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1) If Man can keep up on research without resorting to using owl quills, then that is the path I will always favor. Quills don't provide enough research to compensate for the opportunity cost. Air gems are just too useful for so many other rituals and items.

2) Your right. I'll fix that.

3) I don't exclude blood as an option. I was tempted to talk about blood and mention that it would bring hardy mages and magic diversity, but I knew that starting down that path would lead to talk about what every other skill can bring to the table, and you don't need me to tell you that.

4) I agree. The only time I mentioned anything about battle commands was with expansion. The only unit I said not to fire with were the starting spearmen, who can't fire anyhow.

Thanks.