Pit for LM
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12.10.2011. Pit for LM (red, Conflux, random Monere, Monere) def Delmar (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), 8mm6a, 136.
The game was far from ideal; until 125 I had nothing but mistakes and failures...
111 – a great start: Monere with 3 stacks, 2 external fire dwellings, 2 external water dwellings, and one pixie dwelling on the home territory. However, when trying to take a chest and a water altar guarded by a horde of gnolls with 5 dwarves and 2 water elementals, the mage Enian dies; there were too many gnolls, and the shooter's output wasn't enough.
112 – 4 heroes, and that's all until the end of the week. I broke through to my computer's Inferno.
113 – at the crossroads I choose the wrong direction.
114 – I see a conservatory and a hive, turn around.
115 – the computer's castle is blocked by the hive's guard – 10-19 unicorns. Even if I break through, I'll be left without troops. Turn around again.
116 – I capture some resources. I really want to build birds.
117 – I lack 125 gold for the birds, nowhere to get it. Annoying, but maybe it's for the best – I'll have gold for buying out. I buy a fifth hero and build a chain to deliver troops to Monere. Built levels 1-6 in the citadel. Monere got Earth Magic.
121 – I attack upgraded gorgons guarding a dwarf storage and a bunch of junk. There are 33 of them, arranged in 4 stacks, a very awkward fight. Lost several air elementals, and the dwarf storage turned out to be minimal.
122 – I kill the unicorns, sit in the computer's castle on the last square – and there's an ambush – no Mage Guild, which I had been counting on. No money to build it either.
123 – Monere sits in town, replenishing mana. Gave the army away to some unknown place trying to take a medusa storage, the chain didn't come together, and the elementals got stuck somewhere halfway. Moreover, I zeroed out and gave away all the artifacts too, including the helm +3 knowledge from a grave...
124 – I enter a hive with quick combat, forgetting that mana is spent. Fortunately, 15 points remain. Traded 7 earth elementals for 8 wyverns.
125 – I perfectly wipe out 25 upgraded vampires for the prison – there's Adela level 10, rather useless. Finally 8 heroes. After that, I enter the 2-4 conservatory. Turns out it's max-level... And I only have 5 mind elementals, 24 air elementals, a hundred pixies, and 8 wyverns, plus mass slow for 9 rounds. I fought well; the griffins didn't have many good morale procs, so I lost only a dozen pixies, 15 air elementals, and 4 wyverns. And nearby, a second conservatory is discovered.
126 – I take that one too; got lucky here, it turned out to be size 3 and I took it cleanly, without losses. Meanwhile, mountains of gold were discovered on the lava.
127 – Monere enters the underground, takes a +2 axe, and retreats home. Sent the mind elementals and remaining wyverns to take the central village. Monere replenishes mana and prepares to go for the utopia. Built birds in the castle. The external dwellings remain untaken.
131 – Mefala takes a mini-naga bank, Labeta takes a medusa storage of size 8. Monere is at the utopia. Tower village taken.
132 – I take a size 2, getting a +4 all stats shield, a shield of the sentry, shackles, and +3 armor. Lose an angel and a bird in the fight. Then I run into my treasure zone, where there is a hive for 8 wyverns.
133 – I take the second utopia on my computer's territory, also size 2, this time without losses. It gives a +3 all stats necklace, +4+4 cuirass, and a bag of gold.
134 – I retreat to the village, defeat the gorgons for Pandora's box. The guild in Inferno gave lackluster spells – only resurrection was useful. No one to retreat against nearby, and I don't want to lose a day just for one resurrection, especially since I couldn't even replenish mana.
135 – Pandora's box is an ambush – 15000 gold, which is completely unnecessary. I emerge onto the blue territory and see the Recanter's Cloak. On her turn, Ignissa takes the cloak and gives it to Tazar, who happens to be nearby. I decide to attack; I'm far behind in army strength, but Tazar has very low stats:
Monere (23, 17, 11, 15(61)), expert offense, logistics, earth, tactics, wisdom, advanced armor, and basic water; 5 firebirds, 27 energy elementals, 8 mind elementals, 12 wyverns, 160 pixies, 6 angels;
Tazar (4, 13, 6, 3(50)), expert armor, logistics, earth, pathfinding, air, advanced archery; 9 angels, 7 dragonflies, 23 wyverns, 9 mighty gorgons, 22 basilisks, 3 chaos hydras, and 36 lizard warriors, +1 speed (lucky it wasn't +3; opponent chose the Recanter's Cloak, though I had no magic).
The fight went with a fairly noticeable advantage for Monere, although it was very hard due to Tazar having both mass haste and mass slow. But still, it was difficult to lose when 9 angels dealt the same damage to wyverns as 9 wyverns dealt back to the angels.
