Maretti
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12.11.2013 Yostairs (Red, Conflux, Inteus, Marius) def Maretti (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 6lm10a, 227
Not the best respawn (although it’s acceptable in principle), but Marius came in, immediately getting the log house. I ran straight along the road, collecting money with scouts at home. On day 116-117 I reached the brown ramp, took his Castle, and the stables by the Castle. Using the market, I traded for mercury and built Griffin Conservatory in the fort on week 1. On week 2 I ran to the portal near the ramp and on day 123 stumbled upon the opponent with 8 Wyverns, 16 Medusas, 90 Gr. Troglodytes, 17 Evil Eyes without a spellbook. My army was also rather weak: 4 Griffin Conservatory units, ~17 Air Elementals and Pixies. I attacked, took 3 Wyverns and 30 Troglodytes and bought myself off, losing 1 Griffin Conservatory unit and the second surviving at 1 HP). I delivered the Psychic Elementals and went back to the same spot, while the opponent retreated to his own respawn. I took the Dungeon village, there were 2 Dragon Fly Hives and Boots of Speed. The opponent shows 10-19 Wyverns and 3 Angels, so I don’t go further toward him, but instead take the orange Necropolis town, also with stables by the Castle. I see an exit into my super treasure zone, it’s in the corner and probably quite large, so I split on week 3 and go there. The treasure zone turned out divine: 3 Libraries, a Chalice of Fortitude, ~5 beehives, Pandora’s Boxes for experience, stat boosters, Sword +5, Shield +6. I never found Control, but stats were already 29-28-17-17 on day 137, also took the blue Dungeon. I scout my Castle treasure zone, there I finally find a Fly scroll (at home in Mage Guild level 5: Magic Mirror). With Fly I move to the other part of the map toward the only revealed Dragon Utopia, along the way taking 2 level-3 Griffin Conservatories and a Shield +12. In the Dragon Utopia I got +3 all stats and Helm +12 Knowledge. Scouting, I see a good treasure zone to the right, decide to move there, while simultaneously scouts on 5 Devils take 3 beehives and an Angel external dwelling in the treasure zone where the Fly scroll was. With Marius I found another 4 beehives, a Ring of Speed +1, and a Dragon Utopia with two Death Caps) In the ramp, at Mage Guild level 5: implosion. (No Town Portal yet) Meanwhile, Gundula on Devils breaks into another treasure zone, there’s a (max) Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Fly Hive. On day 223, finally the third Mage Guild (Dungeon’s) gives Town Portal! It became much easier, I gather all the army, take the remaining Cloak of Speed +2 in my treasure zone (the opponent was nearby, didn’t want to give it to him), take the green swamp, upgrade my 112 Wyverns. On day 227, scouting, I see a newly captured town in another part of the map and 3 heroes there. Gundula with 2 Dimension Doors arrives at the captured village, but half the army remained on the scout. Marius (32-38-23-27) with 3900 movement points and 2 Dimension Doors Town Portals to the nearest town and with 2 Dimension Doors reaches the village, Wyverns in one hit take out 109 Gr. Medusas, other stacks finish the remnants. Surrender follows. Thanks for the game!
I confirm. Key moment of the game was the meeting at week 2. I was out of gold and was about to take a naga bank with 20, but opponent attacked without much chance of winning the battle but the losses meant that I didn't take the naga bank and returned to start area instead. After this he takes boots and 2 hives in my 2nd area. I'm told he got advice to attack me (since I didn't have a spellbook) on his chat from people watching both sides, which is rather disappointing. I got log as 8th skill, never got boots, and gloves came late. So with this speed I was too slow to have much of a chance. Thanks for playing.