bmay (Elves, Thalanar) defeated fil0sof (Humans, Vittorio) 1-3-2 Diamond
We agreed to all restarts and the following layout turned up: Thalanar and Dirael at the start. External dwellings 2 and 3 and a well-composed respawn. On the first level-up Thalanar got a tent and it took off. Machines and defense in huts at the respawn. On day 5 I moved into the adjacent zone, also at full speed there. In the hut I took Light, caught Education, and on 1-2-7 reached the area with a secondary hero. And on 1-3-2 I met Vitya there and attacked.
Thalanar 6-13-8-10 Defense with a tilt, Expert Light, Machines, and Education. Vitya 10-11-1-2 Attack, Defense, Logistics, Machines, and starting Dark without spells (I, by the way, also didn't have Light spells). Armies were roughly equal. I traded 16 archers for 69 arbs and 70 peasants. My opponent fled but decided not to continue further.
Thanks for the game!
That was a thing. Competing against the pointy-eared on a large map... uuugh, it's tough!
I started off okay, Dugal with Vitya at the start, took Vitya, with machines and archers I slowly got going, but I was always lacking tempo: Logistics came late, very poor respawn and adjacent zone... In short, when we met everything was already clear, I decided not to drag it out.
Thanks for the games!