Thanks for the game.
The game was far from ideal; until 125 I had nothing but mistakes and failures...
111 – a great start: Monere with 3 stacks, 2 external fire dwellings, 2 external water dwellings, and one pixie dwelling on the home territory. However, when trying to take a chest and a water altar guarded by a horde of gnolls with 5 dwarves and 2 water elementals, the mage Enian dies; there were too many gnolls, and the shooter's output wasn't enough.
112 – 4 heroes, and that's all until the end of the week. I broke through to my computer's Inferno.
113 – at the crossroads I choose the wrong direction.
114 – I see a conservatory and a hive, turn around.
115 – the computer's castle is blocked by the hive's guard – 10-19 unicorns. Even if I break through, I'll be left without troops. Turn around again.
116 – I capture some resources. I really want to build birds.
117 – I lack 125 gold for the birds, nowhere to get it. Annoying, but maybe it's for the best – I'll have gold for buying out. I buy a fifth hero and build a chain to deliver troops to Monere. Built levels 1-6 in the citadel. Monere got Earth Magic.
121 – I attack upgraded gorgons guarding a dwarf storage and a bunch of junk. There are 33 of them, arranged in 4 stacks, a very awkward fight. Lost several air elementals, and the dwarf storage turned out to be minimal.
122 – I kill the unicorns, sit in the computer's castle on the last square – and there's an ambush – no Mage Guild, which I had been counting on. No money to build it either.
123 – Monere sits in town, replenishing mana. Gave the army away to some unknown place trying to take a medusa storage, the chain didn't come together, and the elementals got stuck somewhere halfway. Moreover, I zeroed out and gave away all the artifacts too, including the helm +3 knowledge from a grave...
124 – I enter a hive with quick combat, forgetting that mana is spent. Fortunately, 15 points remain. Traded 7 earth elementals for 8 wyverns.
125 – I perfectly wipe out 25 upgraded vampires for the prison – there's Adela level 10, rather useless. Finally 8 heroes. After that, I enter the 2-4 conservatory. Turns out it's max-level... And I only have 5 mind elementals, 24 air elementals, a hundred pixies, and 8 wyverns, plus mass slow for 9 rounds. I fought well; the griffins didn't have many good morale procs, so I lost only a dozen pixies, 15 air elementals, and 4 wyverns. And nearby, a second conservatory is discovered.
126 – I take that one too; got lucky here, it turned out to be size 3 and I took it cleanly, without losses. Meanwhile, mountains of gold were discovered on the lava.
127 – Monere enters the underground, takes a +2 axe, and retreats home. Sent the mind elementals and remaining wyverns to take the central village. Monere replenishes mana and prepares to go for the utopia. Built birds in the castle. The external dwellings remain untaken.
131 – Mefala takes a mini-naga bank, Labeta takes a medusa storage of size 8. Monere is at the utopia. Tower village taken.
132 – I take a size 2, getting a +4 all stats shield, a shield of the sentry, shackles, and +3 armor. Lose an angel and a bird in the fight. Then I run into my treasure zone, where there is a hive for 8 wyverns.
133 – I take the second utopia on my computer's territory, also size 2, this time without losses. It gives a +3 all stats necklace, +4+4 cuirass, and a bag of gold.
134 – I retreat to the village, defeat the gorgons for Pandora's box. The guild in Inferno gave lackluster spells – only resurrection was useful. No one to retreat against nearby, and I don't want to lose a day just for one resurrection, especially since I couldn't even replenish mana.
135 – Pandora's box is an ambush – 15000 gold, which is completely unnecessary. I emerge onto the blue territory and see the Recanter's Cloak. On her turn, Ignissa takes the cloak and gives it to Tazar, who happens to be nearby. I decide to attack; I'm far behind in army strength, but Tazar has very low stats:
Monere (23, 17, 11, 15(61)), expert offense, logistics, earth, tactics, wisdom, advanced armor, and basic water; 5 firebirds, 27 energy elementals, 8 mind elementals, 12 wyverns, 160 pixies, 6 angels;
Tazar (4, 13, 6, 3(50)), expert armor, logistics, earth, pathfinding, air, advanced archery; 9 angels, 7 dragonflies, 23 wyverns, 9 mighty gorgons, 22 basilisks, 3 chaos hydras, and 36 lizard warriors, +1 speed (lucky it wasn't +3; opponent chose the Recanter's Cloak, though I had no magic).
The fight went with a fairly noticeable advantage for Monere, although it was very hard due to Tazar having both mass haste and mass slow. But still, it was difficult to lose when 9 angels dealt the same damage to wyverns as 9 wyverns dealt back to the angels.
Thanks for the game.