moonfolk
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Well, we sometimes play against each other, on a random map generator, but it gets tiring to look away, or not look away, but then you see each other's moves :) Once, I played as Necropolis, and he played as Stronghold. We developed at roughly the same pace, but he built his creatures very early on, and there were no mines on the map (Gorgons, Tentacles of the Swamp, or something like that). I was slow to develop my dragons... So, in the end, he took my Castle, and I took his, but I also managed to collect all the obelisks from my territory, and then from his. And there was a Grail on his territory, which I dug up, and he surrendered. He was also unlucky; he found two City Portal scrolls at the beginning, but he only managed to upgrade the basic terrain and couldn't teleport back home to defend his Castle. And I also went first, so he didn't have time to hire a weekly supply on the first day. I wouldn't have been able to handle two weekly supplies in the Castle :(
Regarding the skeletons:
I decided to try it out. I took Vedomina, leveled her up to the third level, and made her an expert in Necromancy, catching up with everyone as expected. I just didn't build the enhancer right away; I was a little late with it. There was no talk of 3,000 skeletons; there were only 500-600, and the meeting of the main heroes was already approaching. I guess if you play for three months and don't attack each other, but just accumulate skeletons, you could gather that many. But I prefer to play aggressively, so I choose an early attack, if possible, and even on HL maps, I rarely play peacefully for more than three months. :)
Now we're playing against the AI. I only have 250 skeletons, and they all died while I was taking castles from the AI and defending my own. My starting hero is Vedomina. After leveling up Necromancy, I upgraded Earth to Expert and, after building the Guild to level 3, I failed :((( But I have Tant now, and now I'm looking for a hero with Lore, so I can teach Vedomina the Resurrection spell. For now, I'm betting on Berserk and Expert Fire. Against the AI, it's a super spell, especially when defending a Castle. Even without Fire magic, it helps a lot in winning battles.
Regarding the skeletons:
I decided to try it out. I took Vedomina, leveled her up to the third level, and made her an expert in Necromancy, catching up with everyone as expected. I just didn't build the enhancer right away; I was a little late with it. There was no talk of 3,000 skeletons; there were only 500-600, and the meeting of the main heroes was already approaching. I guess if you play for three months and don't attack each other, but just accumulate skeletons, you could gather that many. But I prefer to play aggressively, so I choose an early attack, if possible, and even on HL maps, I rarely play peacefully for more than three months. :)
Now we're playing against the AI. I only have 250 skeletons, and they all died while I was taking castles from the AI and defending my own. My starting hero is Vedomina. After leveling up Necromancy, I upgraded Earth to Expert and, after building the Guild to level 3, I failed :((( But I have Tant now, and now I'm looking for a hero with Lore, so I can teach Vedomina the Resurrection spell. For now, I'm betting on Berserk and Expert Fire. Against the AI, it's a super spell, especially when defending a Castle. Even without Fire magic, it helps a lot in winning battles.