Rambo1969
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Well, during the New Year holidays, I finally found the time to complete this campaign (it's almost a shame that it's over :mad:).
After reaching the surface (I described the process of reaching the surface above), the entire game boiled down to beating up baby creatures :cool: - storming neutral garrisons is generally "no big deal" (the battles of Sigrif in the second gate and Railag with the market garrison are a clear illustration of this - these battles were the most challenging). Battles with human heroes also went without any particular problems - 3 out of 5 ended in a complete victory (Sigrif's battle with the main hero and the other battles are attached).
In the end, I completed the surface part in 8 days + 3.5 months of "preparation" below. I didn't bother swimming across the river to the peasant farms on the other side, nor did I search for the dragon's treasure, saving time. I think that if you don't get carried away with raiding farms and running to the market, you can manage it in 6 days.
Overall, I can say that the 5th mission turned out to be too complicated - in the first stage, everything develops very dynamically - you constantly have to engage in complex and exciting battles with neutrals (5-10 battles per day). But after a couple of months, when almost the entire lower part of the map is already captured, a routine begins, which boils down to gathering forces in the castles, transporting them to the key hero so that he can, in time (4-5 days before the "deadline"), pass the "dark star" to the prophet and maximize the army he has gathered, and then increase it again by entering the tomb, and then, through intermediaries, manage to distribute these forces to the other main heroes. And then, ascend to the top, and everything is fast and dynamic again :)
The entire campaign took 695 days; I think the result can be improved by at least 50 days with a replay - I lost a lot of time in the first mission, going around the trees of knowledge and returning to them at the end to get more experience by the end of the mission (as it turned out later - "in vain") - the hero's growth was limited to level 36, and 2 trees remained "unused" :( .
After reaching the surface (I described the process of reaching the surface above), the entire game boiled down to beating up baby creatures :cool: - storming neutral garrisons is generally "no big deal" (the battles of Sigrif in the second gate and Railag with the market garrison are a clear illustration of this - these battles were the most challenging). Battles with human heroes also went without any particular problems - 3 out of 5 ended in a complete victory (Sigrif's battle with the main hero and the other battles are attached).
In the end, I completed the surface part in 8 days + 3.5 months of "preparation" below. I didn't bother swimming across the river to the peasant farms on the other side, nor did I search for the dragon's treasure, saving time. I think that if you don't get carried away with raiding farms and running to the market, you can manage it in 6 days.
Overall, I can say that the 5th mission turned out to be too complicated - in the first stage, everything develops very dynamically - you constantly have to engage in complex and exciting battles with neutrals (5-10 battles per day). But after a couple of months, when almost the entire lower part of the map is already captured, a routine begins, which boils down to gathering forces in the castles, transporting them to the key hero so that he can, in time (4-5 days before the "deadline"), pass the "dark star" to the prophet and maximize the army he has gathered, and then increase it again by entering the tomb, and then, through intermediaries, manage to distribute these forces to the other main heroes. And then, ascend to the top, and everything is fast and dynamic again :)
The entire campaign took 695 days; I think the result can be improved by at least 50 days with a replay - I lost a lot of time in the first mission, going around the trees of knowledge and returning to them at the end to get more experience by the end of the mission (as it turned out later - "in vain") - the hero's growth was limited to level 36, and 2 trees remained "unused" :( .
Если споришь глупцом - срочно проверь не делает ли он тоже самое!:smile13:
Древняя восточная мудрость (вольный перевод)
Древняя восточная мудрость (вольный перевод)