Re: Is Cyclops worth it as a pretender god?
Mythologically speaking, a gigantic Cyclops is supposed to be that effective. You have to have a hero, a god, or an item of great magical power to destroy them (in mythology).
In competitive MP play, my plan would have been pretty bad since I didn't start expanding until turn 10, all my money went to mages rather than armies, and I didn't do any site-searching until late. Furthermore, the Cyclops would've been toasted by Smite, Paralyze, Blind, Black Bows of Beotulf, Spring Hawks, any Lightning spell, or any number of other magical attacks.
As it was, I still had a pretty hard time because I could destroy any enemy army, but there were more enemy armies than I had Cyclopses... and Machaka defense is WORTHLESS. That's another thing - I think Machaka defense should either get more militia, or warriors instead of militia, or militia and archers. A big group of naked Machaka militia is just free experience=)
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