Stone Dragon

I played on this map and, to be honest, it's quite slow-paced in terms of movement, even though the beginning is rather challenging. However, as I understand it, almost everything here is random, so it's okay, and I actually enjoyed it. I especially liked playing against a bot with two mods: one that increases its intelligence and another that makes the bot a cheater, because I heard that the bot on your maps is as dumb as a rock. The bot was an Elf, and I was playing as a Demon. The start was very tough because archers and beasts were guarding the paths, and even mages. For the first three weeks, I decided to sit back and not rush in headfirst. I wanted Grog as my starting hero, but I got Marbas instead. The Elf had Vinrael, who arrived with a pretty good army, but I wasn't really ready for it at that point. However, I found a Berserk spell, which saved the game. The Elf also had some tricks up his sleeve; he was subduing my units, but luckily, Marbas's passive ability was working. The bot was rushing me as much as he could, but I was holding him off, and after taking three obelisks, I realized that the Tear was on my side. When I found it, everything became quite easy. But the constantly fleeing bots are a real pain, especially when they're cheaters with boosted intelligence. Then the chase began. I don't know what the story about the Thunder Dragon is all about because it's quite small if you look at it. I don't have any complaints about the map design; it's more or less good, but I would like fewer flourishes in the form of spirals and more roads, because again, it takes quite a long time to run back and forth, although the bot didn't catch me off guard. Therefore, you can't quickly complete a playthrough on this map. For me, as a fan of fast-paced gameplay, it wasn't very enjoyable at the start, but once I got going, it became more manageable. The mine could have been placed closer, because it was located in the middle of nowhere, and when I found it, I was surprised to see that it was guarded by Arch Druids. In conclusion, I'd say that running around with a buffed AI on this map was quite fun overall. It's good. 👍