Posts from “Frida’s Dilemma” – “The Choice” [1st campaign, 5th mission]

I'm also playing on Veteran difficulty. :smile20:
Well, if you don't capture the garrison, build your own castle... But the turquoise faction will periodically attack, which isn't good. And did you build the dwarven castle?

In principle, we seem to be able to defeat the strongest turquoise player when we reach the surface. But I think it varies from game to game – it's quite possible that if we load the game again and reach the garrison, the red player might not be locked in, but on the other side of the map: we should try both a rush and a build-up strategy to gather statistics.
Yes, of course, I built it – extra gold is never a bad thing.

In principle, we seem to be able to defeat the strongest turquoise player when we reach the surface. But I think it varies – it’s quite possible that if we load the game again and rush to the garrison, the red player might not be in the castle, but on the other side of the map: we should try both rushing and accumulating resources to gather statistics:)

You still need to take the very first castle. Then, use “summon” to bring in reinforcements from there. By the way, there are a crazy number of dwellings with “high-level creatures” on the map, especially with angels. As a result, I had an increase of +5 angels. But, of course, it takes a long time...
The best thing to do is to dig up the dead enemy hero and let him capture dwellings, mines, and collect resources. Then Friede will have someone to summon from the city.
Otherwise, she won’t go far – the city will be captured, and we won’t have time to rebuild.
Forward!:smile03:

Well, if you don't take the very first Castle right away, after capturing the garrison, you'll get its intact garrison (I mean, the Castle's garrison).
And buying up upgraded and defeated enemy heroes is generally our method.

Oops, sorry, I tried to finish the game and realized that I either underestimated Freya or overestimated the AI's intelligence. In general, if you capture the garrison right away, you can progress normally. It's not that difficult. The only problem is that Andreas can't be recruited for some reason; no matter how many times I defeat him, he doesn't appear in the tavern, but he's back with the red faction on the next turn.
P.S. I did have resurrection available; something must be wrong with my memory.

For some reason, they don't let you recruit Tokma Andriasa. No matter how many times you defeat him, he doesn't appear in the tavern, but he's back with the red faction on the next turn.

There are two heroes from the "red" faction, if I'm not mistaken. They are, of course, not available for other warring factions, and notice that their artwork is different from that of ordinary knights. It's a special feature.

Fulgore, and other "players" who talked about the keys
in the plural... I found the red key guardian, and behind its gates (red ones) there are two more gates: blue and green...
I explored the entire map, went into all the dungeons,
but there are no more key guardians - neither blue nor green - ARE THERE ANY???
There is, however, an entrance to another dungeon,
but the entrance to it is on the riverbank, so I can't get there...
Please tell me where the "key guardians" are? Preferably with a screenshot of the map.

P.S. I'm playing the game for the third time, but I only started thinking about this
now. Thank you.

Guys, are you serious?? You need to eliminate that agrarian garrison located before the bend!?:eek: :eek:

nik312, what's the problem? It's just the 5th mission. A well-developed hero should easily defeat much stronger enemy forces. Maybe this will help you: http://heroes.ag.ru/heroes5/campaigns/a1/c1/m5/

Yeah, never mind, I'm almost ready to crush them, I just didn't understand at first how great it is to have an army constantly replenishing from everywhere.

Damn... Why did I save up so much army? They get wiped out there even with an army that's 5 times smaller.

First, I freed Duncan, and all the turquoise went to me. But my army became too small, and the red faction immediately overwhelmed me.
And then: where is the port city?

And then: where is the port city?

The port city is located at the bottom in the center, slightly to the right of Duncan's "Dungeon".
Personally, I played it this way: I captured a dwarven city along the way and immediately headed to the
"Dungeon". I took the city in the center of the map, started developing it,
captured all the mines, etc., in the area to generate income,
built all the archer and swordsman towers and everything else possible, and only then, after accumulating a decent army, I freed Duncan.
According to the quest, both Duncan and Frida must survive,
and at the beginning, they don't have enough troops together, so I simply
hid Duncan in the "Sanctuary":smile43:
Frida "grazed" near the garrison, guarding against the enemy, the purchased
hero gathered reinforcements, and another of your cities will appear at the top right of the map; I started "capturing" everything useful from it...
Well, and then, after capturing all the cities, I stormed the garrison and the port city...:smile44: :smile44: :smile44:
Good luck. Don't forget to save, in case you run into
trouble...:smile15:

and someone on the forum said that you need to defeat someone else on the ship. Is it difficult on Recruit difficulty? Does anyone still have the Giovanni avatar:smile24:

someone on the forum said that you need to defeat someone else on the ship.
Is it difficult on Recruit difficulty?

it shouldn't be, but bring your entire army with you,
everything you have!!! and before boarding the ship - save.