The New Jomon?

[Calahan]

Originally Posted by legowarrior

Talking about MA.

Huh come again?

It seems to me everyone in this thread is talking about LA Jomon. The thread title that you yourself created has Jomon in it, and most posts in this thread make mention of the underwater recruitable units that are exclusive to LA Jomon.

You yourself talk about....

Originally Posted by legowarrior

It seems that you can only reliable get 2 Astral, 2 Nature, or 2 Earth from the units you can purchase on land.

Making a distinct reference to land recruitable units (so implying water recruitables exist). And MA Shinuyama doesn't get access to water recruitiable units or Astral mages from the land roster (not that MA Shinuyame has a water roster). But LA Jomon has both the things you talk about. So again, you are the one talking about Late Age and LA Jomon.

So to respond to rdonj's remark with the reply "Talking about MA" seems to me to be you forgetting yourself what you were actually wanting to talk about

If you really did want to talk about Middle Age though, and MA Jomon in particular (so Shinuyama), then you did a great job of tricking everyone into talking about LA Jomon instead

[legowarrior]

Ah, sorry for the confusion. When I was making a reference to MA era for the Jomon, I was talking about the possibility for a Mod Nation. One that would be a rival to the Shinuyama, but led by the Dragon Court. (There are two conversations going on at once on this thread)

As to the Late Era Jomon, the issue that I am discussing is opportunity cost that you pay. If you want access to the water units right away, you need to have an Awake SC, because none of your troops are going down there with you anytime soon. This weakens your scales and magic a lot I believe, so you can be sure that you won't be fielding much of an army, or have much of a Bless Strategy.
If you want either of those (although a bless strategy seems a little weak for the Jomon) you probably won't be hitting the sea until you get Sea Trolls. By that time, who knows what is going on down there.

Personally, the coolest improve that have come to the Jomon are their new Holy Spells. They are really cool, and it might make it worth it to have a Spellcaster as your prophet just to get access to all of them.