The Necromancer's Path.

I played this map (using the hero, version 1.1 - I downloaded it maybe a month ago, but I didn't have time to play it). My impressions are mostly positive, but let me explain everything in order. The beginning is moderately difficult, with a severe lack of mana, but there are a few units that can be easily kited by vampires, and you can drain their mana with Spiritual Bond, so leveling up wasn't too difficult. The lack of resurrection for Arantir was quickly compensated by raising a bunch of High Liches from a stack of Shamans, and in the early stages, I lost 1 vampire and a couple of dozen skeletons. So, Giovanni, who appeared around the beginning of the 4th week, was defeated without any particular problems . After that, I leveled up without any losses, and in the second encounter, Giovanni was defeated with the loss of 2 Spectres . After that, he immediately teleported to the city, barely noticing Arantir. Benedict then arrived, and I defeated him without any particular problems and began to advance into the human lands. I didn't take Mortred, but I made a couple of sorties for the keys, using teleportation to the city when Giovanni approached. Then I immediately went to the mountain, and I defeated the Phoenixes and Elementals without any problems and without losses. After that, I was very unlucky - I was just short of reaching the Temple, and Giovanni captured my Castle on his next turn (I had to return, but I essentially lost a week for nothing). Then I returned to the Temple and fought against Vessel . The battle was difficult, but Vessel essentially counters himself - in my opinion, you should remove Elemental Equilibrium from him (see the replay). I teleported to the Castle and defeated Giovanni, Benedict, and the Orc who decided to attack my depleted army one by one, and I captured Mortred. Well, and the battle with Bertrand - the main thing is to position yourself so as not to get hit by the shots and to get good spell procs. In total, it took 73 days, using the Thunderstrike hero.

In conclusion: I liked the map, it's pleasant to play, and it's not particularly stressful (well, it's Arantir, after all). The downside is that many parts of the map are not well-integrated; yes, there are some additional quests, such as the Ancient Temple or Giovanni's blockade (I checked the scripts:o), but in practice, completing them only prolongs the game, and you can win without any problems anyway. In my opinion, it would have been better to place the keyholders in different parts of the map to motivate exploration. In general, thank you for the map, I'll be waiting for the sequel;)