Agree about bounty. Not sure if the reason for peons not scoring is to do with some masters having multiple peon totems, but it seems to play into certain factions/masters hands.
I played against a Colette list with between 6-8 peons in it and although totally outplayed by my opponent for the schemes, I never felt I had a chance with the strategy from the start. Fair play to him, he even agreed it needed looking at, and he was playing within the rules, but it made me start looking at ways I could have done the same which isn't what the game should be about.