Quote Originally Posted by blacksnail
The Imperial reforms have no actual historical basis? I'm very confused.
I was referring more to the "looks kewl" than the historical basis section of your post; although what I'm trying to argue is that, considering the goals of EB, the Imperial reforms have just as little place in the mod in my opinion. They are historically accurate due to the large amount of evidence, yes, but are they historically relevant to the period EB represents? That I doubt, and like Imperator I wonder if the mod goals would be better served by ending the game before such reforms and focusing on earlier units elsewhere in their place.

What I do find an interesting and more agreeable reasoning is that they do represent the standardisation of a whole army for the first time. But again, I believe its too far out from the centre of attention of EB and beyond what most players ever reach to be included over more relevant content nearer to the starting date, certainly since it means areas of the map and other factions may remain underdeveloped as a consequence.