Posts from In search of the Rune Sphere.

With regeneration, the game becomes very easy. Perhaps it should be removed or, at least, made more difficult to obtain this skill.

I played through the map, and I generally liked it. The final cutscene promises a sequel, so I'll be waiting for it. I initially tried playing on Hero difficulty, but it turned out to be too difficult for me, especially when, after destroying the catapults, a dwarf runs up to you with 40-60 dragons while Edward is still relatively weak. In the end, I played on Veteran difficulty, which was more manageable, but: 1. The skill distribution for Vittorio was incredibly frustrating. By level 25, he still hadn't learned Shooting and Fire Arrows. Everything else dropped, but not those skills. Light dropped only at level 20, so Overload is our everything because of the overpowered griffins, as I mentioned before. 2. The map itself is excellent, but why is there SO MUCH water? A third of the map is completely unnecessary. I understand that it would be difficult to fill it, but it would be better if it were land with quests. 3. Regarding vampirism and regeneration: Vampirism should be removed on Veteran and Hero difficulties, if possible, or at least limited, as it makes the game too easy after obtaining it. Regeneration certainly simplifies battles, but, for example, you can still struggle against Tolgar with constant stunning. As a follow-up to vampirism, Sandro's cloak also makes life too easy (see the screenshot with Tolgar). In the last battle, the dwarves killed themselves with Berserk and Subjugate. 4. I don't know if I was just lucky or if it was planned, but I got 2 rings with initiative in the underwater Temple. After that, all battles became very easy (even the knights and archers had an initiative of 14 or 15 with Haste). 5. Why can't heroes be re-hired? I'm just curious. 6. As a separate point, I managed to fulfill my dream and get 50 defense for a hero. I like playing defensively. Respect to the author.

I played as a "hero," version 1.1, and completed it in 111 days, with considerable difficulty both technically and in terms of gameplay. The map would freeze in the game or after reloading saves. I liked the beginning of the game. Vittorio had everything he needed to develop successfully, and the battles were interesting. The presence of the mandatory Edward didn't seem burdensome. Vitya defeated one garrison, visited a tent, then another, captured the Bjorngeir Castle, and drove away the Ibbu assigned to it. Then he went to destroy the second catapult; time was running out, and then he was unexpectedly taken away. I stopped playing; I didn't expect such a rare betrayal. Although I later returned to the game, I bought Vitya back in the tavern, but the lost opportunities couldn't be recovered, and my interest in the game disappeared. On his home turf, Dugald defeated all the elves (even the first one, Fedya, only attacked when forced by the script) and the dwarf, but in the elven castle, there was such an army that it became clear that I had entered the Kingdom of the Turtle, and movement speed above 1 km/h was prohibited. The exit to the sea was somehow blocked and tied to catapults. The sea itself is incredibly vast and dotted with useless tiny islands. Question: who is this for? It's not even worth sending the main character there. Why create a map of this size if a third of the surface is a tactical void? The stage of tediousness began, a struggle with logistical difficulties. There were no difficult battles with the dwarves. Vitya and Dugald easily defeated them. The main difficulty was finding an opponent. When the teleporter requested 200 units of each resource and a little bow on top, I again stopped playing for a long time. Such authorial greed only gives rise to profanity. However, I decided to finish the game, spending about a month of game time on desperate tediousness, occupying mines on controlled land, and accumulated the required amount. By this point, Edward had assembled an impossible-sized army. The titular battles with a couple of dwarves were played in one go; there was nothing to change. I asked myself, why did I accumulate resources, what did I want to see? I don't want to replay such a map, not at all.

...in the elven castle, there was such an army that it became clear that I had entered the Kingdom of the Turtle, and movement speed above 1 km/h was prohibited.

Regarding the elf in the castle: I'm sorry, but I didn't understand – was his army small?

I agree with the posts above - I was also unpleasantly surprised when Vitya repelled the first catapult, and that requires a lot of resources. This raises the question: WHY?! Or at least add this information to the task description; otherwise, excuse me, it's like hitting someone with a scythe. But overall, the map is good in terms of its concept and difficulty. Good luck to the author!