Newbie Bloodgod in Training - Learning on Mictian

[Norfleet]

The Cheap $50 Mictlan Priest is probably THE best L2 Priest at your disposal. He's sacred, and has an upkeep only slightly higher than a scout. With an SDR, he hunts 4 times better than a scout. With a jade knife, he can sacrifice as well as a Sun Priest (without). While in key provinces, you can use a Sun Priest for sacrifices, those are capitol only and hard to come by, even if cost is a nonissue. While Mictlan's dominion is difficult to spread early in the game, later in the game, once you get a blood economy going, you can dominionrush somebody like nobody's business: Plop down a ton of temples near your target, bust out the knives, and start a sacrificing frenzy. Every blood slave sacrificed is a temple check. That makes your temples work 4 times faster than an ordinary temple. Only Vanheim, Jotunheim, and Abysia can do this better, and they can't round up the slaves like you can, having no ultra-cheapo hunter.

[Ctennyson]

Not only the best L2 Priest, he's one of the best ways to spend 50g in the entire game. A great bloodhunter, a great dominion spreader, sacred, for cheap upkeep, and he aint a bad researcher for his cost, either. What a bargain!

[Yossar]

Mictlan national priests are 80 gold. Independents are 50 but don't get the point in blood magic.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Yossar:
Mictlan national priests are 80 gold. Independents are 50 but don't get the point in blood magic.

Oh, yes, that's right. Haven't played in a bit. Still, At $80, it upkeeps like a $40 unit and hunts 4x as well, with an SDR. A great buy.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
A Moloch with fire 9 as your pretender is a good choice, as Mictlan relies on sacred troops until Blood summons start to show up in force.

I would avoid the Moloch. He's overpriced for what he does. You're paying a lot of points for an SC chassis, but the Moloch is a mighty coward who flees from every battle unless given a vast screen of troops to hide behind.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
I would avoid the Moloch. He's overpriced for what he does. You're paying a lot of points for an SC chassis, but the Moloch is a mighty coward who flees from every battle unless given a vast screen of troops to hide behind.

The Moloch is the least expensive fire-9 pretender available to Mictlan. And with their sacred troops you definetly want to give some kind of bless effect, even if it's only a minor one.

[ March 15, 2004, 05:37: Message edited by: Graeme Dice ]

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
The Moloch is the least expensive fire-9 pretender available to Mictlan. And with their sacred troops you definetly want to give some kind of bless effect, even if it's only a minor one.

It's true you definitely want a bless effect. Mictlan's sacreds are basically utter crap without a potent blessing of some kind. There are certainly other options than Fire-9, though, especially given that the Moloch is otherwise a consummate coward. Of course, if you plan to never use him alone as an SC, then perhaps his cowardice will work in your favor.