[Shovah32]

I tend not to play them in large games due to the micro but in small-medium games i like to set taxes to 200% and have a combination of pillaging and patrolling undead. Not only does it protect you from an early invasion(i take a magic pretender rather than an SC and freespawn production takes a while to get rolling) due to the speed at which the population dies(supply problems ftw!) but it gives you gold quickly so if you need it, you have it.