Religious zealots joining the cause

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I often get Holy-3 priests leading my volunteer militia, but then, I'm one of the players Norfleet doesn't think exist, who flabbergastingly takes positive luck scales pretty often.

I admit though that I was precipitated into war by getting about three militia armies in a row, and wanting to get them killed off or put to use rather than freeloading off my empire during peacetime. They were and continue to be pretty useful though as cannon fodder, distracting the enemy, messing with their plans and absorbing their attacks. I have not found it tough nor a waste of time to go pick them up and send them back into the fray.

The gold cost isn't all that much unless you are like Ashen Ermor and have practically no gold income. 30 militia x 7 gold / 16 = 13 gold/turn, no?

Still, I would agree with a suggestion to create a new unit for them that was the same but had lower gold cost... or, better yet, slash the cost of all militia and light infantry in the game by a factor of 2-4, so they are all worth about what they cost.

And/or tweak the melee AI (or combat mechanics) so that units don't let themselves get overrun by superior-but-slower forces, so LI actually use their speed to avoid getting wiped out by HI.

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