For me it less about taking the land then keeping it. There are about 8 or 9 300+ armies out there roaming around. I have like 2 reasonable armies and 4 good SCs. They walk over 50 PD no prob, especially the jotun. Pangaea, Jotun, Lanka, and van I think. For some reason everything was going well, then suddenly all 4 declared war and are not bothering to fight each other
I've got t'ien chi so paths aren't a problem it just seems my use of magic is pretty inefficient.