EVILRITUAL.MX2

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Title: Ominous Ritual
Map name: EVILRITUAL.MX2
Number of players: 6 (1 player, 5 AI)
Size: L
Difficulty: Hard
Map author: S.D.

Map description: A story about how a noble duke found a necronomicon
and, as it often happens, everything went wrong... But you, as an experienced necromancer,
won't pass by this forbidden book and will definitely find a way to use it wisely...
Author's note: A scenario map for experienced Heroes 2 players.
It was created specifically for one fan of the game who likes to play as a necromancer and has
some ambition to create a story... I would be grateful for feedback, wishes, and suggestions
in the comments.
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I played on the "Castle" map and lasted 192 days with a "Troll" rating. I got lucky with the portal magic, otherwise, you could go crazy with these barriers. But overall, it's a good map, respect to the author!!!

harrypoher, is the final boss not too difficult?

It was very easy)).

Suggestions?

There's nothing to be done here. 29,500 skeletons and 1,700 vampire lords (not counting the rest) is a significant argument. I assembled such an army through diplomacy and by taking advantage of large enemy armies. It would be better to think about how to summon a ship (I believe that if it's not on the map, summoning is not possible) or place it near the shore, otherwise, you won't be able to reach the islands.

Got it. And the islands are connected by teleporters, that's why there are no ships.

There are two teleporters on the islands themselves, which allows you to teleport from one island to another. However, I didn't find a third teleporter on the map.

and it is there... (the orange Wizard is behind two doors).

Aha! Found it! And you also need to edit the sphinxes, because they are "empty".

Cool map, took 128 days with rating 261.  Quickly got DD, but didn't use it to keep it fair. Only managed to beat it on the second try. When guys come out through the gates from both left and right at the same time — it gets really tough. Right next to the castle — the ore mine and the morale medal can be taken without a fight, and the boots at the top center can also be taken without a fight. I'd remove the ghost dwelling or block it with rocks, because they completely break the point of the final battle. I got 55 of them, then peasants, then another hero, and by the boss they were already 12k.

Thanks for the feedback. We'll check the mine and the boots - seems there were no complaints there) As for the perfumes - it's a story feature, and the battle with the head fiend is supposed to be played through with them. Should we increase its power perhaps? Or remove the peasants for slaughter (reduce their number)?

Ah, yes, if you think about the plot, it's actually more interesting with the spirits. Then everything is great.

I tried starting a playthrough using fheroes2 version 1.0.6 on the "boat" map, but after many attempts, I couldn't succeed. The most I managed to achieve was capturing one town to the north from an unsuspecting opponent, after which enemy heroes with armies that were too strong for me started running around my territory en masse, and I had to spend days on end holed up in my two castles, and the situation became strategically hopeless. Perhaps it was still possible to complete it with regular heroes, but after playing fheroes2, I no longer want to play on the old version. In my opinion, it would be worth removing at least one neutral dwelling near the starting castles of the opponents, and perhaps depriving the enemies of the resource cheat. Also, if the author is going to make a new version, I would still ask them to pay attention to the spelling; even the name in the list of maps is displayed as "Zloveschiy Ritual" 🙃 As for the detail of the terrain and the presence of many story messages, these are undeniable advantages that distinguish the scenario from many others.