I got to the dragons late because I first captured the Druid cities so that nothing would interfere with me leveling up Agrael to level 30. Therefore, it's unknown how many archers I would have had to feed them. And there's a lot of experience on the map. For example, I didn't touch the phoenixes – and I still reached the maximum development level without them.

And I gained 2.5 million experience on the "Mercenaries" map. There, some neutral creatures multiply at an incredible rate. I didn't pay attention to the game time, but I had a gnome named Brand, level 34. There were 2,000 throwers, 350 berserkers, 100+ priests, and 250 elven archers. The rest just stood by throughout the battle. Ents guarded the gold mine. The difficulty level is – no chance. There are already several hundred of these ents at the start. If you rush there immediately after capturing the city and the gold mines underground, there will be about 500 of them.