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Old February 10th, 2009, 07:02 PM
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Still, I like your shrewd approach. Granted, having scales on might make you a target, but it might also make you one of those, "I'll deal with them later" factions who creep along the game being unchecked because they have a good bless, powerful research, and perhaps some good diplomacy.
You mean one of those "oh god please sing a NAP with me so I have half a chance in this game" nations?


I'm curious about this Mictlan-Priest-centric strategy, as I am quite fond of M3 on a nation that has incredibly low cost research mages. Also, I can see good uses for all variants of the Priest, as the game progresses (though the N variant's best use is as your research baseline while the rest get more busy).

I may try them again in SP just to see..... I'd personally use a bit different bless though, I'm not sure. That's one of my biggest problems with Mictlan, I can't find a bless that I really feel is a game winner, and for the cost, F9/W9 just doesn't give me that vibe (playstyle playstyle playstyle ).


Oh, and I seem to remember a certain person making ample use of Sky Priests..... Arrow Fend handily stopped 20 Nether Darts spamming Starspawns from annihilating an army.


That would be a High Priest of the Sky casting Arrow Fend, not a Sky Priest. Sky Priests in CBM 1.3 can spam confusion, but 1.4 bumps Confusion to A2. A few Sky Priests can also cast Aim for your other mages, and maybe Orb Lightning. If you are bringing a staff of storms to help you cast Fog Warriors then the A1s can all Summon Storm Power.

I prefer a F9S9 bless as Area of Effect suggests, and you can easily get that with an imprisoned Oracle without having horrible scales. I tried Dom10, Order3, Sloth3, Heat3, Growth1, Misf2, Magic1 and it worked quite nicely. Dom10 lets you hire more sacreds. I wouldn't take Death scales with MA Mictlan because I really like the High Priests of the Sky.
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That would be a High Priest of the Sky casting Arrow Fend, not a Sky Priest. Sky Priests in CBM 1.3 can spam confusion, but 1.4 bumps Confusion to A2. A few Sky Priests can also cast Aim for your other mages, and maybe Orb Lightning. If you are bringing a staff of storms to help you cast Fog Warriors then the A1s can all Summon Storm Power.
I did not mean to cause any confusion by being lazy with the name.
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