17.08.2013 Gomunguls (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Crag Hack), The_ (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Javdet (Brown, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) 123
I surrendered well, although there wasn’t a single Dragon Fly Hive, but I leveled up Crag Hack, grabbed a Pandora’s Box with 20 Wasps, there’s a Dungeon and an external dwelling of Hydras, on day 121 I break Naga Guards (20) and the Frenzy and buy out completely... I moved to the center, on day 122 I broke a prison and then cleared a good chunk of the center in a chain, and then having a good army I decided to eliminate the competitor and attacked Javdet, won in the Fb, and surrender followed.
Thanks everyone for the game!
I confirm.
The respawn gave mediocre stuff, from useful things two Pandora’s Boxes with 5k exp each, three Dragon Fly Hives for 16 Wyverns... GO Manticores (right behind them the Book of Air), I thought there would be about 30 of them, but more on that later.
After scouting the entire respawn I realized there were no stat boosters, with few exceptions, no artifacts for stats. I also saw half of Javdet’s respawn and his GO, he was certainly lucky with Diamond Golems against Rampart, plus there was an external dwelling of Elves with a portal to a Dungeon, which spawned right next to the GO. The only good thing was that beyond the Golems there were Magi, and apparently you couldn’t bypass them.
I see that on day 115 Kyrre is in front of the Golems, planning to take them the next day. I change all my plans for doubling mana, etc., upgrade two Cats that had first speed, in the battle against the GO I crash into them with Mass Slow on day 117, it turns out there are 45 Cats, they hit me hard, killing 3 out of 18 Ducks (I brought two more Ducks from the secondary Swamp) and most of the meat, as a result Shakti with 15 Ducks and power stack sees 50-99 Monks in front of him guarding the Book of Air... Meanwhile Javdet has already lost to the Magi (I knew this before I attacked the GO, but I understood that since I had brought Shakti here, I had to fight so as not to lose tempo), in the end I just lost a day, Shakti was crushed against the Monks, there were 85+ of them with Haste.
Second week, I doubled mana, brought Ducks from the Swamp, bought out all the growth, beat 3 Naga Guards into Monks, and killed 58 of them without trouble, immediately I see a Sword +12 behind the Angels (with Haste of course :) ) and a prison with a hero of level 30, but my MP runs out, I pass the turn.
The opponents have better stats, especially Gomunguls’s Crag Hack flaunts 15 attack, while my Shakti has a modest 5-5-3-4.
Gomunguls’s scout appears, but he doesn’t take the sword, Javdet in the meantime finishes off the Magi, and from the Pandora’s Box gets three Titans.
On my turn I manage to grab the Sword +12, take the prison, have a messy fight with Liches for a box of 80 Gremlins and Titan’s Plate, capture the central Castle Tower, put a Lookout there, most of the treasure zone isn’t eaten, I pass the turn and wait to see where Gomunguls will go, right towards me or left towards Javdet, but Javdet finds Gomunguls himself, killing a couple of his Naga Guards. And then on his own turn comes Crag Hack’s revenge.
The brown player surrenders.
At that time Shakti was showing 18 attack and 13 spell power, had a chain for 500+ and a bolt for 300+.
Thanks to the opponents for the game!