Quote Originally Posted by Duke John
The first impression is always the most important one. What does CA choose to show first? Chanting priests with big clubs. I think it couldn't be a more clearer statement.
Actually my first impresssion was that RTW would be more historically accurate with BI. Why?

Every faction in the game has a ‘signature’ unit that is unique to them, such as the axe-throwing Francisca Heerbann of the Franks to the ultra-heavy Sassanid Clibinarii cavalry.
Those were the first units CA revealed and they`re both historically accurate, so it came as a big surprise for me when they chose those doubtful priest for the first 3D unit profile.


Quote Originally Posted by Colovion
I can't believe this became such a big discussion. Anyone who believes that Priests were trained and then sent into battle for that purpose are sorely mistaken. In Total War the static recruitment and blocky representation on the battle map of a conglomeration of church-less priests is absurd. They fought in historical times in desperation or when all other forms of diplomacy had failed - but never were they used in the context which they will be in BI.

It's the same discussion as the Screaming Women. Were women, at some point, moral boosters to their men in battle? Yes. Did they, at times, lend their arms to the battle? Yes. Was it ever done in anything near the way it's portrayed in RTW? Absolutely not.

Well, I guess CA chose either-or, and since RTW is a game for the masses they decided to make a own unit with women, in this case priests.