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The most interesting thing about the campaign is that I completed the first and second parts using only liches (upgrading them to archliches) and one stack of harpies. 18 joined in the underground area of the first part, and 32 in the second. You divide them into groups of five and use a harpy or witch stack (tactics) as needed, relying solely on summoning and darkness magic. Everything living and undead can be defeated; each stack has two upgrade levels, which is more than enough.
P.S. It turns out both Orcish camps are Eastern ones (screenshots).
P.P.S. After completing all quests for the Thieves' Guild, attempting to "hear rumors" (clicking on the hand with payment) results in a 100% crash to desktop.
P.P.P.S. After completing all Elven quests (the last quest was freeing two villages), Sindarin says, "It's time for you to talk to the leader," but when I approach across the bridge, there is no interaction/dialogue (there isn't even a red sword, just a prohibition sign)... everyone else has Orcs and Humans. Apparently, my reputation is 100% - since the main tasks have been completed. (Screenshots.) All my problems have been resolved (if necessary); humans and orcs told me that already, and also because I am near the end. What else does this elf need? I'm starting to forget... it seems playing as elves here is forbidden. I remember playing as Orcs so that morale wouldn't be ruined (now I decided to play as Humans, since playing as Elves is not allowed). In pursuit of elven reputation, I failed to gain good standing with both Orcs and Humans. Consequently, it's 87.5 and 96.
In the third map, it's unclear why there's a fort on a hill at the beginning! Joining stacks of different levels. What's the point of the fort if you have to return far away? To defeat phoenixes in the beginning, better use ranged assassins instead of hunters; what about later? Downgrade them? You won't earn enough money from harpies and imps – they give one more unit than megas... why do I need thick megas? Am I going to tank with them? And even goblins are in front
. I would put another two or three forts along the way, or let reinforcements be of the same level. The third map is very stable; FPS drops significantly in some places, but crashes during reloads haven't been noticed (I can imagine how much trouble I would have had with that; screenshot). Spells have been reduced (screenshot). Some errors appeared closer to the end of the map (screenshot).
The final battle of the third map was the most difficult of the three maps. Probably because of darkness + summoning magic, which were massed up along the way, but in the finale, I would rather switch to light (although there don't seem to be any antimagic creatures, and it would really help) + darkness (but I didn't feel like it) - the opponent annoyed me by subduing and using vampirism (although all other castle owners only attacked with spikes). I managed to win solely due to the weakness of the enemy AI attacking any phantom (on the second try), and I killed their imps with devils. Yes, the third map will overwhelm any weak PC, not to mention laptops; it may be stable in terms of crashes, but there were such significant FPS drops throughout the game that my 3060 was nervously twitching. But this isn't about the author, but about the developers who considered optimization a swear word when they made the game. In the Dark Messiah mission, I got tired of looking for someone to give something to... just go to the castle... facepalm.
P.S. It's funny, but my strategy worked well and as expected. I like to leave native guard stacks behind to deal with enemies "later" – there is a good chance that when your troops grow stronger, they will join you without any diplomacy. That's what happened in the fifth map: on the third week of the second month, 1248 scouts joined me for free (screenshot).
Two dwellings on the shore of the lake are still broken (you can only take reinforcements from them manually, which has been happening since the very first version). The hassle with dragons that was created for Yshadh's castle is unclear (dragons cannot be upgraded in the castle and only in it)... why? I don't know, but it really annoys me.
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p/s/ And some kind of glitch ruined the finale... so you need to bring 100 peasants to Siren, I pay 12000, the money is deducted, but there are no peasants in the slot! They disappeared! So I thought maybe it's just a visual bug. I sailed back - Siren is not active. Everything. Reloading didn't help (two, three... I wouldn't go back to the beginning of the mission!), the farm slot was empty if anything, in the console (the last screenshot shows an error!).
P.S. A request to the author: please come back from retirement and fix these bugs! It's not right to have errors in the campaign while on vacation!
P.S. It turns out both Orcish camps are Eastern ones (screenshots).
P.P.S. After completing all quests for the Thieves' Guild, attempting to "hear rumors" (clicking on the hand with payment) results in a 100% crash to desktop.
P.P.P.S. After completing all Elven quests (the last quest was freeing two villages), Sindarin says, "It's time for you to talk to the leader," but when I approach across the bridge, there is no interaction/dialogue (there isn't even a red sword, just a prohibition sign)... everyone else has Orcs and Humans. Apparently, my reputation is 100% - since the main tasks have been completed. (Screenshots.) All my problems have been resolved (if necessary); humans and orcs told me that already, and also because I am near the end. What else does this elf need? I'm starting to forget... it seems playing as elves here is forbidden. I remember playing as Orcs so that morale wouldn't be ruined (now I decided to play as Humans, since playing as Elves is not allowed). In pursuit of elven reputation, I failed to gain good standing with both Orcs and Humans. Consequently, it's 87.5 and 96.
In the third map, it's unclear why there's a fort on a hill at the beginning! Joining stacks of different levels. What's the point of the fort if you have to return far away? To defeat phoenixes in the beginning, better use ranged assassins instead of hunters; what about later? Downgrade them? You won't earn enough money from harpies and imps – they give one more unit than megas... why do I need thick megas? Am I going to tank with them? And even goblins are in front
. I would put another two or three forts along the way, or let reinforcements be of the same level. The third map is very stable; FPS drops significantly in some places, but crashes during reloads haven't been noticed (I can imagine how much trouble I would have had with that; screenshot). Spells have been reduced (screenshot). Some errors appeared closer to the end of the map (screenshot).The final battle of the third map was the most difficult of the three maps. Probably because of darkness + summoning magic, which were massed up along the way, but in the finale, I would rather switch to light (although there don't seem to be any antimagic creatures, and it would really help) + darkness (but I didn't feel like it) - the opponent annoyed me by subduing and using vampirism (although all other castle owners only attacked with spikes). I managed to win solely due to the weakness of the enemy AI attacking any phantom (on the second try), and I killed their imps with devils. Yes, the third map will overwhelm any weak PC, not to mention laptops; it may be stable in terms of crashes, but there were such significant FPS drops throughout the game that my 3060 was nervously twitching. But this isn't about the author, but about the developers who considered optimization a swear word when they made the game. In the Dark Messiah mission, I got tired of looking for someone to give something to... just go to the castle... facepalm.
P.S. It's funny, but my strategy worked well and as expected. I like to leave native guard stacks behind to deal with enemies "later" – there is a good chance that when your troops grow stronger, they will join you without any diplomacy. That's what happened in the fifth map: on the third week of the second month, 1248 scouts joined me for free (screenshot).
Two dwellings on the shore of the lake are still broken (you can only take reinforcements from them manually, which has been happening since the very first version). The hassle with dragons that was created for Yshadh's castle is unclear (dragons cannot be upgraded in the castle and only in it)... why? I don't know, but it really annoys me.
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p/s/ And some kind of glitch ruined the finale... so you need to bring 100 peasants to Siren, I pay 12000, the money is deducted, but there are no peasants in the slot! They disappeared! So I thought maybe it's just a visual bug. I sailed back - Siren is not active. Everything. Reloading didn't help (two, three... I wouldn't go back to the beginning of the mission!), the farm slot was empty if anything, in the console (the last screenshot shows an error!).
P.S. A request to the author: please come back from retirement and fix these bugs! It's not right to have errors in the campaign while on vacation!
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