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My two pieces of gold:

Recruit mages! is very high on the "do" list. Don't recruit Water mages! is pretty low on the "don't do" list. It is very important to recruit mages, to research, to forge, to search for sites. However, if you must chooce between different mages, Water mage usually is worse than a different mage. However, mages that have Water often have other nice qualities. Master of the Way are the cheapest researchers of Tien Chi for example, and good Banishers against undead.