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Endoperez · #11 June 2nd, 2005, 12:46 PM

Their archers do die very easily to most spells, but they are cheap enough for that not to bother me. And if you are afraid of flyers and want to keep them alive, buy few Spider Riders to their sides. They are expensive, but should be able to at least slow down fliers and even knights.

ioticus · #12 June 2nd, 2005, 12:53 PM

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High_Priest_Naresh said:
cheers for your help, but can you tell me who the best god is for machaka, for magic, dominion and strength,

cheers to all peeps who help me....

ps how do you gain ranks, I noticed sum peeps on this site that are genrals and majors how do you gain ranks?

I looked in the dictionary, and I see no meaning for "peeps." I assume you mean people, but I'm not sure

Alneyan · #13 June 2nd, 2005, 01:18 PM

Odd that you didn't find peep in the dictionary: the usual meaning is "to peek, to have a brief look". The word "peepshow" is fairly popular in France, describing specifically a place where pornographic or erotic material is displayed (most often in front of the eyes of the customer, rather than as a film). Peep may have other meanings: it can be an appearance (especially from hiding), or the sound of a bird.

In slang, peeps means people indeed (I believe the word was first used in rap, but I am not sure).

ioticus · #14 June 2nd, 2005, 01:28 PM

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Alneyan said:
Odd that you didn't find peep in the dictionary: the usual meaning is "to peek, to have a brief look". The word "peepshow" is fairly popular in France, describing specifically a place where pornographic or erotic material is displayed (most often in front of the eyes of the customer, rather than as a film). Peep may have other meanings: it can be an appearance (especially from hiding), or the sound of a bird.

In slang, peeps means people indeed (I believe the word was first used in rap, but I am not sure).

I saw the word "peep", but "people" was not one of it's meanings.

High_Priest_Naresh · #15 June 2nd, 2005, 03:49 PM

hi, cheers for your comments,
by peeps I mean people.
thanks for the help,

ps can u tell me how I can can get the best out on Machaka and destroy my enemies

High_Priest_Naresh · #16 June 2nd, 2005, 03:52 PM

hi just a quick question how u add polls

NTJedi · #17 June 2nd, 2005, 06:29 PM

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High_Priest_Naresh said:
ps can u tell me how I can can get the best out on Machaka and destroy my enemies

In the beginning of the game buy hoplites... they're good for the price. Focus on research and getting some death summons. If you have good gold income get the big spider hunters. For bottle neck areas I recommend having 4 assassins to take out any approaching armies. Also summon vine ogres for whatever mages can reach 3 nature via items.

Oversway · #18 June 2nd, 2005, 06:52 PM

what are u losing too?

Ironhawk · #19 June 2nd, 2005, 07:05 PM

People have already commented on how to pick a pretender for Machaka so I thought I would just say a little bit about the nation in general. I agree with some of the people here that Machakan archers are one of its strengths. They are so cheap its great! And if you feel like it, you can easily cast Flaming Arrows which *really* leverages thier cheapness in a major way. Machaka hoplites are really an excellent troop too, having both high prot AND above average defense. I never got around to using the sacred spiders much since they were so expensive.

In terms of magic I found Machaka really well suited to earth and death summons. They have the really really cheap witch doctor to do your site searching. And then the sorcerer is pretty easy to get 3N which in turn gives you Lamias and 3-4D, which in turn gives you all your Bane Lord SCs and whatnot. Also... I think the witch doctors or sorcerers are perfect for summoning Banefire Archers, which are loads of fun. Mech Men too, I believe.

Your PD is just complete trash tho. Don't buy more than like 3-5 points. Conventional wisdom is to only buy 1PD in any province (10 PD if you want to catch scouts). But you can't buy just 1 Machaka PD cause it is so terrible. I would not be surprised if scouts or... like any stealth leader could kill them alone.

Edit: Oh and I forgot to mention that Machaka is also built to cast Blight, which I feel is an often overlooked spell. If you are fighting an early-middle war where fluctuations in income are meaningful, a couple of Blights can really cripple your enemy at a key time.

Endoperez · #20 June 3rd, 2005, 11:58 AM

Sent a long PM to you, but received some weird error message. If you didn't get it, PM me back and I'll resend it.