Why whould you ever choose Mictlan?

[Peter Ebbesen]

Nappa said:
Am I missing something with Mictlan? Having access to everything but earth/air/death on the mages is nice but they are no better blood gatherers than abysia and their troops are horrible.

Mictlan are the best blood hunters in the world bar none and they can be recruited in every fortress. 80 gold for a sacred blood hunter? Nobody else even gets close. Sure, you need to mass-produce Sanguine Dousing Rods to take real advantage of them, but you were going to do that anyway, right?

What is the strength of Mictlan? Why choose Mictlan over any of the other blood nations?

The fact that your blood income is going to be the highest in the world unless you [censored] up in a major way? The fact that your national mages are capable of casting nearly all blood spells with only minor boosts? The fact that you are very likely to get your hands on a good part of the unique blood summons? (The fact that you can horror-spam the opposition in the late-game using national mages?)

Mictlan is, unlike the other blood nations, all blood - all day, and if you do not play them that way they are indeed weaker.

The main reason NOT to play Mictlan is that it is a pure micromanagement hell later in the game.