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15.04.2016 mtork (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Gunnar) def Telder54 (Blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 6lm10a 147
On the first week I scouted an external gorgon dwelling on my native respawn, two exits to the underground, immediately revealed a Dragon Utopia along the way in the underground, then scouted a Griffin Conservatory quite far away. In the castle I built levels 1-6 in the fort. On day 117 I took an external dwelling of behemoths, not too successfully - lost all the gnolls. Also Gunnar showed up at the tavern. 6 heroes total, and no money at all. The opponent also had about the same number of heroes and castles lit up. Couldn't find any passages to the computer :-)
On day 121 I break into zone 9 (where I saw the Dragon Utopia), reveal 2 more Dragon Utopias, several beehives, a +6 sword guarded by black knights. Throughout the second week I collect all of this, using Gunnar to break through shooter blocks for the beehives, not very successfully though - lost about 5 wyverns anyway :-( . On day 127 I take the revealed Conservatory with Tazar (turned out to be a level 3 one), Gunnar runs to another scouted beehive and a Pandora's Box.
At the start of the 3rd I want to split Tazar into a village so he can get ready to enter the Dragon Utopia, but I get him killed on some fish(( Gunnar took an empty Pandora's Box and finished off a level 8 beehive, ended up with 26 Wyverns total. Had to enter the Dragon Utopia with him. Turned out to be a level 2 one, significant losses included an angel and almost all the behemoths (upgraded beforehand). Only nice thing was the General's item. Then I ran to the corner treasure zone with a village (turned out to be Conflux). There I took a couple more beehives and Conservatories (2+3). On day 137 I sent Gunnar to the remaining 2 Dragon Utopias. The opponent had already started pressuring the computers, I was hoping to get control items in the Utopias and then use 2 Dimension Doors (had expert Air Magic already) to jump to the computer Castle player.
But both turned out to be junk, only nice things were a +3 All Stats necklace, a Genie's item, and Shackles. Meanwhile on the 3rd I scouted a passage to a zone adjacent to Purple's, after the Utopias I sent Gunnar there. At that time Tazar showed up at the tavern, I decided to try leveling him too and sent him with 2 hydras and behemoths towards the passage to Turquoise. On day 146 Gunnar reached the village, Air Scry revealed the opponent nearby, he ran towards the necro village. On his day 146 the opponent runs by, cuts down the scout hero and dashes off into the darkness in the other direction from the necro village. On day 147 I decide to move to the village anyway and catch Gurnisson mid-sprint. On serpents, first speed thanks to the +2 speed cloak, mass Haste, angels chop down the Firebird and the main hero. Although even without the +2 speed, the Shackles of War were equipped anyway :-)
Then we decided to have the final fight anyway, I had 8 angels and about 60 wyverns, the opponent had 60 demons, 11 angels, 4 birds, and 5 bears, stats roughly equal. It turned out interesting, but Berserk on the demon stack decided it in my favor))
Thanks for the game!
Found a passage to the treasure zone, along the way I picked up the Lion's Shield of Courage from a grave, which I was quite happy about. Got bold and lost a Behemoth to wolf riders (morale).
Plundered my native Conservatories on the third week. Found another one near Green. Total 9 Angels. But at the start of the 4th I saw that the opponent's army was stronger. Pulled myself together and went to break a Dragon Utopia. It gave a luck+morale necklace and some other junk. In the end on day 147, Gunnar, speeding downhill, lost control and crashed into Gurnisson standing on the roadside with 1 Firebird. Couldn't bribe/escape, see above.
In short, clumsy scouting and incorrect direction choice, as well as playing catch-up with the computers led to defeat.
While my opponent did everything (or almost) correctly, which brought him victory.
Thanks for the interesting game!
See you! =)
P.S. - Yeah, Berserk on the Demons, who in turn crit the Angels with Luck, - that was spectacular )))
