Got some sweet loot, and realizing it was just a matter of skill: native comp, by the end of the week scouted 6 Griffin Conservatories, 3 on my own respawn, 1 in an adjacent zone, and two min-level ones near the comp. The comp turned out to be a builder, and by 116 they had a Municipality up:) Birds were a tight fit, but I decided to buy at 121-122 to take the Griffin Conservatories, so I built 1-6 in the castle homes + water elementals from the comp
122 - min-level Griffin Conservatory by Monere
123 - gloves, another min-level Conservatory. Chain of 9 heroes to the home Conservatories:) Monere gets beaten - takes a level-3 Conservatory, passes it to a noob - another level 2
124-125 running on 3 fronts with Angels, noob takes another level-2 Conservatory at home and picks up a Psychic
126 - Monere takes a level-2 Conservatory in the adjacent zone (11 total) - runs to center, library, jumps into a 4-way intersection, sees a snow teleport there, where Taver usually hangs out, jumps there - straight road to the opponent
127 - take the capital, night there
131-132 - catch up, FB with the noob, more army
Thanks for the game!
FireToSky (blue, conf, Monere) def Volland (red, Castle, Valya), 8mm6a, 133, BT
Stables near the castle. On turn 1 took the native comp - Necro. Birds were built in the Citadel, also built more Vampires and the comp's Citadel
117 - Monere on birds stays overnight near a Conservatory in some unknown zone (thought it spawned off-road near a native village, turned out to be some unknown village)
121 - Conservatory 3-4, don't dare to go in, take a Rampart village
122 - comp takes back its castle:( Monere in center on birds and Psychics. With 100+ Magogs they give 30 Griffin Harpies, many roads, got some buggy spawn, took a while to figure out
123 - Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns
124 - in center see Valya off-road, roughly within Conservatory range. On the last move take it - Maxi! Despite base Offense, Expert Armor saved the day, lost a bird, a Psychic, and a few Air/Water Elementals
125 - Valya hid, didn't see the point in chasing her - since she had higher stats. Next few days ran around the Rampart, took a Naga Bank, Speed Cloak for 100+ Ogres, that unfinished Conservatory with a noob with Expert Offense (level 3)
On 131 I break back home with Monere, stables. Naga Bank with the noob.
132 - Valya shows up with 100+ Marks. Send the noob to check the army size - manageable. Go to the treasure zone, a level-3 Dragon Utopia arena. Got a +5 Cap, a +10 Cap, a Speaker's Cap, and an Air Book
133 - break into a Dungeon village, foolishly refill mana forgetting to put on the Cap. Jump to Valya, on her basic Tactics vs my basic Tactics I dive in with birds and Angels on the Marks, and just overpower with meat
Thanks for the game!