Posts from Ranger – “Emerald” [5th campaign, 2nd mission]

Well, there isn't a clear-cut scheme for upgrading a town. Here, everything usually depends on the amount of available resources and the goal (in the sense of what is more important for you at this stage: that the town generates income or creatures...).

yeah, that makes sense. thanks for your mini-plan. it's working so far. :), I'm also having trouble with these emerald ones.

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I'm also having trouble with these emerald ones.

I didn't have time to talk about how to level up a hero (I had some problems with that). http://www.heroesworld.ru/files/data...el_rus_3.0.zip - here you can find something that will help you understand the hero skills, but it's for version 3.0, and in other versions, it's a little different. I'll try to briefly explain it now...

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Let's analyze how to level up Elves: 1) Luck - Soldier's Luck - Elven Luck - Curse of the Dead 2) Attack (personally, I rarely level this up, but some pros say that it should be leveled up, besides, Findan already has this skill). 3) Magic of Light - Master of Renunciation - Master of Blood - Storm Wind 4) Logistics - (very good) - Finding the Way - (choose as you like) 5) Enlightenment (but it's better not to level this up in campaigns - it's pointless!). Well, I wrote it down approximately, maybe I missed something or didn't finish it, but I leveled up the Hero this way and successfully completed the campaign on Veteran difficulty. Of course, all this needs to be supplemented by leveling up the Ranger's special abilities (for example, Curse of the Dead cannot be done without Rain of Arrows, etc.). Good luck!!!

Thanks. There’s a cool thing at the link.

Wow!!!!!
I finished it! Finally.
But I guess this is the first mission where I captured all the mines and everything else:)))

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The Hammers of Fate were somehow easier for me than these campaigns.

Please share a save file for the beginning of this mission if you have one and don't mind. I spent 6 months on the previous mission, and there was no progress from the red player. I want to continue playing. Version 1.60. gobich@mail

gobich, install the bug fix for versions 1.6 and 3.0, and restart the previous mission through the campaign menu. Without it, you will hardly be able to complete the next mission in version 1.6.

http://forums.ag.ru/?board=heroes5&action=display&s=0&num=1192719850&start=125 (reply 144)

Hi!
Guys, help me out!!!
I reinstalled Windows and forgot that my saves are on the C drive ((
Please send a save file for the beginning of campaign 5, mission 2, "Emerald" to iva29@mail.ru or any file-sharing service.
I would be very grateful!!!

Heroes FOREVER!

I don't know about you, but in the Guild of Mages, I got the "Ship" spell (given the plot, the probability of this spell appearing is high). Then the tactic is incredibly simple: we gather everything that's lying around on our island, while simultaneously building up our infrastructure. We take an army and sail to deal with the nasty demon with the fiery catapult in the lower-left Castle. Most likely, the long-awaited and pleasant encounter will take place at sea. :smile03: (I didn't play exactly like that, but the result was exactly the same). Next, we hire (those who haven't already) a hero in our Castle. We land on the island near the Castle and summon a ship to our location with the new hero, immediately load up, and sail to the captured Castle. There, we organize a change of guard. After that, we can take the central demon Castle with Faidaen by landing on the island or going through the Dungeon. All of this will require another hero in any case. As a result, we get: 1 Elven Castle, 1-2 ships, and 3 heroes. And the demons, with their shipyards:smile53:, have only 1 Castle. We can develop peacefully. Every week works in our favor. To weaken the scoundrels, we can periodically send suicide squads with armies there. And then Faidaen arrives on a white steed, restores order:smile10:, and collects the dragons without any interference from the demons.

The probability of a ship challenge appearing in the guild is 100%. Simply build a level 2 guild. However, in some missions, it might be 0%. No other values are possible.

By the way, it becomes more interesting if you immediately take the upper right Castle. The gameplay dynamics are completely different. Demons only attack the Elven Castle, while we accumulate strength in the Demon Castle. Then we emerge and, as a united Inferno army, defeat everyone. At least you won't get bored.

I started this mission by clearing out the spawn point. I took all the mines except for the gem mines because if I tried to break through the Cerberus horde on the first day, I wouldn't have enough mana to break through the Succubus guarding the gold mine. With the help of unicorns, I broke through the guard in the Dungeon and on day 123, I took the middle Inferno... I sat back, relaxed, and enjoyed the moment. Next, week three - the week of illness (I wonder if my computer also has a 1/3 growth rate?). At the beginning of the fourth week, I visited Alastor and saw that he had a considerable army. Also, he managed to level up to level 13. That's a problem.

I changed my strategy. Now I'm taking the upper right Castle on the first day (I get a dragon and a growth bonus, and Alastor is only level 5!). I wonder if this step will pay off (in terms of resources)? Because if I swim straight up, I can't count on capturing the mines early.

Why rush to the upper castle in the first or early second week? There will be only a few weak heroes there, maybe 4-5, but before that, I already captured all the mines except the gold one...

2bonchik: What difficulty level are you playing on? I'm playing on Hero difficulty, and I arrive in the first week with my starting army (I take 10 Dryads as a bonus, and Faidaen is level 12 with Skilled Chaos Magic, and knows Earth Shock), but Alastor already has a decent army (and he also has Hellfire). If I arrive in the second week, won't he buy reinforcements (which means Devils and the like, which is unpleasant). Also, I'm interested in when Red starts to become active in the middle castle. After taking the upper castle, won't the computer start dominating the middle castle? Because by the beginning of the second week, he builds all the dwellings, which isn't good.

First, I sent a support hero out to sea to collect floating resources and scout the area. Meanwhile, Faidaen cleared all the mines on his island and ran through the dungeon to capture the middle castle. Daleb abandoned the chase after my support hero and headed to defend that castle. Therefore, demons were constantly active there. Faidaen then ran back. I don't remember the level and spells Faidaen had at the beginning of this mission. He only learned Chaos magic. Some players used support heroes to lure Daleb and other strong enemies to an uninhabited island and steal their ships.