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Map name: LIMES INFERIOR
Author: SPROCKET
Difficulty: 200%
Completed the Walkthrough at 200%. Played cautiously, which is why it took a long time in real-time. As a result, as is usually the case, the army turned out to be excessive, and in the middle of the 10th month, I defeated SPROCKET with an autobattle.
I uploaded all the saves here: https://yadi.sk/d/qZ0KikHt3NxAfV

I have something to say about the map "Running with the Devil," and I have more to say about it than about the Limes maps:)
It was the first interesting map that I played in Heroes 3. You can complete it even as a beginner and take your first steps in understanding the mechanics. The very first battle on the map gave me immense pleasure at the time, although I was a complete novice then. I first saw the feature of cloning archers from the computer (!) on this map. However, the map is quite old, and now it can no longer compete with something like Paragon; it is easier and faster to complete. Perhaps it was the very first map with an RPG-style beginning. It is one of the rare maps that I replayed, and once I did it without using save-load. In general, for its time, it was definitely top-notch, but even now it is quite interesting to play.

Dandy, epic! :smile20: I still have a long way to go before I can reach that level.

By the way, I finally found out using Google Translate that "LIMES INFERIOR" in Latin translates to "LOWER LIMIT".

I have something to say about the map "Running with the Devil," and it's more than I said about the Lime maps:)
It was the first interesting map I played in Heroes 3. It's possible to complete it even as a beginner, and it's a good way to take your first steps in understanding the game's mechanics. The first battle on the map gave me immense joy at the time, although I was a complete novice then. I saw the feature of archon clone resurrection from the computer (!) for the first time. However, the map is quite old, and now it can't compete with something like Paragon; it's easier and faster to complete. Perhaps it was the first map with an RPG-style beginning. It's one of the rare maps that I replayed, and once I did it without using save-load. In general, for its time, it was definitely top-notch, but even now it's quite interesting to play.

Very good and accurate review:smile20:

Has anyone tried to complete Qin the Supreme?

Has anyone tried to beat Qin the Supreme?

Oh man, I found a video of this map from the author, and the battles are so crazy :D

Below are the battle videos. Beware, spoilers!



To watch the videos, you need to wait a bit for the Chinese ad to finish (a countdown is shown at the top).

Clone bug and first aid tent, the battle is won with a custom... earthquake spell! - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTAxOTg3ODU2.html?spm=a2hzp.8253869.0.0

Mass blindness, sacrifice bug, and mana drain (battle starts at 3 minutes) - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDc1OTIwNDEy.html?spm=a2hzp.8253869.0.0

Mass hypnosis and sacrifice bug - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDc1OTIxMTU2.html?spm=a2hzp.8253869.0.0

Interesting way to generate mana - the computer summons and kills its own elementals, sacrifice bug - http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDc1OTIwOTA4.html?spm=a2hzp.8253869.0.0

In general, Aeris uses the sacrifice bug very skillfully, which many already know from the Nine Riddles map. But I'm seeing mass blindness/hypnosis for the first time. Does anyone know how this is done? The bug in the first link is also very interesting. It would be interesting to learn its mechanics

Again, this "Chinese YouTube"... Something's wrong with this site; it won't show me the videos: it just displays Chinese gibberish. :) Maybe I need to access it through a Chinese proxy?

I don't look at the hints; I'm trying to figure it out myself in this surreal situation. I barely managed to figure out how to conjure 130 jellyfish, but the next guardian of the question, which comes after the jellyfish, is still a puzzle.

Correction to my previous message: actually, it's in Firefox that I have problems with videos on "Chinese YouTube," but in Slimjet (an advanced Chrome-compatible browser), it works (although the page translation didn't work for some reason, but never mind).

Marlo_Stanfield, when you reach the hero named Mench (the yogi in the avatar), please share your impressions of the battle. =)

P.S. The video opens normally in my Chrome browser. You just have to wait for the ad to finish, and then it starts.

wenwell, I'm familiar with the clone, sacrifice, and earthquake bugs, and I know how to use them effectively. If there's anything related to those, I probably won't be too surprised. :)

I've played for the first week, and what worries me is that I couldn't save the imp (the map saves don't open in the prospector, so I can't know if it's needed later). And I ended up in a one-way monolith, without visiting the white tent; the guards seem impossible to defeat.

The object replacement is brutal here. It's barely recognizable as SoD.

Map name: LIMES INFERIOR
Author: SPROCKET
Difficulty: 200%
Completed the game on 200% difficulty.

Congratulations! This is another epic achievement!

Marlo_Stanfield, When you reach the hero named Mench (the avatar is Yog), please share your impressions of the battle.

I reached this hero and defeated him. Yes, the clone bug is used here (the author even warns about the need and method of using it with a separate event, how generous!), and at the end, there's a cast of the earthquake spell. I've already replayed the map almost from the beginning three times because there are guardians with timers (if you're even one day late), and there are also many very obscure but necessary things to do to complete it. My emotions about the map so far are a mixture of anger and curiosity.

Marlo_Stanfield, I knew about the bug with the clone, where the creature gets cornered against a wall and the clone jumps over the wall. But this is the first time I've seen it used like this. I haven't tested it myself, but I understand that it works in conjunction with having a tent. He also has several first-aid tents in his inventory; are they needed for this bug, or does it work with just one tent? Has this bug been used anywhere else? (as the only way to win a battle). I don't play much, but these kinds of things are interesting:D

It's a shame that the map has strict time limits; that's what puts many people off :(

I literally filmed this same bug on video just the other day. It's on the Nautilus map, Bug-Race. It also has a dedication to Aeris, by the way. It seems like one tent is enough. This bug was fixed in HD+.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3OX5V5l9g&feature=youtu.be

Yes, there are a couple of very tough timers. And I think I found a feature on this map that even the author doesn't seem to know about. Thanks to this, I was able to complete a number of battles surprisingly easily.