While the guys at Frontline are somewhat clueless on what Black Templar were (i.e. - they think Black Tide is "the" Templar build from fluff), I pretty much agree with them. Both have nifty stuff, but for what are supposed to be combat characters they are underwhelming and not worth the points. Frankly, I could make a better case for the old codex versions being included in lists than the new ones. Both suffer from GW passive aggressive nerfing...."Look, we made it better, stronger than it was", while not quite giving it the upgrade contemporary units got....you know, the ones with new models GW would like to sell for a higher price. I think we've panned the EC enough over on Implausible Nature and he's right in line...over priced and under powered.
Welcome to the Really Deep Dark Blue Templars....