Re: Machaka is relatively not weak
The witch doctors aren't very effective battle mages except if you have lots of gems to spend to boost them or a very high research, and Machaka military forces are far to worth most other nations units (you have no niefel giants to kill in ME and the big spiders aren't very efficient against lots of smaller opponents).
To resume you have one capitol only rather good sacred unit, one cost effective rather good infantry unit, but they have mapmove 1 and cost 27 ressources, some ultra-light units you will replace by independants if you can, and some ultra expensive extra units you will perhaps use a little if you are one of the first powers with an income in the several thousands category. Then you have a good choice of mages and priests, more or less sufficient to compensate the weaknesses in all other areas.
Anyway Machaka ends rather good with a good magical strategy and doesn't need a big boost IMO.
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