[WraithLord]

I find this thread's discussion disturbing.
Bless strat. was already very powerful in dom-II and I would have hoped that in dom-III it would be toned down, not up.

Having ubber bless become a no-brainer is not fun.
But, I'm still not convinced it is indeed so.
For starters, its a good thing that few nations have a lot to gain from bless strat. Secondly, there are counters to ubber bless, though I digress that most are available through research which is now harder.

I think that adding some obvious counters and limitations to bless might bring more diversity to the game. I like the idea of "dispel" bless by priests and/or mages. Also it would be nice to have a single target spell that causes damage or fatigue or something negative to a blessed unit, and also larger scale versions of this spell.

EDIT,

I also like the idea of having the bless effect tied to Pretenders arrival, so each season closer to its coming will add this much to the bless effect, gaining full effect when the god arrives.