Tien Chi

[Daynarr]

Actually they will suffer less from arrow fend then Man troops, but it WILL help against Tien Chi anyway. At least they will have to engage you in close combat. They mostly rely on MAGIC and they have a lot of choices there. Also, they have troops with Glaive (10 damage, 4 range but attack and defense suffers) to tackle enemy mounted troops and cavalry of there own (heavy cavalry too). Of course if you lack air wizards Tien Chi archers and crosbows are gonna walk all over you.

[Nerfix]

Ok, but please, tell us about Mictlan!
*drools, melting holes to floor*

Barbarian Kings sounds awesome, though...
Just imagine Khans with Chain Mails of Displacement and Bows of War...

[ September 29, 2003, 15:18: Message edited by: Nerfix ]

[Daynarr]

Originally posted by Nerfix:
Ok, but please, tell us about Mictlan!
*drools, melting holes to floor*

Unfortunately, I haven’t played much with Miticlan (still on my "to do" list) so I can't say much about them. I only know that they rely on blood magic and need sacrifices to increase their domain. OTOH they have a structure at the start that gives them 3 blood slaves each turn (so they can perform these sacrifices very easily). I'll leave other testers and devs to fill it in about this quite unusual, Aztec like race.

[Nerfix]

My my, i knew they have a home site that gives Blood Slaves...

[Rollo]

Mictlan looks to be geared towards the more exprienced player and is IMO one of the most interesting nations.
The troops are primitive. Literally fighting with sticks and stones. However, they have three different holy tribal warriors that have different abilities. The eagle warrior can fly in combat, the jaguar warrior can shapechange, the sun warrior is the elite fighter (albeit not better armed than your average heavy infantry).
OTOH Mictlan has very powerful priests-mages: The High Priest of the Sun (Fire 2, Blood 3, Priest 4), Moon Priest (Astral 2, Blood 2, Priest 3), Rain Priest (Water 2, Blood 2, Priest 3), Priest King (Nature 2, Blood 2, Priest 3). Additionally two of the commanders can 'recruit' slaves (speak: more cannonfodder for your armies) for free.
Battles usually result in heavy losses, but can be replenished fast. I am sure experienced players can overcome the weak military with some nifty combos from the priests once the research has been done. And of course there will be lots of devils and demons to summon .

[Nerfix]

Sweet, sweet, sweet!
I also knew that they will have somekind of Jaguar Warriors.
This game will so great!

[johan osterman]

Mictlan also need to sacrice blood slaves to keep their dominion going, which is why they start with the blood slave site.