Lanterns: Oh, I don't have any problem MM'ing my lanterns, it's more that I've read some ppl claiming "all their mages carrying lanterns were dead" after one or two years. Well, in Methadone I didn't bother switching lanterns at all for at least ~20 turns or so, and got exactly zero horror attacks (with 30+ lanterns, less than 10 horror marks for sure).
So I was wondering about that discrepancy.
Standard fighting: Sure, without fliers you can send in an apprentice and leave. Although Jaguars will probably tear through a lesser horror quickly enough, right?
I had got the impression that I needed LOTS of Humanbreds and LOTS of fire mages to be able to fight efficiently. Must have spent my money differently/wrong maybe... what Humanbreds were you recruiting? I thought the spear wielders would be the most resilient kind, due to shields+spears.
I'm also just wondering what I did wrong playing Aby, ending up with soooo much less research than you
Other than "no Sage"..