Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath View Post
It makes sense, giving the period. Men were organized by height, regiments had specific types of facial hair (straight mustaches, downturned mustaches, upturned mustaches...the list goes on.), and, in general, the goal was to make everybody in a specific unit look as much like each other as possible within the professional armies.
I personally very much hope that some of the more outlandish facial hair types will be researcheable high-end technologies, giving units the "scares enemies" ability. I know for a fact I would think twice before engaging a formation of men sporting full-blown mutton chops.