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Just finished the campaign by this author, "Awakening of Evil - The Beginning of the End," for the second time, and here's a New Year's surprise! I'll check it out and give my feedback. Let's go!
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P.S. As I understand it, the scenario is tailored for mages? (Judging by the castle) or does it not matter?
I'll be playing on Grand, so I'm interested in which faction has the easiest start and which has the easiest finish.

This is how it is in the map, although it is indeed strange; it would be better to remove the highlighting specifically for the units that join. But it's better to play this map without mods; otherwise, the scripts won't work correctly at the end.

For the Master: I can help with the IDs so that the final with 4 upgrades from NCF is compatible.

No, not for any. The game is for mages, as everyone already understands. Why would demons need 2 mage castles? What's the point? Is it just to make it harder?

It's enough to drive you crazy, having to fill in so many IDs!
Basically, I made it so that unknown creatures are also taken into account (an approximate maximum "weight" is added for the current stage of the game). But, of course, if you add creatures from the .ncf files to your army using cheats, it won't be taken into account.

No, not for just any faction... everyone already understands that this is about mages... why would demons need two mage castles? What's the point? Is it just to make things more difficult?

You can only add a fortress upgrade; that's 56 IDs. Other NCF files are unlikely to appear in the army. I simply created a table for the Campaigns, and I can share it without any problems.

What other mods are there? This is a mod (EWA) – the best mod that made me remember this developers' mess. At least it made the game somewhat interesting to play. The scenarios the developers created are just boring. You finish it in a month, and that's it. Only map creators are saving this mess.
P.S. I know the game well, and if I see a flaw, I don't blame the author. Does anyone besides Remix still play the original game? None of my online friends do. My advice (if you don't mind) is for the author to test the game with EWA. You know that the vanilla version is as bad as a pile of crap in the snow; otherwise, you wouldn't have started making balance and map adjustments.

Am I missing something?

well, let's say before I start creating a map, I read ALL the pages of comments...
and yours too... you've upgraded the mage castle in the latest version and added... clearly not for demons or undead)).
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P.S. I'll survive, and I'll reload... but the fun has disappeared because of simple little mistakes (if these were the only ones, I would have kept quiet - but save-loading has already annoyed me). You are one of my favorite mapmakers - please don't follow the vanilla style. It's as cheesy as fish and plays like a recruit on G difficulty. If you are a Master, please create maps for hardcore players. Ordinary scenarios can be easily created by anyone to defeat unbeatable opponents.

P.S. What does imbalance mean to you? You yourselves create imbalance in the maps, which is why they are interesting to play. But crashes are something new... they only happen on XXXXL (but that's the engine).

The second Castle added to the map is of the same race as the player. No race has any advantages.
Regarding composite monster groups – they only exist where there are groups of creatures ready to join the hero (there are 16 such groups in total). All the rest are quite ordinary units.

I tried to finish the game, and I finally reached the Guardians and failed. I haven't seen such overpowered characters in a long time. For example, one of them has a spell like a fireball that goes off at the very beginning of the battle and spreads around the perimeter, dealing huge damage and breaking all equipment (from what game is this?). They all have insane initiative; I'm not even talking about their stats and strength. But the author thought that wasn't enough, so he took away all the mana before the battle, so the main character is left to fume and complain about the unfairness of life. It's a pain in the neck. What a big difference between the crystals. Happy upcoming holidays to everyone (including the author).