Posts from “Frida’s Dilemma” – “The Choice” [1st campaign, 5th mission]

There, Duncan barely managed to escape! Then he ran away from Andrias! And soon after, Andrias retreated to a castle and stayed there! I gathered a decent army (1.1k militia, 700 archers, 560 paladins, 100 griffins, 70 inquisitors, 50 paladins, and 23 archangels) and attacked Andrias and his castle. Then I took over the castle, boarded a ship, and encountered some weakling with 15 fallen, 30 Izabel knights, 60 adepts, etc. I easily defeated him and completed the game! :) :) :)

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And I also collected all the keys and went down into the underground. There was a ton of gold and artifacts!

I first cleared the entire area, collected all the keys, opened all the doors, gathered all the artifacts, and maxed out the skills everywhere. Then I freed Duncan, ran around with him everywhere, and maxed out his skills. After that, I got on the ship, took out some hero, and that was it! :D

Could you please provide a more detailed, step-by-step account of how you progressed? I'm exhausted. I barely manage to gather an army before I'm attacked. I fight them off, and they keep coming. I saved Duncan, but what's next?

Well, I can't promise to give you a detailed walkthrough, but I'll try my best (I played the game about a year ago). Let's begin! You start in the upper left corner of the map. In front of you are Paladins who will definitely join your party. Recruit them and head straight ahead. There, you'll find a Dwarf Castle. I cleared it in an auto-battle without any losses. You can't build much there; I just used it to generate 1000 gold per day. To the left or right, slightly above the castle, there's a Dungeon. Enter it, travel through it, and exit upwards onto the land through another Dungeon. Continue a bit further down the map along the road. There, you'll encounter a Turquoise player who will automatically attack you. Keep going down after the battle, and you'll find a Human Castle. There, you can build mines, structures, and creatures, etc. The main thing is to develop your castle as quickly as possible so that you can defend yourself if the Turquoise or Red player attacks. The Red player didn't bother me, although once he arrived with an amazing army, but I went down and to the left, to a Dungeon and a Fort on a hill, and waited there. So, after you free Duncan, immediately take him somewhere to hide (his army consists of 1 peasant). I hid him in a Dungeon, but when I replayed, the Red player often visited that area. When you free Duncan, all Castles and heroes become yours. After that, I can't say for sure because luck helped me (the Red player went to his castle and didn't come out). I explored the map, captured all the structures, and directed the caravans to the castle that you capture after the Dwarves, according to my explanation. There, I gathered 40 Paladins, 80 Inquisitors, 150 Griffins, 500 Halberdiers, 700 Archers, and 1,400 Militia. I cleared the castle, built a ship, sailed into the water, and the next day, the Red player arrived with a nasty army for me. I defeated him, and a video clip played. That's it, good luck with the game!

Thank you very much. I will try my best.

For me, this mission was a breeze. I calmly cleared the entire map, captured all the mines and garrisons, completed all the upgrade locations, and first took out all the turquoise and then the red towns. After that, I defeated Duncan's guards without any losses and built a ship.

While I was gathering my troops, a hero with a sizable army was wandering around...
He captured one of my towns, the one near the river, before I could reach it.
And then he ran straight to me (I was holed up in the third town with Duncan) and...captured the mines! As if he couldn't see me!:eek:

Guys, please help.
The situation is this: I need to assemble an army - 300 Shieldguards.
But who are they?

I understand that this isn't in the "Frida's Dilemma" mission, but in the first mission of the campaign for the Fortress faction, so the question is slightly off-topic. Answer: this is an upgrade for the first-level units of the Fortress faction, the Shieldguard, I think. You need to gather 300 of these guys, and the game is won. There aren't any particular difficulties there – the enemy heroes who come with these Shieldguards are easily defeated.

I wonder why no one tried to free Duncan as quickly as possible. After all, it's obvious that after that, there would be no need to fight the turquoise faction anymore – it's just easier to live. Although I thought he would become an ally, and instead, he "merged" with me – which is even better.

The first time, I didn't rush to garrison – I wandered around the newly captured turquoise castle, and an unpleasant incident occurred in the form of a red player with a sizable army. However, since Frida's starting troops were almost unscathed, we repelled the attack, but unfortunately, we no longer had enough troops to garrison. The second time, not wanting to repeat the same mistakes, I traversed the map like a shooting star and captured a garrison with my starting army, albeit with significant losses. But it turned out that there wasn't much point in the acquisition – the turquoise player didn't have a particularly strong army, unlike the red player. It became clear that Frida (after losing the garrison) wouldn't survive an encounter with the red player, nor would the garrisons of the castles that had fallen into my hands. I don't feel like starting a third time yet.

Actually, considering that this is the last mission, Frida should be leveled up so much that no one will survive an encounter with her... :smile13: Even with a tiny army, a strong hero (level 25+) is quite capable in battle.

Ah, but the computer is also upgraded, and I have two more castles that are practically without garrisons and without any heroes that are at least somewhat leveled up. And Duncan, for complete happiness, is also leveled up, but with only one peasant, hmm, even if he were 30+ I don't think we could count on him surviving on his own.
And, by the way, the human faction is a "powerhouse" faction, i.e., they fight with an army more than with magic. Accordingly, leveling up light magic, which strengthens the army, is essential. So the army is an important aspect at any level of hero development.
Heh, this is in the fourth Heroes game; in the last mission, you could walk around with your tank without an army at all – we were still stronger than any army.

So, I played it about two weeks ago, and I don't remember the exact numbers, but I'm sure that Frida was at a higher level than the computer-controlled heroes. With "Resurrection" in her arsenal, she was invincible. Her army didn't even dwindle. And as for castles with empty garrisons – it's not as if a powerful red hero in full gear is guarding every castle, right? The map is quite large; we build, we build, we reinforce the caravans – and by the time the hero arrives, a surprise awaits him! By the way, I also bought back the first red hero I killed quite quickly. A well-developed male character defending the castle is a great asset. P.S. Don't even get me started on the fourth game. I completed the mission, and on the first try, so it's definitely possible. Oh, by the way, at what level are you playing it?

I played it even longer ago, so I remember even less, but I definitely remember that I didn't have any extra troops to share with the main player. And the red player, by the way, was hanging around one of the castles – he probably wasn't lucky. Oh, and I don't think we managed to get the resurrection spell.
I'm not arguing at all that it can be completed on the first try – there are no missions that are fundamentally impossible to complete. It's just that the outcome of quickly capturing the garrison didn't please me.
I don't like creating unnecessary difficulties for myself on veteran difficulty.