In the last game with Andrey, having every chance to win, I unbelievably stupidly threw the game; this time, my debt was repaid =). When the opponent had no more resurrections left, two (!) external dragon dwellings spawned, and Gunnar appeared in the tavern. Fast roads, stables in front of the castle. A passage to the grassy secondary zone behind the rags. I wanted to make Gunnar the main hero, but I messed up during the transfer and attacked with him and 1 centaur on the rags. It's shameful to ask for an auto with such a lucky draw, even though all plans went to hell. I scout another road, and there's another passage to a grassy respawn; I send Kirya there and take my native secondary. Few heroes and little gold; as a result, I didn't dare take either external dragon dwelling (the guards are a crowd of upgraded Basilisks and a horde of Magogs), and there wasn't time for that anyway. End of the week: in the capital — horses, in the citadel — secondary elves. On the second week, I take both external dwellings; Kirya already has armor and Earth magic, the GG issue is resolved =). No cans whatsoever, Mass Slow just won't come... I still build dragons in the capital and resource silos in both Ramparts, take a secondary Conflux and several money buildings. I didn't dare go for the Naga Bank on 3-4. The opponent moves very, very quickly, which suggests they are developing slowly — wrongly. On the third week, with 8 dragons and the rest of the crew, I go to war through the adjacent snowy secondary zone, but 39 Medusas + 3 Angels + nearly 50 Evil Eyes + Mass Slow and Mass Stone Skin from the opponent settle things; I flee without killing even half his army. I should surrender, but two external dragon dwellings plus higher income than the opponent leave hope. I go to farm, build a Capitol; the opponent doesn't come at me but shows terrifying stats in the tavern. I pray he comes as late as possible; I go to the nearest Barbarian dwelling myself, picking up Shield+5 and a Necklace of +3/3 to Attack/Defense and Knowledge, leveling Kirya on various Pit hordes; Pandora's Boxes give experience. The stats haven't equalized, but the gap is no longer that huge. I take the external wyvern dwelling, then break through to the capital. The opponent keeps running around somewhere, but money — despite the Capitol — accumulates much slower than I'd like; I dream of upgrading the dragons; I have resources, but gold-wise it's unrealistic. In the second month, I buy what I can afford, break the GO (up to 19 Titans), take the opponent's capital, stay there for about 3 days; income of 8350 is satisfying. On turn 216, Shakhtar appears with a huge army; I really hope he attacks me in the castle, which happens; a couple of Chain Lightnings cut my army in half, but then Shakhtar runs out of mana, and thanks to Meteor Shower for 375 (obtained from the rebuilt GM4 in the capital), I manage to fend him off with 2 dragons, 80+ centaurs, and 10 Grand Elves remaining. If not for the castle and the opponent’s mana shortage, I would have had no chance whatsoever, but I pulled it off. Thank you for the game.
In the last game with Andrey, having every chance to win, I unbelievably stupidly threw the game; this time, my debt was repaid =). When the opponent had no more resurrections left, two (!) external dragon dwellings spawned, and Gunnar appeared in the tavern. Fast roads, stables in front of the castle. A passage to the grassy secondary zone behind the rags. I wanted to make Gunnar the main hero, but I messed up during the transfer and attacked with him and 1 centaur on the rags. It's shameful to ask for an auto with such a lucky draw, even though all plans went to hell. I scout another road, and there's another passage to a grassy respawn; I send Kirya there and take my native secondary. Few heroes and little gold; as a result, I didn't dare take either external dragon dwelling (the guards are a crowd of upgraded Basilisks and a horde of Magogs), and there wasn't time for that anyway. End of the week: in the capital — horses, in the citadel — secondary elves. On the second week, I take both external dwellings; Kirya already has armor and Earth magic, the GG issue is resolved =). No cans whatsoever, Mass Slow just won't come... I still build dragons in the capital and resource silos in both Ramparts, take a secondary Conflux and several money buildings. I didn't dare go for the Naga Bank on 3-4. The opponent moves very, very quickly, which suggests they are developing slowly — wrongly. On the third week, with 8 dragons and the rest of the crew, I go to war through the adjacent snowy secondary zone, but 39 Medusas + 3 Angels + nearly 50 Evil Eyes + Mass Slow and Mass Stone Skin from the opponent settle things; I flee without killing even half his army. I should surrender, but two external dragon dwellings plus higher income than the opponent leave hope. I go to farm, build a Capitol; the opponent doesn't come at me but shows terrifying stats in the tavern. I pray he comes as late as possible; I go to the nearest Barbarian dwelling myself, picking up Shield+5 and a Necklace of +3/3 to Attack/Defense and Knowledge, leveling Kirya on various Pit hordes; Pandora's Boxes give experience. The stats haven't equalized, but the gap is no longer that huge. I take the external wyvern dwelling, then break through to the capital. The opponent keeps running around somewhere, but money — despite the Capitol — accumulates much slower than I'd like; I dream of upgrading the dragons; I have resources, but gold-wise it's unrealistic. In the second month, I buy what I can afford, break the GO (up to 19 Titans), take the opponent's capital, stay there for about 3 days; income of 8350 is satisfying. On turn 216, Shakhtar appears with a huge army; I really hope he attacks me in the castle, which happens; a couple of Chain Lightnings cut my army in half, but then Shakhtar runs out of mana, and thanks to Meteor Shower for 375 (obtained from the rebuilt GM4 in the capital), I manage to fend him off with 2 dragons, 80+ centaurs, and 10 Grand Elves remaining. If not for the castle and the opponent’s mana shortage, I would have had no chance whatsoever, but I pulled it off. Thank you for the game.