Man: A Bless nation in CBM 1.92?

[Shangrila00]

Originally Posted by Corinthian

The thing is, if you are not going with a strong bless you might as well expand with knights, because then you can use the limited commander recruitment slot in the capitol to recruit mages instead of priests. Knights can be commanded by indy commanders after all.

I'm pretty sure that even with a strong bless, expanding with Knights of Avalon for all but the first expansion party with your prophet is at least as efficient as doing so with Wardens. As you say, they can be led by indy commanders and don't require you spend 400 gold like turn 3 to get indy priests for additional expansion parties, or waste capital recruitment on nonmages.