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Cohen said:
But if you aim to a dominion push, try Abysya, Vanheim or Mictlan. Blood Sacrifice is very effective, far more than preaching, for what I know (assumed you've a good blood economy and a nice amount to scout to make a supply line from your temples and labs.).
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I'm not wild about Mictlan for this purpose as it's dominion is weak without blood sacrifice. In fact, it seems like Mictlan might be vulnerable to a dominion push in the early going. Abysia and Vanheim are more interesting, but their national holy-3 priests are relatively expensive... and I do not want to mass build holy-2 generic priests. In effect, they give up some preaching effectiveness in favor of blood sacrifice (which may in fact be a very good trade).
That's one reason why I like Pythium - theurgs are reasonably cheap and very flexible. If you are willing to build labs close to the front your theurgs can research, preach, cast rituals or take part in military action as necessary.