My main problem with using Rainbows is not just picking up a bunch of paths, but all of the associated costs with it, primarily Dominion.

If all you did was raise their Base Dominion from 1 to 2:

Lets say an Average Dominion is 5, the Lowest Possible usable Dominion is 3

4 Steps of Dominion = 70. Last step (from 4 to 5) = 28 Points

2 Steps of Dominion = 21. Last step (from 2 to 3) = 14 Points

I'd say 95% of the time I lean towards 5+ in Dominion in serious competition. Only certain nations will I not use a higher end Dominion.

While not impressive at Dominion 3, it becomes that way as you buy more Dominion.

If you wanted to give each Human Pretender another Path of magic I wouldn't mind, though not to the degree that Gene stated, not because they don't figure well, but because it just feels like too many paths for such a low costing pretender and they are essentially prebuilt 'rainbows'. Giving only one additional path would allow someone to try to use a blessing instead of instantly going to Rainbow.

[ May 02, 2004, 08:07: Message edited by: Zen ]