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Old December 2nd, 2003, 10:23 PM

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Default Re: how would you play Mictlan

The Jaguar warrior is indeed of few uses. He is supposed to be a melee units which deal good damages, but as he has only 12 hits and 4 prot, he either dont survive the first hit, or if it does, he shapechanges into a jaguar wich is 90% dead, and generally with an affliction.
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Old December 3rd, 2003, 04:44 AM

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Ah Pocus joins the converted. Notice that little tidbit too?

The real sinker is they cost 20 gold for being nearly useless. I had hoped that they would have a 'pack' mentality that couldn't be gauged just by looking at them. I had about 50 together in an attack flank, and they still got slaughtered.

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I was going to say they have the best light infantry in the game, in terms of being super-cheap in gold and resources for their protection, while still having shields and missile weapons... quite awesome really... but then, I realized they are not light infantry, but medium infantry, and have 1 strategic move, not 2. They're still great, though, as light-medium infantry go, 9 gold, super-low resources, and shields (which protect against arrows). If only we could see how effective shields are=)

I would say their infantry were great if at least the lighter ones (spears, slings, and mictlan armor) had 2 strategic moves, but as it stands... hmm.

Anyway, I looked at the slaves. After some analysis, I determined the hidden cost of slaves: 2 gold! Not bad=) That means slave upkeep is a paltry .133 gold per turn, or a squad of 50 slaves costs as much upkeep as 11 warriors (and would probably destroy them). Their only problem is supply=)
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I think it is better to use slaves as patrollers, at least until you have cranked taxes to 130% in every province producing some significant gold.
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