Xaart
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Who understood the point of the purple hero on this map? On 200% difficulty, he stood for 7 days and died without a castle, without even attempting to attack the black knights.
Good day!
I don't recall a purple hero in the game; maybe he died in the first week as well. Lucky that his hero's death wasn't needed by the seers, unlike the deaths of Drag, Adrienne, ANTYSMOK — I'd have gone crazy playing that myself)).
I'm trying to take the castle, a few more assaults and I'll finish it off.
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Xaart, greetings!
Thanks for the feedback and the link. I occasionally look at that Polish site. I hadn't pointed to this map before, and it wasn't in my collection, but I've now downloaded it. I read your report and the translation of the discussion, and it immediately became clear why everything seemed so familiar: well, yes, the map's author is BARTER, the creator of "Zemsta Mutare", and, as DDoS wrote there, "Mutare's Revenge" is a continuation of this story. This immediately raises concerns about an extremely long game (well, the author loves legions of monsters!) and possible impassability, either due to player mistakes or author errors. By the way, a video recently appeared — "Vampire Lords vs. Azure Dragons" — featuring a single battle from another map by BARTER: "Legiony Potworów". The title translates exactly as "Legions of Monsters". And that game is already on month 28!
In general, several maps by this author are posted on Maps4Heroes; this way you can find them by the nickname.
Completed the map from BARTER's list — "Piekielna bitwa"
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/maps.php?keywords=Piekielna+bitwa&type=&size=&difficulty=&sort=3
The game took 7 months, I played as Necropolis. The author has a love for Grails); on this map, practically all towns have them, and for those that don't — the map itself builds one in a couple of months (the same thing on the Legiony potworow map). Also, all artifacts are stated to be in the game, except for Angel Wings, Wizard's Hat, and Tome of Air Magic (Flight and Dimension Door are forbidden). All heroes receive Legion Statues, and there are no problems with resources or population. I liked the map; there are many monsters of various sizes, lucky that the seers and guardians didn't hinder the walkthrough)). I dealt with the enemies fairly easily, and access to them wasn't difficult.
It was a different story with Red; I had to put some work into him. On land, the exit to him was blocked by a garrison with a legion of Azure Dragons, Arch Devils, and Archangels. I could never break through them. Red himself was also unable to get out, although he had amassed considerable strength with several Inferno, Dungeon, and Necropolis towns. There was also a second passage to him through Orange's (Inferno) underground, closed by red gates and guarded by 4000 Azure Dragons and 4000 Titans. Thanks to the Cloak of the Undead King, 25000 mighty liches took out both the Azures and the Titans; from there it was just a matter of technique.
Now I'm playing through "Legiony potworow", playing as Necropolis (in principle, the choice is limited: either Necropolis or Stronghold), and it's month 8 of the game. Killed off Pink with Stronghold, took all the towns with Grails below Blue, the walkthrough is tough; reached Blue (Tower), with the main hero Dragon leading a legion army, who has to be killed to open the guardian (naturally).
What I didn't like: the necromancer Lord Haart, stated in the game, is deprived of necromancy, but during the game he receives a Town Portal with the ability to choose a castle. I took Moandor, necromancy is fine, but this hero cannot learn Town Portal. Tried with Septienna — same thing. I'm struggling with swapping heroes: Moandor fights, accumulating skeletons, with the Amulet of the Necromancer and the Vampire's Cloak; Haart serves as a troop supplier. I hope after Dragon I'll find the Dead Man's Boots for the Cloak of the Undead King.