Posts from Unequal Confrontation

I understand that this map is designed for experienced players, right? I'm a newbie in Heroes, and even playing on Recruit difficulty, I couldn't achieve anything. There are no resources, no troops either. After 2-3 battles, I'm left with 5-10 Goblins and nothing else. I have no idea where to get resources and troops.

Yes, this map is not for relaxing gameplay. Around day 18, I was attacked by a powerful dwarf, and it was very difficult to defeat him; he even fled at the end of the battle! I received little experience for it, but I lost 2/3 of my army. Two weeks later, the attack repeated, and I managed to win only through superhuman efforts, but at what cost! Only 5% of my army remained...

I liked the scenarios, so I decided to play this one too.
I got lucky at the very beginning – in the wagon, where you usually find a few resources, I found boots of magical protection, an excellent artifact for free and right away, on the very first day, especially considering that you can't build an artifact shop :)

The scenario is incredibly difficult; I'm barely holding off the dwarves. It would be nice if I could build a town hall for 2k instead of 1k. On the other hand, I like the limitations on enemy castles; otherwise, they would have crushed me already. Maybe the difficulty comes from the fact that I didn't take ballista and summon elementals with my main mage, Cyrus, aiming for a super skill. Mentorship is the only thing that saves me, although the dwarves killed my knight, Godric, who brought in 250 coins a day; I couldn't buy out two heroes at once.

The super skill is close, but they won't let me go to the mentor, even though they're afraid to attack :) My heroes are limited in artifacts; for now, I have boots of resistance, boots of speed, 1 clover, dragon legs, and a breastplate for 2 magic power, and useless wands on all three.

Finally! I took the nearest necropolis and human town to the mentor; the necropolis doesn't allow the temple of transformation into undead, but that's okay.
I gathered all-knowing spells for Cyrus; everything will be easy from now on :) 2 main heroes: Cyrus 7-9-21-28 https://c2n.me/3Sxm9pC with a dragon knife and boots of resistance (and boots of speed in the trunk) and a demon without a soul eater 17-0-8-9 https://c2n.me/3SxmfAW with a breastplate of power, dragon legs, a clover, and a damage necklace. And two useless sticks with stone spikes and a fist.
There aren't many artifacts, but that's even better.

Soon, I'll be finished with the mage skill.

And here's the finish. The biggest cheat on this map turns out to be the gremlins; I recruited 5.6k of them, with a damage necklace and battle frenzy, transformed into pests to increase stats, this is https://c2n.me/3SxKtdl, https://c2n.me/3SxKyOH )

Final screenshots https://c2n.me/3SxKaUv (the demon hat, the dwarf hammer, the breastplate of power, the second clover, and the useless sticks didn't fit), skills https://c2n.me/3SxK8oH, and troops https://c2n.me/3SxKeAq

The map is difficult, especially because of the low income; the starting bonus is gold by default, but you can try to catch an artifact in the wagon at the beginning (the wagon is 1 day's journey from the starting castle); I was lucky enough to get boots of resistance without restarting. The artifacts here are valuable because there are few of them

Walkthrough of the "Unequal Confrontation" scenario on EASY (Hero Difficulty):
Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Oi5ptX4qE
Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llIqG3DBd-s

I'm starting a new game on Hero difficulty now, let's see how it goes. :D P.S. The name is intriguing ;)

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I expected more in terms of difficulty ;( it's quite easy, already in the second month. I controlled the entire map, killed the Dwarf on the 3rd week, defeated the Human a week after the Dwarf, and the Orc didn't last long either, about a month, because otherwise, without meat, I would have been torn apart by the Orcish horde. So, I think the number of Archmages in the starting shop should be reduced because once you get them, the difficulty disappears. I didn't try to get the Titans because I didn't want to lose my army. I think the Orc should have the "Darkness" ability, because even though it's a central perk, it doesn't solve the problem. I was able to defeat such an Orc in "Invasion of the Underworld" in the third mission, and it wasn't very difficult either. By the way, here are some screenshots of the army and upgrades for those who are interested))) (I played on Hero difficulty) https://ibb.co/drFbPK1
https://ibb.co/NtjDXVm
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It seems like you don't find complex scenarios challenging. Could you share some save files from your playthrough of this map or rune? While it's easy to say that anyone can win, I'd like to see the actual gameplay.

It seems like you don't find any scenarios too difficult. You can share some save files from your playthrough of this map or runes. Saying that anyone can easily win; I would like to see the actual gameplay.

hahaha) okay, I'll replay the battle with the priest now and share the save file. I just don't make many saves, so sorry about that.

I'm not talking about battle saves, I'm talking about saves within the game.

One of my favorite maps. Unfortunately, it can't really be called a scenario (just a couple of quests like "bring money, get troops"). I've played it three times. The map isn't for everyone... it's very challenging. I always choose the Oracle because the stats on the map can't be improved without it, and you can also learn the missing summoning spells (if you're playing that way) from the Knight. Twice I played with summoning + Darkness. This time, I found the Phoenix Cloak in the cart, which gave me a direction, and in the Pyramid, I got Armageddon. I used Armageddon and ran over the enemies. The map is perfectly balanced – you're on the edge the whole game... mages really lack resources, a lot (mini-games help a bit). Keep in mind! On the Grand map, you start with 0 resources.
Towards the end, I was just leisurely chasing gnomish cockroaches. )
Thanks for the game.