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Originally Posted by OmikronWarrior
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Man
Marignon
Machaka
Agartha
Shinuyama
Abysia
Man is probably the stinker here, but with the exception of Shin, these nations favor heavy map move one infantry and limited magic diversity (but what magic they do they do very well). I don't want Arco or BL due to the presence of tramplers, and C'Tis's miasma is a non-starter for me. Thoughts?
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Shinuyama blows the rest of those nations out of the water. Trivially. (With the possible exception of Marignon, who isn't totally outclassed, just mostly outclassed).
MA Agartha actually has abundant mm3 infantry, just no good way to move them that fast until ench 6ish. All those statues are mm3.
That said, it probably wouldn't be too hard to find 6 balanced nations in MA, but these aren't them as a set. Lets try for middle-of-the-road nations, since they're abundant in MA.
With only 6 nations, Man isn't actually noticeably disadvantaged. Lets look at:
Man
Mictlan
TC
Machaka
Caelum
That's probably a decent set of nations. Remember, with only 6 players there isn't going to be much endgame, so Man's typical weakness disappears. Machaka also has a great midgame and so improves because of the smaller game size. This list just needs one more nation.
Also considered
Arco - worried they're too weak
BL - worried they're too weak
Marignon - worried they're too strong
Eriu - totally different play dynamic, might not fit well or be unexpectedly strong.
Edit: don't get me wrong, i'd totally play BL against that field, but i'm not most people.
Edit2: oh, you don't want tramplers. Well, boo.
FWIW, Man totally focuses on cavalry and archers, so mm1? ha! Marignon can also focus on cavalry. Machaka can play for spiders. And are shinuyama's actually mm1? pretty sure dai-bakemono are mm2. So your theoretical theme totally breaks down in practice.