Winter 2014. Automated submission of seasonal reports.

Took 2 rests and Lorelei and Shakti showed up with just one stack, but I still hesitated to rest for fear of an even worse layout underground. Respawned on the surface right away; the respawn from the overview was sizeable with a Dragon Utopia and scattered gold. I decided that on such vast expanses I’d surely find something interesting. However, scouting in the first week showed that while the respawn was huge, it was utterly hopeless. In my modest opinion, it took up about a third of the surface, but all that was there, aside from the aforementioned Dragon Utopia, were 2 mini Dwarf Cottages at opposite ends and 7 Crypts—also in the corners—and a dual Griffin Conservatory. Oh, and I forgot about 2 Harpy Hives and one Troglodyte cave. Exits to neighboring respawns were blocked by 50-99 Lizardmen in the swamp, another respawn with 50-99 regulars, and another road to the underground past 20-49 Evil Eyes.
I decided, since the respawn was big, to gather gold, build up the castle as much as possible, collect all the harpies, Town Portal them, and by week 2 day 1, possibly use them to break the ГО with oil. In parallel, I’m building Mage Guild levels.
Week 1 ends with 1-6 in the Citadel. On week 2 day 1, 60+ gr. Harpies under Crag Hack’s command break everything. I clean out the entire respawn, break into the underground—there’s a double. In the end, I build that up too. Home castle, the double has a Citadel with cats but no Minotaurs. On week 3 day 1, the question arises: break the ГО or the Dragon Utopia? I decide to take the Dragon Utopia. I gather everything I could, scraped together all possible gold, and on week 3 day 3 take the home level 3: only the Dragonbone Necklace worth taking. I head toward the ГО. On week 3 day 4, suddenly near the double in the underground, Valeska appears with 5 Angels in one stack—need to catch her. Crag Hack gives his 2 Angels to a scout hero, breaks into the double from there, and attacks with the rest of the army. I have first speed from the cats—blind and kill her. Judging by Val’s stats, she was a scout hero barreling through the metro toward the opponent—I was afraid. What if he had 5 shooters’ Hives or something... Going to the ГО would be almost 2 days of travel again. In the end, I decided to check the treasure zone... well, one thing led to another. Eventually, day 2 week 1 arrived: built up to Black Dragons at home, in the double 1-6 at the Castle, took 4 Dragon Utopias (2 max and 2 mini). Have everything except Town Portal. The guilds at home and in the double yielded nothing useful. Finally, on day 2 week 1, I break the ГО with the whole army, take the main town where Archangels are already stationed, upgrade 2 out of my 7 (no gold left), and kill Monere on the rush with an Archangel.
Thanks for the game.