[chrispedersen]

Faerie queens are conjuration 8. Pan is usually low on the research charts. and access that late in the game counts as no access - especially as you have a lot of other paths crying for earlier exploitation. Enchantment, home of most of the Pan national spells, for example.

I don't agree that 7 revellers will beat any pd.
But even if that were true, the cost to station a decent garrison is *way* less than your cost to build a decent raider.

And, even if it *were* true, 1 arrow of seeking will generally kill said harpy, costing you your carpet. Send 2 if you want to be sure. Most nations will have *far* better access to air than pan will, again since you will be relying on your pretender to find it.

You're far better off just building forts on the border - preferably in forest.