Will Vanheim Ever Become Spayed?

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Ozymandias said:
I just discovered that indy Crystal Amazons have defense 19 sacred flying cavalry, so Van and Helhirdling aren't the only sacreds with that kind of defense. I'm starting think that a modest price increase for Helhirdlings and Van of both eras is sufficient.

Maybe but these are indies, and rather rare ! Noone will base a double-bless strat on *possible* Crystal Amazon encounters, so they are just a "bonus" if found and you happen to have a good bless, nothing more...

[Corwin]

They also have low defense, and die to arrows easily. And since they are flying they can be always targeted by "fire at flyers", unlike cavalry, which can be masked with any other cavalery, with cavalry being much more common than flyers.

[Ozymandias]

I agree that they are certainly not something anyone would plan for. I was just mentioning them because when I listed other sacred national cavalries nothing had as high a defense as Van. I think the ability to hang out at the furthest back edge of the battlefield and still close instantly does tend to mitigate their arrow weakness quite a lot though.