Originally Posted by
Didz
Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes. But unfortunately a significant percentage of people who bought the game were wargamers or military history fans and they all know what the French Imperial Guard should look like. Its also the reason why issues like this suddenly became issues in ETW and NTW rather than in MTW, RTW or STW. People have rightly pointed out that historical accuracy was no greater in those earlier games than it is in these. The real difference has been that the customers care more about the historical accuracy of ETW and NTW, and therefore it matters more.