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High_Priest_Naresh · #1 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 · #2 June 2nd, 2005, 03:52 PM

hi just a quick question how u add polls

NTJedi · #3 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 · #4 June 2nd, 2005, 06:52 PM

what are u losing too?

Ironhawk · #5 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 · #6 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.

Taqwus · #7 June 3rd, 2005, 01:11 PM

Do Fever Fetishes still work on undead? If that wasn't fixed, it's one way for Machaka to boost its fire gem supply -- put them on cheap Mound Kings.

Endoperez · #8 June 3rd, 2005, 01:51 PM

I think so, but I'm not sure. I had though recent patch removed that, but it wasn't listed in changes in recent versions.

Fever Fetishes give the one wearing them Disease (no healing, 1 hp of damage every turn, more afflictions), but produce 1 fire gem per turn. They aren't of much use, except when you give them to undead units. Undead aren't affected by disease, but Fetishes still produce the gems. By giving cheap undead, like Mound King from Revive King, you can get free fire gem income. Machaka is one of the few nations who can forge Fever Fetishes with cheap mages.

High_Priest_Naresh · #9 June 3rd, 2005, 04:18 PM

hi I just want to say thanks for all the support you guys have given me,
and I would like to ask the question who is your fave nation?
plz tell me thier name and reason.

High_Priest_Naresh · #10 June 3rd, 2005, 04:35 PM

As you all probably know my fave nation is machaka,
as you have told me, they have strongish pretenders, cheap archers, strong heavy infantry and cavalry,
but the number of combo's you can do with them,
Ivy crown and summon vine ogre,
death summons,
eagle eyes and ranged spells like fire darts and flare
they have a wide range of skills and powers with a few magic items items, even and chief can command hundreds of men, and even better,
for every fire point you have they get to command more men, so 9+ fire for a high command troop and soe other command boosting items can give him 300+ men and more magical beasts.
this is a very cool thing to have command over, a strong mage with protection and power, spells and phisical might coupled with 100's of archers and a few spiders with a dense formation of hoplites can take down gods, powerful mages and thousands of units, you can win with odds of 2-1
remember Machaka and Naresh are a force to be reconed with.