come on endo, we all know that hardly any idea in any guide is really new, they game is old enough by now so everything has been done before. Having said that the advices in this thread are different that the usual first repons pplz get when asking advice for Niefel and it wouldn't be my first thought either. So the introduction was pretty accurate (with a lil over acting in it.)
As much as I like HB I do think he could have better just posted his guide seperately in another thread without any comments to Baalz, or just added his idea's in here (which he did) without any clear critism on Baalz.
I think it's clear there are many ways to play most dom 3 nations. For Niefel I personally think going bless might still be the best way really, but Baalz' idea's (yet I know they aren't all, maybe none, his original idea's) and Honey's idea's are valid options too. All strategies can be used, so let's all just get on with it. 
I expect a new thread with a new Niefel strat to be posted soon to prove my point 

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