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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Unfortunately, I haven’t played much with Miticlan (still on my "to do" list) so I can't say much about them. I only know that they rely on blood magic and need sacrifices to increase their domain. OTOH they have a structure at the start that gives them 3 blood slaves each turn (so they can perform these sacrifices very easily). I'll leave other testers and devs to fill it in about this quite unusual, Aztec like race.

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My my, i knew they have a home site that gives Blood Slaves...

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Mictlan looks to be geared towards the more exprienced player and is IMO one of the most interesting nations.
The troops are primitive. Literally fighting with sticks and stones. However, they have three different holy tribal warriors that have different abilities. The eagle warrior can fly in combat, the jaguar warrior can shapechange, the sun warrior is the elite fighter (albeit not better armed than your average heavy infantry).
OTOH Mictlan has very powerful priests-mages: The High Priest of the Sun (Fire 2, Blood 3, Priest 4), Moon Priest (Astral 2, Blood 2, Priest 3), Rain Priest (Water 2, Blood 2, Priest 3), Priest King (Nature 2, Blood 2, Priest 3). Additionally two of the commanders can 'recruit' slaves (speak: more cannonfodder for your armies) for free.
Battles usually result in heavy losses, but can be replenished fast. I am sure experienced players can overcome the weak military with some nifty combos from the priests once the research has been done. And of course there will be lots of devils and demons to summon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

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Sweet, sweet, sweet!
I also knew that they will have somekind of Jaguar Warriors.
This game will so great!

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Mictlan also need to sacrice blood slaves to keep their dominion going, which is why they start with the blood slave site.

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I've only played once as Mictlan (so far) so I'm not exactly expert on them, but they are very cool. Their Tribal Kings can raise slave armies very quickly and their Blood magic is very potent. I quite liked their special troops, although they do require a bit more planning to use properly. They are more versatile but have less raw power then some of the other nations' special units, such as Marignon's Knights of the Chalice.

Machaka is another very interesting race. They have tribal warriors (rather Zulu-like in feel, I think) but are augmented with several varieties of spider-riding troops.

Their backstory tells of the corpse of a giant spider that lies deep within their sacred mountain. The swamps around their home are filled with giant spiders, and these spiders are trained as mounts in place of horses. Like the Atlantean War Lobsters, the spiders remain a danger even after their riders have been slain.

They have many magical units available as well. There are tribal shaman, plus a cult of dark priestesses who worship the giant spider corpse deep within the mountain. They are capable of transforming into spiders themselves as well as having powerful magic abilities.

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Oooohhh, great. I can't wait to play this game!
Does Mictlan or Machaka have any special themes?

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No special themes at the moment for Mictlan or Machaka, although they do have the variant themes such as Restless Worshippers and Golem Cult that are available to every nation.

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Well, then i'll have to fix that!
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Oh, BTW, what does Restless Worshippers give you?

[ September 29, 2003, 19:14: Message edited by: Nerfix ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Im with you in this! Now that HL2 has been delayed, I need a game, but fast! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I started to play Dom I. again, Im better now, standard comp cannot kick my ***! Mauhhaaa http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ September 29, 2003, 19:29: Message edited by: Mortifer ]