Because everybody need to decide what is the aim of BFME 2, and Edain mod ++.
BFME 1 was clearly made for Peter Jackson's trilogy.
BFME 2 idem but including more things from Tolkien (Tom Bombadil, dragons, giants..). Eventually, the Hobbit catched up. And Edain Mod updated many things to be consistent with it.
Of course, "purists" will brandish forks, right or wrongly, but from my point of view BFME 2 is a tribute to both Tolkien and Peter Jackson's work. Electronic Arts would not concept this game without the trilogy.
From my point of view, rams don't shock me, but I if it harms the "purists" I can understand that they won't be implement.
I won't claim speaking for the french community ^^, but from what I've seen from social networks one of the big expectation concerning the long version is a ram charge (I don't know why, but I think the ram they found were not there by chance)
Edit: euh wait, there is an image from the film with rams, didn't see that.
And I understand why Korner is afraid, it's what NetoD20 said too, it has to be temporary. Or costly. Or hard to have (settlements..)