a huge nerf to them as some people are making it.
Come on one horde beating up on the other hordes does not even count. If there were chunks of Russian, Lith, and ottoman homelands under horde's control you may have had a decent argument.