Savage grin

samatron, I started playing through this map, hoping for a quick experience, as you promised: "the walkthrough can be quite fast." I haven't gotten too far yet, but I already have some questions and comments. 1. Personally, I (and I think others) really don't like the Necropolises with "smokehouses" on both sides of our territory, especially since I suspect they can't be captured (is that true?). Are they really necessary? They just annoy me for no reason! 2. Death Knights are guarding the entrance to the dungeon, where there's a garrison to the left, on the way to the Elven lands, and they block the path to the garrison as well: i.e., in any case, no matter where you go, you have to kill them first. Is this an oversight, or is it intentional? 3. I reached the first Rampart at the beginning of the 5th month and was completely blocked; the gatekeeper says: "It's too late, buddy, you can't get in here anymore!" Is the time limit too short? And, most importantly, you need to consider (not all authors probably know this) that the countdown for time-limited quests starts not from the moment you first visit them, but from the beginning of the game! I've already encountered this situation on another (not your) map; there was a 3-month limit - for an XL map, that's incredibly short! Fortunately, that quest wasn't mandatory. As you can see from my signature, I play slowly and relaxed (relatively), and I almost never take on maps where there's a strict deadline for defeat: it makes me nervous and rush around. 4. In the Rampart captured further down the road, you can't build a Treasury. That's annoying. Where will I get the required amount of money to hire an army, and especially rusty, crystal, and other dragons in the dwellings - if they are needed at all? And if they aren't needed, then what's the point of these dwellings? And just a question: my main hero hasn't learned water and air magic (only earth and fire). Do you think it's possible to win with this setup, or not? P.S. Aha, in the last Rampart, you can already build a Treasury! Well, thank you! The money problem will no longer be a concern. "Now we'll go and break through the walls!" :smile13: And the "smokehouses" are still useless: I've already explored all sides of that territory; there's nothing to hide there!