Gаstello
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Hello everyone. Thanks to everyone who congratulated me – I think the debut was a success ;) Even considering the large number of artifacts Psixxx had... As they say, ignorance is no excuse? I also made a mistake – I realized too late that I needed to run with two heroes... I probably would have doubled my score. But there was no way to replay. Regarding the gameplay... I didn't try to come up with anything special; I took Biara. Having all the racial skills allowed me to quickly acquire Rapid Strike and Path of War.
Here is my development path:
Level 2 - Basic Attack
Level 3 - Advanced Attack
Level 4 - Basic Logistics
Level 5 - Expert Attack
Level 6 - Advanced Logistics
Level 7 - Basic Machine Mastery
Level 8 - Expert Logistics
Level 9 - Ballista
Level 10 - Advanced Machine Mastery
Level 11 - Expert Machine Mastery
Level 12 - Rapid Ballista
Level 13 - First Aid
Level 14 - Find Path
Level 15 - Ethereal Luck
Level 16 - Great Luck
Level 17 - Path of War
Level 18 - Basic Leadership
Level 19 - Pillage
Level 20 - Devil's Strike
Level 21 - Magic Resistance
Level 22 - Permanent Luck
Level 23 - Treasury
If everything went smoothly with the skill upgrades, I also ran incorrectly on the map – I stayed near the castle for too long, and also spent a lot of time at the neighboring respawn point – all because of the aforementioned mistake. I didn't try to defeat the Phoenixes; I immediately rushed across the bridge, and around day 16, I boarded the ship. First, I cleared both sunken Temples, then headed to Utopia, where there was a portal to the neighboring castles. Path of War and Pillage allowed me to overcome almost everything without losing speed and pick up what was dropped. Then I turned towards the Mage Guild castle, where I successfully encountered Dugald and Razaz one after another. Obtaining their artifacts significantly increased my capital.
In general, even though it wasn't the most successful run, it still gave a decent result. If Orson had gone in a different direction, if Nimue had gotten Pathfinding, if Nibras had gotten Treasury... But that's all just speculation. As they say, history doesn't know conditional tenses? In general, the next games will show how justified the result was and how well-founded the claims to be among the leaders are.
And a little more about the map... IMHO, one downside is that the neutrals are too slow and sluggish. Having one dog allowed me to pass through crowds of golems and hordes of zombies – there was no creativity involved – it was all just hit-and-run, especially if you rush towards them from level 1 – you'll probably have to run from them for about 2 hours. The Stone Golems are a piece of cake – how many are there? About 30k experience? But overall, it was interesting.
Thank you all for the game; it was a pleasure to participate