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This game was simply something...
I think many were surprised (those who watched the game) why I didn't take a restart.
But I saw 2 roads, Islin and Monere with Pirya.
Minimal troops, well I decided I'd manage, and I also spotted a Dragon Fly Hive.
On 112 I was still doubting, whether to restart or not.
On 113 I captured the opponent's town and boots in a cart. Any doubts about the correctness of not restarting were gone... until the second week...
On 121 I'm clearing the opponent's dungeon.
For the entire second and third week I cursed myself for falling for the bait along the roads...
As for objects, I saw only this one Dragon Fly Hive revealed on 111 and a Dragon Utopia, which turned out to be a max one. Of towns where I could build a Mage Guild, I only had the dungeon...
The dungeon actually surprised me with the Mage Guild and I got Town Portal on the first try.
But Dimension Door though...
On 127 I built the 5th Mage Guild in the dungeon.
On 131 132 133 I rebuilt and got everything imaginable, I saw neither Dimension Door nor Fly. I'm starting to lose hope little by little. And the opponent has Goshka revealed...
On 134 I finally rebuild to 5th level with Dimension Door...
And the struggle begins. From 134 to 136 I methodically hit and run the max Dragon Utopia, killing all the gold and green creatures from it.
137 I finish off the Dragon Utopia, losing 2 bears and meat with skeletons. They give simply heavenly drops, KZ, a chalice, 4 All, and a shield +12. Islin with boosted intelligence breaks into the dungeon, gets her 540 mana. Using scouting I determine probable Dragon Utopia locations.
141 I level Dessa on a chest with 10k exp, this bastard doesn't even try to pick up earth and air. Islin jumps towards a probable Dragon Utopia, which wasn't there. But there was a quest ring for the Ring of the Magi (which at these stages is essentially useless garbage).
142 I jump towards the second probable Dragon Utopia and I'm not wrong, it is indeed there. Dragon Utopia #2, useful item is a hat +10, I Town Portal home, hand in the quest for 10 nagas, Town Portal and sell artifacts for crystals, upgrade the bears, use Vokial to scout the second probable Dragon Utopia and it is indeed there (along the way +1 Dragon Fly Hive)
143 I jump to the Dragon Utopia, find another Dragon Fly Hive, pick up a chest with 15 upgraded djinns, fight the Dragon Utopia #2 with Lichs, Town Portal to town transfer troops and artifacts to Monere, who aimed for 2 chests, after first bolstering with djinns in town.
144 Monere with bears, bones and 8 upgraded djinns fights 2 chests, each containing 20 minotaurs (with the dungeon a decent power stack of upgraded minotaurs is organized). Islin and Dessa together collect 2 Dragon Fly Hives on 16 ducks with a secondary army. As a result, a fairly workable band emerges (43 upgraded mind eaters, 4 silver ones, about 500 bones, 20 ducks, 10 nagas, 15 upgraded djinns). While the opponent has no stats revealed, I prepare to go on the offensive.
But on his 145 the opponent surrenders. In terms of tempo he was behind and saw no outs. Thanks for the game.
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P.S. I'm still in shock that I won this :smile07:
seemed like a decent start with two native heroes. on the second day goshka and striker arrived. problem was the stone mine was blocked by water, but the key moment was after the dip at the end of the first week, after which I had to radically change plans and instead of going to the necro town go to the brown inferno. after that there was a breakout into the corner necro treasure zone which turned out to be completely empty and getting out of there was very difficult. overall I played badly at the start and struggled the whole game. gosha didn't get earth, only got air at level 12, there was no control, no objects either. I didn't find a single Dragon Utopia!
thanks for the game! good luck in the final!