Two very good ideas!(i promise)

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks Gandalf. I realize it might become a balance-headache. I think most of these types of Pretenders would be immobile, though, for one thing. Then again, I don't think the situation we're presently in (unless it was fixed in the last patch) can be correctly expressed as "perfectly balanced Pretenders". Mostly, I find current Pretenders too weak, more than not, as well as some troop-types redundant or unnecessary. Many nations-in my opinion-could use a revamped and reassessed military, and that includes looking at the way things are balanced. This *would* ofcourse throw another monkey-wrench into the stew, as it were, but I think the effect on the end-result would be good. It might even serve as a catalyst to change, to get more of a "useful variety" of troops *within* the national armies.

For instance, I'd really like to see Jotuns and Agarthans using more appropriate weapons (like maces and flails for the Jotuns-and maybe they don't have the physical bodytype to use slings appropriately, but certainly-if they can throw a spear, they can use an atlatl!-and spiked armor/gloves, for the Agarthans, to take advantage of their near-sightedness).

I realize the Developers are understandably a bit caught up in the whole "Jotuns are Norse and use Viking-weapons!" concept, but the Vikings weren't stupid by any means. They were inventors and if they were handicapped in one direction "as a race of people", they would have realized it and gone in another direction. Aside from that, Jotuns *aren't* Vikings, they're infact the antithesis, the traditional worst enemies of the Norse gods, so why should they dress and fight like exactly the things they hate the most?