Advice on Machaka appreciated

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OK thanks, will take a look. I played them and liked them a lot when I first got the demo....

PirateIAm: When you send out 8 equipped assassins in front of your army, and they only succeed say 50% of the time, isnt that like 400 gold + all that time down the drain? Is it worth it for you? Well it may be fun, so that's ok.
I have the worst of luck with Bane Spiders. I hate it when they die to measly little commanders, and they do so quite a bit when I use them. Sure the measly little commander may also die, but he wasnt a 150 gold capital-only unit which took me ages to get out there. Argh I wish I could use them B-Spiders better. Do you all have success with them? I tried the trick of having him take out indies; tried giving him a ring of breathing and going for neihboring water provs, but he gets licked by Tritons and only takes out about 70% of "normal" commanders at most. It seems he only has a great success rate against those 50g priest-types. Or am I doing something wrong?