Mictlan , how to play it effectively

jarenko · #1 August 24th, 2004, 12:15 AM

I play with v 2.02. I like it more than later patches.

I keep a separate install patched to 2.12 for MP purposes however.

PDF · #2 August 24th, 2004, 07:58 AM

Well, you've to choose *either* to play Mictlan *or* play effectively

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More seriously, Mictlan is hard to play and not that powerful : it screams for some high Bless strategy with the were-warriors, and requires full power to Blood economy to get hordes of Devils. Blood and dominion management requires serious micromanagement, with eventual frequent mistakes !

Overall Mictlan is rather disappointing ...

Boron · #3 August 24th, 2004, 09:37 AM

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PDF said:
Well, you've to choose *either* to play Mictlan *or* play effectively

!
More seriously, Mictlan is hard to play and not that powerful : it screams for some high Bless strategy with the were-warriors, and requires full power to Blood economy to get hordes of Devils. Blood and dominion management requires serious micromanagement, with eventual frequent mistakes !

Overall Mictlan is rather disappointing ...

yeah i agree .
i wanted to try something new and now i play mictlan in my 3! new mpgames . was a serious serious fault

each with other pretender / tactics but so far none is satisfying .
the sacrificing for dominion is bad .
i think i like abysia more when i wanna play blood

NTJedi · #4 August 24th, 2004, 01:26 PM

Mictlan is definitely the most challenging to play. Anytime Mictlan is setup in a game as a computer opponent he almost always dies early.

archaeolept · #5 August 24th, 2004, 01:30 PM

easy strat 101 for Mictlan:

1. design a stanadard supercombatant for indy expansion
2. research alt 3 and enchant 1 (most probably)
3. research const 4 for dousing rods
4. cover as many 4-8k pop terrritories w/ packs of 3 bloodhunting priests w/ dousing rods
5. summon

or, if you're playing competitive MP, ignore construction, bloodhunt anyways, have blood and 3 water on your pretender, and rush the ice devils.

Cheezeninja · #6 August 24th, 2004, 04:50 PM

Mictlan starts with the bind fiend spell, so no research is really needed to start conquering provinces, just a few bloodslaves. Conquer 1 province with troops, bloodhunt like crazy and summon fiends.

cydius · #7 September 28th, 2004, 12:16 PM

quick question for mictlan.

when selecting scales, does mictlan gain any benefit from Restless Worshipers???

thanks

Truper · #8 August 24th, 2004, 06:04 PM

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archaeolept said:
easy strat 101 for Mictlan:

1. design a stanadard supercombatant for indy expansion
2. research alt 3 and enchant 1 (most probably)
3. research const 4 for dousing rods
4. cover as many 4-8k pop terrritories w/ packs of 3 bloodhunting priests w/ dousing rods
5. summon

or, if you're playing competitive MP, ignore construction, bloodhunt anyways, have blood and 3 water on your pretender, and rush the ice devils.

Un-equipped Ice Devils are good, but not that good. Unless you intend to rush to them and then use em as researchers until you can equip them, I'd advise going with construction first.

Oh, and you really want to hunt in provinces with at least 5k population, not 4k, since there is a formula breakpoint that comes at 5k.

archaeolept · #9 August 24th, 2004, 06:12 PM

well, the point of a rush is to grab them before someone else does. equipping comes later

and while above 5K is optimal, a 4K province will return 80% of what a 5K province does. Actually, a bit higher than 80%, if you hunt like i do, w/ 3 priests w/ dousing rods, since that will, on average, drive the unrest up slightly.

so 4K is ok, while 6K (since it can Last a long time), is optimal. But, for instance, in my current game I have no 5-8K provinces, so my choice is between doing 4K provinces or 9K