[Louist]

It's the MA.

So far it has just been small and mid sized anphibious armies and a few mages. Most of my territory offers really, REALLY terrible income, despite my Order dominion, so most castles will take me a few turns to save for. PD is an option, as well, but once again I run into gold issues. Most of what I make is going into troop to fight Ulm and Van on my other fronts. Both of them are proving to be much more difficult.

As for magic, I have something along the lines of Construct 4, Enchant 4, Conj 4, Evo 3... Or there abouts. Enough for Wind Guide and Gift of Health, my two main goals as far as research went. Now I'm working on Evocation to open up some options for my Air casters.

Actually, now that I think about it, most of my provinces offer little of anything at all outside a few magic sites. The only thing really going for me are a number of chokepoints between myself and my land-based neighbours.