the skins are... i miss unified colors for the army...
But unified colors for an army is ahistoric. You did download a mod called Rome: Total Realism, didn't you?

And the community surrounding a mod is not the main concern of the mod - if people are rude, don't talk to them, but don't blame the .exe file. And people may get defensive like then when EB comes out; you can't know really.

I have yet to really try RTR6 yet (dl-ed it and just got it running last night) so I can't comment about bugs like the custom battle unit selection or about mercenary systems or morale. But there will be mods and patches for RTR6, just like there were for RTR5 - I'd garantee it. For now, put away RTR6, but maybe you should wait before permamently dismissing it.