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K said:


Uh, so an Awake SC God is worth what.... maybe one province a turn for 10 turns before you hit serious opposition? So, if you can make an extra army early who is capable of doing that, then the effect is exact same.

Seriously, the Smiter strategy works as well as having an SC but you don't have to kill your longterm game to do it. I don't know why people resist the idea.

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Because it obviously isn't true. Your smiters will start with old age. Your smiters are essentially single purpose. Your smiters are fragile.

An awake pretender may be a forger, an invader, a site searcher. He has more hitpoints, wo't generally fall to a starting assassin, and has superior mobility. He can transport troops.

Anyway. what might be fun is a 5 territory vs 5 territory head to head..