[Norfleet]

Originally posted by rylen:
I'm trying to figure out Mictlan. Other pretenders, I can get started and do well against the AI until at least mid-game. Mictlan falls apart early on. I'm not sure how to cope with combination of weak infantry and weak magic. The plentiful sacred troops seem nice though.

Mictlan has weak magic? You're joking, right? Mictlan has access to everything but Earth, if you include their national heroes, and without their national heroes, they still have water, fire, astral, and nature, all combined with blood: Each Mictlan priest has the capability to do some sort of bloodcombo, in addition to the magic. The only drawback is that the priests are capitol only, with the exception of the cheapie priest, who makes a fine blood hunter.

Yes, your troops suck, and your battle magic is unimpressive, but you have the BLOOD. Forget about the troops entirely, they're not much more than crappy fodder at best. Fill your missing magics in with your pretender, make sure the blood flows, and mob your opponents in devils and/or vampires. Mictlan's REAL national troops aren't the ones you recruit, they're the ones you can summon: You get spine devils and fiends of darkness as starting national spells, and can quickly move into devils.

[ July 25, 2004, 21:16: Message edited by: Norfleet ]