Since priests will almost certainly cost an incredible amount of gold, will they not require favor? Costing favor as well as gold would only seem logical, considering that priests, theoretically, needed the god's favor in order to be their earthly servants.
Personally, I think priests will make a huge impact. They are personally my favorite unit, second to the Pharaoh, of course. They will be able to eliminate myth units...Making them an MU counter, as well as having a number of powerful abilites (being a lesser version of Pharaoh, without the empowering option).
Ra (Amun-Ra) allows priests to empower while additionally providing a free priest (with Pharaoh), thus boosting the empowering ability at the beginning dramatically.
I would appreciate your comments...
P.S. Do you think other civs will get priests, besides Egypt?
[This message has been edited by Hydarnes (edited 04-24-2002 @ 04:15 PM).]