The marauders have a problem.
If they take too much from a community the community will starve and they can't "feed" on them again. Same thing happens if they fight back and the marauders kill too many of them.
So...
They need to look strong enough or suprise and take over the place before the locals can retaliate AND take only some of the loot, or to take all of it and then try to find a new victim to replace the last one.
If they are just gathering "protection money/food/supplies" and do a migration pattern they need a lot of victims and need to scout ahead and somehow keep them from banding together or escaping.
Really, to me it seems like either they would want to attack a place and use up all of it's resources before moving to the next one (leaving only ashes behind them) or just settle down and rule a place.
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