Re: Your favorite nations / themes -- and why! please participate!
	
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		Well these are some of my views in short: 
 
I love  
MACHAKA, because 
- they have assassins and spies!! Only Marignon has that adaik 
- they dont really lack in any troop: they have great cavalry, albeit VERY expensive, and decent footsoldiers, and archers (although the worst in the game) 
- they have most excellent mages! 
- forest survival! 
Too bad they also have 
- all the neato troops are capital only! Argh! 
- neither air nor astral -- argh! 
- crap-o PD 
 
TIEN CHI S&A because 
- flying CMs are one of the best mages in the game 
- MoD are great researchers and decent, cheap necros, with SUPER starting spell for them 
- good summons 
- decent archers! 
- great heros 
- nice summons as starting spells! 
Too bad they also have 
- turmoil! 
 
MARIGNON because 
- they have assassins AND spies!! whoo hoo! Only Machaka has these too 
- they have scary good cavalry 
- which are also part of the very good sacred troops 
- inquisitors!! 
- great crossbowmen! 
- decent footsoldiers! 
too bad they also have 
- no real magical flexibility 
- their best units are very expensive and capital-only 
 
CAELUM because 
- i love archers! 
- cheapo troops! 
- GREAT sneaky flying priests, for cheap too! 
- great cheap mages! 
- super mobility! 
- magical weapons! 
- almost nothing worth mentioning is capital-only! you can build the best everywhere! 
- with cold 3, you can afford high dominion and other scales 
too bad they also have 
- no exciting sacred unit 
- no easily accessible footsoldiers (very high resources) 
- no real magical flexibility 
 
I like so much more, too, but these are my reasons. I thus checked the "cool" box for "why", although I suppose that is sort of broad and pretty lame. 
I LOVE the stealthy nations too, I just stink at them (I always lose with Pan). I think Man and Van are great too, I just dont have quite as much fun with them, I dont know why. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
			
			
			
			
				 
			
			
			
			
            
			
			
				
			
			
			
		 
		
	
	
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