EA Oceania - Knight of the deep too good?

[Salamander8]

In Evermore, my shark summoning (I had at least 3 mages with water gems scripted to cast it) would have helped more had I had better flank protection. I met Atul's force with insufficient mindless and militia cannon fodder as my main army was so far west. The knights screamed across the battlefield and were able to hit the Giboleths and mages too early.

I'm a big fan of a Poypal Queen with heavy magic along with sloth3 (and usually growth3), but if I'm ever EA R'Lyeh in an MP game again, I may have to switch to an SC and research 'buff' spells earlier to defend against this kind of thing.