Caelum vs. T'ien Ch'i

[Boron]

Hm would you rate Pythium or Caelum higher as "best" magocracy ? Or maybe a different nation like C'tis ?

Pythium hasn't the high strategic movement of Caelum but Pythium has communion therefore and with Astral magic not the best but sufficient spells against SCs as well . I can't say atm if i would rate Pythium or Caelum higher .

[Zen]

C'tis researches as fast. Expands faster via Terror early and Raise Skeletons later, has powerful Priests and their first army can expand on turn 2, City Guard and always affordable Elite Lizards.

[deccan]

Boron said:
Hm would you rate Pythium or Caelum higher as "best" magocracy ? Or maybe a different nation like C'tis ?

I wouldn't know so don't ask me.

But I just wanted to add that I haven't been able to make Pythium communion work very well for me in SP play. I guess it's just a huge pain. You need to assemble Theurgs / Communicants in the right proportions. You need a screening force to tank for them. You need to replace communicants as they die. You need to estimate how long battles are going to take, play around with scripts a lot etc. That's just a lot of bother, and having a big, elegantly crafted army that depends on all of its pieces being there in order to work just makes me nervous.