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Old May 2nd, 2010, 10:05 PM
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Default Re: Managing Communions - the sombre challenge.

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Originally Posted by Verjigorm View Post
1. Fielding 100 communion slaves is 100 castle-turns worth of production. You could have had 100 real mages instead which is a lot more powerful.
Yeah, but this is not a good comparison. A communion slave is still useful as a normal mage right (S1 right). And you don't always have enough gold to cast a real mage. Which makes me a bit sombre. But perhaps I don't get it.