Another thing for the patch.....(probably unnecessary)

[Bartman]

It really spoils the atmosphere of a big battle when you suddenly see that your fighting what looks like 4500 homocidal homosexual soldiers.

I thought that the Spartans made a point of homosexuality among their troops.

Here's a quote from http://people.westminstercollege.edu...rm/battle.html

"In the Spartan army, homosexuality was accepted, even encouraged-it was a mark of shame if a younger soldier was not courted by an elder; the theory was that it encouraged unity, as well as battlefield glory-a soldier would not want to shame himself in front of his lover by pulling back from a fight, or flinching before the enemy."

If I see 4500 Spartans coming at me, my response is generally:

[Mikeus Caesar]

Yes, but Spartans look big and tough and scary. When you see 4500 pontic and parthian eastern infantry come over a hill, your general reaction is to think 'Dear god, what were CA thinking when they gave these factions their colours?' After all, who wants to fight what looks like thousands of people wearing pink and blue pyjamas?

[Watchman]

They don't really give me "the giggles". More like "the winces". They are, bluntly put, aesthetically atrocious.