Snooppy
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Group E
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Group E
18.02.2012 Snooppy (red, swamp, Vestan, Crag Hack) def marader-kisa (blue, Castle, Valeska, Dermit) 2SM4d(3) 226
We played in 3 sessions. We were helped generously. Finally I got to the treasury… I played completely off-tempo, with a bunch of fails (one of which almost led to defeat), but everything in order:
Good start: respawn is big (but the HYDRA – hydras – are nearby), money is okay, under the castle there's an external dwelling of hydras and a Griffin Conservatory-single. We run around, collect what's lying around poorly, beat what's lying around well. 5 crypts, also two naga banks (both pre-max), and two medusa huts (I don't remember, but I think they were also fat) – left them for later… At home, 1-4,6 in the castle. In a panic, I break through 100+ skeletons on the road (they asked for it – they were blocking the way) and 50+ halberdiers (I remember there were quite a lot of them – I lost a few units.. :smile34: ) for a Conflux secondary (found out it was Conflux only in week 4). The secondaries were split in half (by the roads), but my one (Conflux) is far away, and the second (inferno) is underground behind 50+ greater basilisks – I only got it in the third week. Crag and Tazar arrived – I thought for a long time about who to assign to the main hero, leveled both, Crag leveled better.
In the second week, Crag started with the Griffin Conservatory, after which Tazar on an angel set off on a solo voyage to scout the treasury (found 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 2 Dragon Utopias and piles of gold). Meanwhile, Crag hangs around the spawn: levels up well (tactics, armor, air magic), breaks the medusa hut (the second one was taken by a scout hero), the external dwelling of hydras, and bravely breaks into the first naga bank :smile13: , where he successfully loses the hydra and all the ducks.. :cool: but in the castle, hydras become available – that's promising. :smile54:
Third week. Finally got to the secondaries (first inferno – was hoping for a dungeon with a portal, but alas…) Right away, Valeska appears in the tavern with stats: 14 9 1 2 :eek: – Crag only has: 10 4 2 2. Not in a hurry to visit :smile21: and that's good:) , I'm getting ready for the treasury's Dragon Utopias, putting cows underway… Returning from the campaign, Crag discovers a Dragon Fly Hive in the native spawn.
Fourth week. Valeska already has 15 9 5 6 (and what is she doing?). Crag has: 12 4 3 2 (thanks to stat boosters :rolleyes: ). Need to urgently head to the treasury, but it's not going very fast: along the way he first takes the Dragon Fly Hive – max :smile54: . Then decided to peek into the second treasury (scout heroes near the entrance scouted the box). By the end of the week, Crag finally reached the treasury, the box gives 25 manticores – very timely, since the scout hero, diving into the resulting gap, reveals another Dragon Utopia!:smile03:
Fifth week: Dragon Utopia-mini, gave stats. Crag: 17 9 7 5 – heads to two more Dragon Utopias, doesn't reach them, picks up bracers along the way, shakes down Dragon Fly Hives (small ones), another box with 25 golden golems – meat for the Dragon Utopias to spare. Dermit appears in the tavern: 5 15 11 15! :smile11: (As it turned out later, both secondaries were Tower – decided to go for a mage). Urgently need a crystal ball. :smile41:
Sixth week: both Dragon Utopias turned out to be tier-3, in the last one, finally, they give the long-awaited crystal ball and Air Magic knowledge :smile44: . Crag breaks into the main town to refill mana and goes to the Hydra. Scouting the land, I see a congregation of blues near the Hydra, I decide to place Crag on the ramp at the Hydra anyway, and move the hoard farther away :smile22: . That's where I messed up: first I left all the artifacts on Crag (somehow it didn't occur to me that bracers could happen there too), then I failed with the scout heroes, as a result the hoard didn't go far enough, and also in the wrong direction (third fail), ending up within the range of scouting...:smile35: Maybe it was worth fleeing to the underground, perhaps the opponent wouldn't have found out where the hoard was and in what quantity. :smile30:
Be that as it may, the blues attack the Hydra, Crag to the tavern (lucked out with the bracers :smile17: ), they take the main town, pause. Well, I think, if he guesses to buy some hero now… we're screwed :smile16: . He guessed: buys… Valeska :eek: ! (13 29 12 14) and moves toward the hoard (and the hoard is on a scout hero: 1 3 5 2), but halfway there he just kills another scout hero and.. returns to the castle :confused: . I couldn't have been happier :smile23: ! Crag is bought out, also takes a box for 5K experience, and flies to reclaim the main town :smile13: . But then Dermit, for some unknown reason and without scouting, cheerfully rushes to meet him :confused: . Crag meets him: the advantage in meat and the crystal ball leave no chance.:smile08:
In summary, this turned out to be a classic example of how a crystal ball can ruin a mage's day...:smile51:
Thanks for the interesting game!:smile20:
