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Of course not. I was conducting a battle, commenting on it, and taking screenshots at the same time. It depends on the damage spread of the Elves.
I see. I'm just curious how averaged out this option is?
You can never have too much money! Resource piles will accumulate anyway, but on the first day, you need to produce as many heroes as possible, so you need to be able to clear resource buildings on the first days of the game. Besides, if it's far from the castle, sending troops back and forth for just one resource is a waste of tempo, which is very important when playing against a strong opponent.
Most likely, that's true, but how do you determine with 100% certainty on the FIRST day where to go so as not to lose tempo? Because if you run too far, you might run into a strong block or a Guardian on the next turn :(, and if you clear out weak creatures near the castle with your army, you won't need much tempo later for upgrading Elves.
And if the resource is far from the castle, you can also lose tempo without upgraded Elves, so, in my opinion, it's not worth going on long journeys without them either.
I agree, but if there's not much wood, upgrading Elves might not be possible on the 2nd or 3rd day, and you still need to survive :) And what losses could be even smaller? Well, you might lose 6 Centaurs, but the level 1 units are lost anyway. In my opinion, it's even easier for me to take maximum resource piles than minimal or pre-minimal ones. Sometimes it's scary to attack a pile of 10 Vampires (for other factions, but definitely not for Rampart), but 5 is just right. If you start breeding these skeletons in minimal resource piles, it's tedious, level 1 units are lost anyway, and they give little money.
I agree about the minimal resource piles, but not about the smaller losses. Sometimes you attack several times on fast creatures (like wolves, gargoyles, fairies), you take damage to your main Centaur stack, and then you have nothing to defend with :( and if this is only in the first few days?! You can't fight much with just Elves, and spending tempo on bringing Dwarves and also their speed (they are slow) might turn out to be more expensive!?
And if you can't find 10 wood in the grass with several heroes in two days, then, in my opinion, it makes sense to consider restarting the game?!