Race advice for new mega-game

[Sombre]

MA Pythium.

[sum1lost]

MA Pythium, LA Marignon, MA Bandar log are all very good. Bandarlog lacks in magic diversity, right up until you start summoning guys and they get magical diversity through the wazzoo.

[Baalz]

Lol, truth be told I picked up Marverni because I got the impression a lot of people thought they were underpowered and I figured I could polish out some shine. Guess I succeeded. Then again, I really like some of the other classic underdogs from MA Atlantis (who I did very well with in the last megagame) to MA Ulm so I'd take my suggestions with a grain of salt.

[K]

As a player who was doing well in the first Megagame right up until I needed to quit because of law school, I'd recommend a blood nation.

[Meglobob]

I would play a nation that you like and feel is strong Aezeal, there really is no right or wrong nation.

[DonCorazon]

Any nation with access to air and nature will do well using the Gift of Reasoned militia with Chi Boots. Intimidation!!!

[Rytek]

Lanka.
Describes everything you want:
1) Competetive. Check. Lots of people feel this nation is strong.
2) Good sacreds. Check. Great capitol only sacreds and very good recruitable everywhere else.
3) Good troops. Negligible. Being able to recruit their sacreds at every fort why bother with anything else?
4)Strong Priests. Check. And the priests are able to summon undead!
5)Strong Archers. Check. Stealthy shortbows and meaty (but expensive long bows)
6)Divers magic. Check
7) Strong in all magic paths. Almost. You may need a pretender strong in Astral to fill this gap.

[K]

I'd check out the strategy guide on Lanka before playing them (its in the strategy section). They have plenty of weaknesses.

[chrispedersen]

Why the continuing reference to Gor'd militia?

[Jazzepi]

It's a running joke. Someone made a reference earlier about how they like to make Bruce Lee, or something like that, out of a GoRed militia by giving him the chi shoes.

Jazzepi