We played without restarts; I had a block of 24 medusas under my Castle, but they were broken through quite easily and gave me a Pandora with 5k gold. Right next to it, I immediately take an external dwelling of nixies. I also saw two nymph external dwellings and one serpent same-type dwelling. Time to play.
At 112, I revealed the map view and saw another serpent external dwelling. There are also several Pandoras and angel wings. In the corner of the respawn is a Dragon Utopia.
113 - slowly leveling up on crypts and graveyards.
114 - decided to start with the Pandora guarded by 20-49 ogres, since they were also guarding a refugee camp. There were 48 ogres :eek: Quite a tough fight, but thanks to the terrain I came out almost without losses; it's just a pity one nixie was eaten due to morale. The Pandora had 10k gold. In the camp - peasants. I didn't risk attacking the 10-19 nags anymore, which was a mistake, as there were 10k experience there.
At 115, I grab the first dragon external dwelling; at 116 - the second one.
At 117, I reach the first village, grabbing boots along the way. I clear the second nixie external dwelling. Home towns are 1-7 without 3 in the Stronghold.
121 - I take two zephyrs at 8 and 6. I have expert earth magic, but there is no slow spell anywhere. Therefore, I have to slow down and wait for upgrades.
122 - a couple of banks, stopped to replenish mana, bought a book.
123 - reached the ГО. By this point, I was already lagging far behind the opponent.
124 - I find the same-type scroll of slowing, and it makes the game. I break through the ГО very easily. Annabelle is standing nearby. Her stats are harsh, she has tons of troops. There's nowhere to retreat, nothing else to do; I visit the library and attack.
The stats there were 21-17-18-13, 40 same-type vivs, 5 serpents, 4 chaos hydras.
Mine were 11-8-6-6, 8 aspids, 14 cyclops, 14 nixie warriors and a horde of nymphs.
But there was no mana! And no money for the buyout! The result turned out to be simply catastrophic - the opponent bought their way out with 4 nixies, losing everything else; I only lost some single-digit nymph units.
Not everything in the center had been eaten. At 125, I grab 8 cyclops, a helmet of thunder and settle into the town. Unfortunately, there is neither a tavern nor a Mage Guild there, and they cannot be built.
At 126, I take another zephyr at 8, a titan cuirass, and head toward my home Dragon Utopia. They give me average rewards - a gladius and +3 to everything. The problem is the lack of magic.
At 127, the opponent comes out into the center again. I reach them on the last cell and decide to attack. I get hit by chain lightning, but it only wipes half a stack of cyclops. It's survivable; growth is coming soon, and I have enough money. But for the opponent, everything is kind of sad: no troops at all, very little money, and as for towns - only the capital, where they still need to sit for a day and replenish mana. ГГ.
Thanks for the game!
Осень-Зима 2013-14.