From scouting there turned out to be 2 portals, then another one appeared right nearby. Tselochka <3 took a max crypt on day 111, thanks to which I expanded to 8 heroes (while the opponent had 7 or fewer). Game started. Gold was tight, as a result I had to trade at 1 market in the town. But on day 115 I got Angels, broke into the first neutral stack, on day 116 Tselochka <3 took the second neutral stack, and on day 117 I broke into the town to replenish mana with Expert Earth, while the scout hero Melody grabbed the third portal. On day 121 I collected home chests, which gave Tselochka and Melody 15k exp each, both smartly leveled Earth and Logistics. On day 122 I ran to the GO, on day 123 I came out and broke through to the rampo respawn nearby. There were gold problems, but I spotted parts of the Elixir nearby, and had the Quest Ring on my own respawn. I assembled the Elixir sacrificing 15 Manticores from a chest, broke through 2 central Dragon Utopias which turned out to be max. But I saw that the opponent was far away and also had a very long way to run. So I calmly defeated the Angle and camped under the Elixir and Angle with 30th level Alkin except for 1 turn when I didn't manage to equip the Angle due to the timer. So on day 127 I broke into the rampo respawn's Dragon Utopia #2, losing all the chaff except the Angels, but thanks to that on day 131 there was a veeeery long turn that ate up the entire timer. After the turn I took 3 Dragon Utopias with the Cap (never got KZ), raised stats and finally upgraded 17 Archangels. Then with the Cap I gathered various things through prisons. When the opponent camped in the Castle on day 133, I grabbed more chests for meat (15 Scorpicores and 20 Minotaurs), took a max Dragon Fly Hive, and attacked the opponent. The battle under the Angle and Elixir was one-sided. There was no main hero as such (each had some flaw), so the main character is the one who finished the finale — Rylund 30th level from prison with Offense and Defense.
Thanks for the game!
It's been a long time since I've had such a life-long trek!
If I knew the buy-in, I'd live in Sochi. I ran for 5 days on the way to the GO. A very late exit on day 124, but the road trolled me in the center too, you had to see it. It felt like I was playing an RPG, grinding through mob after mob. I gave the opponent so much time that he easily cleared 2 respawns with 3 neutral stacks, assembled 17 Archangels and the Elixir. There was simply nothing to counter the Elixir with. Thanks for the game!
