Posts from Игры HoMM3 for fun

08/06/2017 Zest (red, Dungeon, Miner) drew with Wonder Child (blue, Swamp, Tazar), Jebus cross, 135

Not bad, 90 harpies from 2 boxes, upgraded, gathered the respawn point, reached level 123, wings, CZ, Utopia maxed, full control. Apparently, OPPA is also doing well, stats and everything, more mana, better stats. I finished gathering AOTD, elixir, KSH, +3 speed. The opponent also started with full control; he has more power, but my artifacts are better. In general, we decided to play for a draw. Thanks for the game.

06.08.2017 MicroElf (red, Stronghold, Gunnison) def ooppss (blue, Fortress, Tazar) Diamond, 114.

I got a crappy respawn in the center, but I had a good starting army, there were roads and convenient guards + Dessa showed up. I decided to play. In 2 days I managed to take 4 villages, but it was hard to figure out where to develop next. I could only hope for the last unbroken direction. However, I never found out what was waiting for me there; the legendary orange computer defeated my opponent. It happens ;-)

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07.08.2017 MicroElf (red, Fortress, Tazar, Galthran) def ooppss (blue, Conflux, Kalt, Shakti) Diamond, 132.

The start was expected to be slow, but there were roads and Galthran showed up. I decided not to take the last restart, since the respawn was on the edge and didn't look poor. On the first week I failed to take the villages and properly clear the respawn; I moved straight to the computer. My opponent had a similar situation. After taking a Minotaur external dwelling on the opponent's respawn, I felt like a hero and attacked a bunch of Royal Griffins, where I lost both a Wyvern and a couple of Minotaurs, barely surviving. However, I got lucky, and in that refuge there was a Hydra.
At the end of the week I made a huge blunder: I traded for 10k, built a Castle, found Sulfur, and forgot to build Vessel dwellings. As a result, I missed out on 3 Hydras, which fundamentally changed the later situation. I got upset and went to squander those savings – I built a Portal in the Dungeon, forgetting that I had taken the Gnoll external dwelling at the start. Those Gnolls kept coming for 2 weeks.
Nevertheless, I still took the Dragon Fly Hive along the way, even if I fed the last Minotaurs to it. On day 117 the opponent came to my main with a small army. I was at a loss – Galthran couldn't reach them, I couldn't attack with a delivery due to the red rush, and I didn't dare to use my scout hero. And I was wrong; I could have won. After that, he quickly took everything, capturing a strategic overlook over a large part of my respawn.
At the start of the second week, I overestimated my strength and gave up a Hydra and 3 Wyverns in a fight for a good but non-critical artifact. I boosted my stats even more, but it wasn't worth it. I had to replan and postpone clearing a fat chunk for later, as I realized I couldn't handle it. From the Tavern I could see my opponent was struggling, so I decided to attack from an invisible zone with a running start.
On day 125 I take my opponent's starting town without a fight, but I see he has moved to the computer's Castle. I understand the army there is weaker now and I need to seize the moment. I managed to handle the forks correctly and capture my opponent's town on day 127. Simultaneously, I pushed through with scout heroes into other zones, cleared my own respawn, boosted my income, and fully built up my main.
I didn't bother chasing my opponent. At the start of the week, I took the Dragon Fly Hive he hadn't fully cleared, built a chain, and broke Galthran through to the fat chunk. However, I didn't manage to clear it – a surrender followed. Thanks for the game.

11.08.17 Rep1sk (Blue, Necropolis, Galthran) def Vol.3 (Red, Fortress, red-haired) JC 131

It was a fatty [good] spawn, 3 external Dragon dwellings, Hives, 4 Griffin Conservatories, Dragon Fly Hives all nicely and compactly placed, decided not to rush exiting, collected everything, upgraded the Dragons, went out. The road in the center leads straight to the opponent, so I went there, and that's where it ended. Thanks for the game)

GG

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11.08.17 Vol.3 (blue, Inferno, Calh, Terek) lose Sir Davos Seaworth (red, Necropolis, Tant, Tant) 6lm10a 136.

Well, I played poorly, started wrong, didn't clear cons, didn't farm artifacts, didn't kill bots, didn't level up. I wanted to farm in week 2 after the Efreeti, but the heroes had no stats and kept losing 1 each in battle. GG

08/09/2017 MicroElf (Red, Castle, Valeska, Sandro) def Wallys (Blue, Rampart, Kirr) Diamond 116

We restarted for a very long time. Twice, we met on turn 112, and the second time the situation was very intense. As a result, I completely forgot that I still had 1 day of restarts left and didn't take it when I had a very poor start. Only the Necromancer and the found cloak made me happy, so I hoped to gradually recover. However, the day of early encounters wasn't over, and we played another very strange generation. The opponent, thanks to his scouting, saw all my movements and on turn 115 cut off several heroes, but didn't reach Sandro. On turn 116, I had to attack.
I cast slow on the wrong stack, which allowed the opponent to protect his grand heroes. But gradually, the skeletons still reached them and decided the outcome. Thanks for the game.

Vol.3 (Blue, Castle, Mephala) lose EasyKatka (Red, Rampart, Galtran) 6lm10a 142

Played poorly, kept running around looking for good loot, and ended up finding a bot who had been playing for three weeks, and I chickened out. Then I wandered around, went into a richer zone, but didn't find anything interesting. In the end, I lost in terms of stats and army, obviously. GG