First Post: Suggestions on Nation choices?

[Networkingguru]

OK, played MA Marignon to about mid game, and I have to say I'm not real impressed. The Mage/Preists are pretty cool, but these guys are really one-trick ponies, and if you end up in a bad location like I did, the game is real rough. I have to say, I had more gold than I knew what to do with, but was always resource-bound, which is a change (and not necessarily a welcome one). However, the inability to to do any real site-searching, combined with a bad location left me scrabling for gems for Acashic record.

I don't really like the scales I took (order 3, prod 3, growth 3, misfortune 3, and drain 3) though, so I may play again with different scales (Less emphasis on gold and DEFINITELY no misfortune).

Overall, they just really don't fit how I like to play. I'd much rather work with a nation with a strong bless strategy than one where your main sacred is essentially a chaff unit (Flaggelents).