Empowering Monuments indeed boosts your Favor rate, but we discovered pretty late that empowering each Monument seems to give you only a 1/5th boost. In other words, you need to have all 5 empowered to keep the same resource boost that you would get on Gold, for example. If this is true, then tieing up 5 Priests for the benefit is only rarely going to be worth it.

I'm not entirely positive about this and it will need some investigation and testing before we decide whether to fix it or not.

I think for most of the ES team that Zeus, Poseidon, Isis and Loki are the easiest to play--their strategies are either straight forward (all but Isis) or they have some nice defensive bonuses (Isis and Poseidon). Odin and Ra require you to pay more attention to individual unit micromanagement. Set, Hades and Thor require a little more experimentation and creativity. This isn't to say they are weak--just that you will probably love or hate these guys, whereas anyone can pick up and play the others. For example, Set can get a lot out of Pharaoh-summoned animals, but you have to be willing to pay attention to your Favor rates and food gatherers.

— RELICS —

A Pair of Golden Lions: Summons two golden lions for you to command. If killed, they will respawn at the temple after one minute

Ankh of Ra: Provides a steady trickle of favor


Anvil of Hephaestus: Armory technologies cost 10% less


Armor of Achilles: Infantry have 5% less hack damage vulnerability


Arrows of the Alfar: Towers, Fortresses and Town Centers have 20% more attack


Black Lotus: Villagers gather food from farms 10% faster


Blanket of Empress Zoe: Buildings have 20% less crush damage vulnerability


Boots of Kick Everything: Heroes move 20% faster


Bow of Artemis: Archers cost 15% less, Trolls cost 15% less wood, Centaurs cost 20% less wood


Bridle of Pegasus: Summons a Pegasus for the player to command. The Pegasus reappears at the temple after one minute if killed.


Buhen Flagstone: Walls cost 25% less


Canopic Jar of Imsety: Infantry train 15% faster


Catoblepas' Scales: Myth units have 20% less crush vulnerability


Dwarven Calipers: Siege weapons cost 20% less


Eye of Horus: Town Centers support +2 population


Eye of Ornlu: Hypaspists, Axemen and Throwing Axemen have 5% more attack


Fetters of Fenrir: Villagers kill nearly all animals in a single shot


Girdle of Hippolyta: Toxotes, Chariot Archers and Throwing Axemen have 5% more HP


Harmonia's Necklace: Villagers gather gold 10% faster


Harter's Folly: Scouting units have 2 more LOS


Head of Orpheus: Buildings have +8 LOS


Hera's Thundercloud Shawl: All human soldiers have 5% less pierce damage vulnerability


Khopesh of Horus: Hero damage multiplier vs Myth units increased by 1 (EG, if a Hero has Damage x7 vs myth units and the player gains this relic, it becomes Damage x 8.)


Kithara of Apollo: Villagers move 20% faster


Mithril Horseshoes: Cavalry move 10% faster


Monkey's Head: Summons three monkeys to serve the player. The monkeys will respawn at the temple one minute after they are killed.


Nose of the Sphinx: Buildings have 15% more HP


Odin's Spear: Hoplites, Spearmen and Ulfsarks have 5% more attack


Oseburg Wagon: Caravans cost 25% less and move 15% faster


Pandora's Box: Myth units train 25% faster


Pelt of Argus: All units gain an additional 6 LOS


Pygmalion's Statue: Villagers have 40% more HP


Reed of Nekhbet: Naval myth units have double attack


Ring of the Nibelung: Provides a steady trickle of gold


Scarab Pendant: The Helepolis, Siege Tower, Scarab and Portable ram all have their damage multiplier against buildings increased by 1.


Shard of Blue Crystal: Villagers gather wood and gold 5% faster


Shingles of Steel: Houses have triple HP


Ship of Fingernails: Provides a steady trickle of food


Sistrum of Bast: Villagers cost 10% less


Staff of Dionysus: Villagers carry 20 more food


Tail of the Cerberus: Myth unit special attacks take 25% less time to recharge


Toothed Arrows: Archers and Ballistas do 5% more damage


Tower of Sestus: Towers do 30% more damage to units at range, 10% more damage to units attacking their base


Trios Bow: Archers have 2 more range and LOS


Trojan Gate Hinge: Walls have 20% more HP


Tusk of the Iron Boar: Cavalry and Chariot Archers have 10% more HP


Wand of Gambantein: Temple technologies cost 20% less


Wedjat Eye: Myth units cost 10% less food, wood and gold