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I was satisfied with the template, the castle layout is of course worse, but it'll do.
We each chose 2 rests; I got Luna and a small respawn with 13 quests!!!:eek: :D
Luna went straight for Wisdom, so the tempo slowed by a couple of days.
I quickly took Inferno and Rampart, the conflux was somewhat blocked.
I scouted 6 confluxes, 2 in each zone, all close together, but 4 of them turned out to be minimal ones :smile45:
I built Efreet and Firebirds, even without Citadel.
Everything went according to plan; Luna leveled well; on the second week, the Gray Bears easily fell for the Library and the quest. I scouted a couple of Dragon Utopias in the underground treasure zone.
On 126, I easily broke a Guard Outpost from War Unicorns with 17 spell power, why not? In the center, there were 2 Dragon Fly Hives, a Water Book, and a Dragon Utopia, and that's it. The center was even smaller than my small starting respawn.
Although Luna had defense, with stats 4-6 I didn't risk the Dragon Utopia because 6 Angels, 20 Ducks, and a small Jumper. I decided to take a couple more confluxes, the final ones.
On 132, Nimussa takes a mini Dragon Utopia in the center, capturing Wings and a Water Book successfully. Luna in the treasure zone takes a level 2, a 4/4 Crown, and a Fire Book. She buys herself a +3 Sword, and on the next turn, a Helm for AODT was found very opportunely :) and another garbage Dragon Utopia.
On 141, I hit Kobra; the main bought 2 Angels there. He was holed up in the Swamp with stats 30-30. I bring Luna a couple of Firebirds and attack hoping there are no Earth or Succubus Shields because 400+ mana there, but alas, hit-and-run failed; there was a Ring of the Magi, I had to run away because money was near zero. I didn't decide to attack with Nimussa because my stats are 3 times lower, and armies are roughly equal, even with AODT and Earth Shield.
What happened next, words cannot describe.
I cleared all 3 of my treasure zones and the center can also be counted, built a Mage Guild, and nowhere did I find either Dimension Door or Town Portal, plus the stat disadvantage and despair. Kobra amassed 1k+ Skeletons with 70% Necromancy, stuck in Archers and 50+ gr. Ducks. He came to me and dragging it out made no sense.:smile34:
Even though I got myself a Titan of 10th level and leveled him to 20th, it changed little:D. And by the way, Luna was pwned after she retreated following the attack on Kobra, and he dug her up the next day :(
The post-game analysis showed, Dragon Utopias 8-2 (central doesn't count) in Kobra's favor, he saw the Ring of the Magi against Luna from the second day, and overall I had no chance.
After thinking it over, if Luna hadn't come, it would have been an easy rest, but sometimes things happen :D
Thanks for the game, GL further on!
P.S The only consolation is that I ended the year with a battle draw against Kobra, although maybe we'll see each other in Favorites:D
Yes, that's right, in Minsk 0-1 on Jebus Cross with ghostly chances, then a mirror rematch in the free-for-all on minis (Wings from 122), then two lost games in the team tournament (in the first there were 700 Skeletons by 123, but against Carto and Diplomat I needed even more tempo), and the second I simply gifted by getting greedy with Implosion on the Cavalry), then rematches in the charity event on SM-k and what, especially pleasing, in this tournament. 3-3
Thanks for the game, Evgeniy! And good luck to you too! ;)
