I was just playin XGM, as Rome, and i was fighting off the Independent Greeks (still early in the game), and i Took my faction leader Flavius Julius (49 Units) and a Group of upgraded Equites to whipe out the enemey archers/slingers..and they whiped my horses out...I watched my generals bodyguard drop from 49 to 20 in a matter of seconds and my Equites routed... and it was just a group of 80 archers!
And I noticed that The general plays more of a important role then the oringal RTW, before you could loose him and your army would fight on still, now you loose him, and its a matter of seconds before your army routs.

Anyways great MoD! Just them dastardly archers seema bit to overpowerd