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Well, the progression is derived from the contribution of many minds. I've personally tried to be consistent. Then again, I haven't really given any suggestions either.

It seems to me that the two most noted issues with Man in Vanilla is that they lack an easy-to-mass powerful recruit and that they lack a great deal of magic diversity. I could care less about powerful thug like recruits to be honest. Such units exist so people can send forth units without any need for strategy or thought. Build dudes, send dudes, build more dudes. Yay, your a winner.

What makes wardens valuable is stealth +0. Done, end of story. Personally, I find making them recruit everywhere, particularly in the late age, makes Man over-the-top hard to kill. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know the value of armored stealth units. I've used Wardens to great effect in games and with zero bless and capitol only.

Magic diversity is the other issue that seems to have arisen. Honestly though, the only reason why this matters is because people are too busy working out a bless for their thugs to afford the diversity on their god. In part, making wardens more available has made Man weaker, not stronger, on the average. New players will pick up Man, have no means of winning the late game because of a distracting unit, and complain.