Teach me how to use mages!

[Cainehill]

KissBlade said:
I've had this experience myself actually heh. The best way to learn how to use more mages is to play more people. You'll learn how scripting works and also magic strategy quite effectively from this.

But that mostly only works in blitzes done via IRC, where you can get immediate chat answers (sometimes). Just playing more people doesn't help much - for instance, the most _basic_ stumbling block is that you can't leave them (mages, commanders, or troops) to their default retarded position / orders. Somewhat counterintuitive to most games where units act like they have at least a 50 IQ.

(Example why I'm so harsh : Bad *** one-eyed pretender who starts with great strength and protection. Without orders, he _casts spells_ instead of attacking, even if his magic ability and precision sucks, and he really should be going melee.)