Machaka game set up

[Borg]

Thanks very much Thank for digging up that very helpful article.

I know now that I don't have a fixed Dominion lvl from the start but that I can increase it by building multiples of 5 Temples.

Because of the small success rates of preaching in high-black-candle-dominions I can also see the success of Prophet Assassins being reduced.

It seems to me now that the best choice for a Machaka Prophet(for my strategy at least)is the Lvl 3 priest.
Making him a prophet makes him a Lvl 4 priest
With Ceremonial Faith, effectively allowing him to preach a province up to Lvl 8

I reckon a starting Dominion lvl of 7 is good my strategy as such as I'll likely build 5 temples within reasonable time.

One thing the article didn't mention.
Do odds increase when multiple preachers at the same time at the same place ?
Can you confirm / deny that ?

I mean, maybe the chances of increasing a dominion (from lvl 1 to lvl 2 for example) are ((20% times priest Lvl) times number of preachers )
with their priest lvl still being the cap of course.

So, one lvl 2 priest has a 40% chance
2 lvl 2 priests would have 80% chance to increase the Dominion from 1 to 2 (but even together they would not be able to raise the dominion above 2)

Is that correct or am I just making this up for myself ?


And maybe one more question about Magic, Thank.
What would you suggest for Machaka to research first ?
With all the Gems you get from the start (2Nature/2Earth/1Fire) does it make sense to concentrate on summonings or is there a better/more usefull/needed path to consider ?

Thanks very much for your help btw.