I want for late era man as much money as possible, so i do not do a bless strat .
Imho their magister arcane are quite good. And their defender and tower guard units are excellent too.
Imho the defender is the best humanoid late era infantry unit .
I had no problem with money with a bless strat, Boron. Keep in mind that LE Man takes NO penalty from Drain scale. You can max out Drain and pump it into Order and still have a great Dominion and Bless strategy, especially if you go dormant or imprisoned.
Speaking of money, I find it really strange to have more money on turn 2 than on the previous turn, even after spending all the starting gold on units...
...this is going to take some time to get used to...