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[/U]It would be better to replace the chubby peasants – farmers shouldn't be fat.
But it would be better to replace the chubby peasants – farmers shouldn't be fat.

I remember the peasant from the third game, with a pitchfork, thin, and it seems like a woman.
And in my opinion, it looked terrible. They also had such rags... These were truly peasants from a grim medieval setting.
I never understood what the problem was with both peasants and zombies; they aren't magic stools...
There are zombies based on mummies somewhere, but they are still zombies – thin, half-decayed, and without bandages.
As for the people, it's better not to make vestals; otherwise, retraining will change the unit's gender.
But it's better to replace the chubby ones – peasants shouldn't be fat.
In that case, make vestals a 4th-tier unit, or somehow make it so that they don't participate in this chain.
It would be nice to have something to replace them with... Vestaloks really can't be placed in the 1st tier. There were suggestions to replace them with pikemen, but I agree with comrade Ment here; pikemen and halberdiers are roughly equal in strength, and the difference between their tiers doesn't make much sense.
If Vestaloks were placed in the 4th tier, it would be necessary to move archers and halberdiers to lower tiers, and this would be a very controversial change that would greatly affect the faction's balance.
It would be nice to have something to replace them with... Vestals really shouldn't be in Tier 1. There were suggestions to replace them with pikemen, but I agree with comrade Ment; pikemen and armored infantry are roughly equal in strength, and the difference between their tiers doesn't make much sense.
Vestals will undergo retraining in Thailand.
In Heroes 4, there is infantry on levels 1, 2, and 3 (I don't remember what the first ones are called, the second are halberdiers, and the third are crusaders).
You could also try giving the visual of armored infantry to Tier 1, and the visual of a vampire-based swordsman to Tier 3 (replace the head with a helmet, recolor the textures, and it will be fine) - I've thought about this too - there are screenshots somewhere in the "Harmony" thread - I've already tried something similar.