Scary units

[Julius Augustus]

To support a previous point by Macilrille, yeah, if the life expectancy was only one battle, do really think that anybody would have picked that career path. It would have simply been a glorified form of suicide, which while practiced quite often among jihadists(Think truck bomb), was not as common among hired soldiers.

On the other hand, berserker death rates were probably pretty high. Think about it. The berserker has no armor and fights off about 20 guys while probably being stabbed several times. No matter how berserk you are, a stab wound through your intestines is going to kill you eventually.