Posts from 3rd offline tournament

I also leveled up Lord Haart and Clavius to Expert Marauders. And that costs about 50,000 gold!!!
Haart also became a speedster.
Thanks to this, I was able to capture dwellings with them. And Mephala was already heading to the blue dwelling. Well, and Grindan, Jelar, Ain, Damacon, Kaitlin - they were all hired as soon as possible.
Besides that, I only built what was absolutely necessary. I didn't even build a guild with prayer!
Utopia was indeed captured by marauders, I guessed right!

I posted the results of the first round (summary table and arenas) at
/topic/at/509/
Arena leader – nprf-Pred
Both heroes are Warrior class! Nprf has Mephala (specializing in Armor!), Pred has Thorgrym (specializing in Resist!). Both have expert clones!!! Both were wary of berserkers.
Nprf solved the problem more originally – he chose a hero with tactics! Pred bet on resistance. In addition, the hero has an intelligence skill, expert earth elemental summoning, and resurrection.

As a result, Mephala is a stronger warrior, and after a long exchange of blows, with the help of his archangel clone, Pred's forces are defeated and trampled, preventing them from being resurrected! After that, it turns out that the one with more mana wins. The archangel clone proves to be more effective than summoning elementals.
A crucial mistake by Pred was doubling the hero's mana untimely. Having the intelligence skill, he was forced to visit a simple well. He didn't have time to change his strategy anymore.
However, even then, there would only have been a chance for a draw, but not for victory. Here, the elixir of life is very important; with it, you can simply stand under the attacks of level 7 troops…

Check out the arenas - it’s all very clear!!!

Yes, I am simply amazed. They claim THIS is balance, but based on my own experience, I don't see any balance – whenever I don't participate as a mage hero, I always end up in a complete... where is this balance? Everyone plays like "idiots," either attacking or defending. Where is our so-called balance? I believe (this is a suggestion for Horn) that the magic resistance should be reduced. Playing as mages is a complete disadvantage. From now on, I probably won't do it anymore. I just got used to it and always enjoyed playing them. It's really disappointing.

Yes, I'm just amazed. They claim THIS is balance, but based on my own experience, I don't see any balance – whenever I don't play as a mage hero, I always end up in a complete... where is this balance? Everyone plays like "idiots," either focusing on attack or defense. Where is our so-called balance? I think (this is a suggestion for Horn) that the magic resistance should be reduced. Playing as mages is a complete disadvantage. From now on, I probably won't do it anymore. I just got used to it and always enjoyed playing as them. It's really frustrating.

Don't blame the lack of balance for your mistakes. Warriors dominate this map. The fact that there are black dragons here, which cannot be defeated with magic, should have made that clear.
The failures of mages in the arenas are explained not only by the general weakness of mages, but primarily by the weakness of their primary stats. You need to invest more in stat-boosting items! Who stopped you from equipping, for example, dragon armor?
The balance has certainly shifted even more in favor of warriors. But it has always been this way in Heroes. Magic damage is fixed, while unit damage is differentiated. The essence has not changed.
And Thorgrim's resistance is already reduced. As are the levels of Mephala and Tazar in the arena. That is, they were already thinking about balancing warriors in the arena.
You need to learn, I started the same way...

That's all true. We're talking about something else. Today, the Warrior class is becoming almost mandatory, even for mages, because the Sage class turns out to be weaker. The exception is only maps with a small number of castles and a Titan's Mail. It's clear that if there's also an Elixir of Life, then only 7th-level troops are needed.
I think that the Sage's magic power should be increased by +6, +10, +14. Then, even without increasing knowledge (intelligence is still there!), there will be balance!!!

Everything. The saves still aren't being uploaded. That's a bummer. And, besides, judging by the results of the others, I have nothing to do here :(. I'm still a noob.

I don't mind in principle. But if every map ends up having a specific hero dominating, it won't be fun. And there are also specialists in monsters. I remember losing on this map, even though I had a hero with better stats, a larger army, and the first turn! I lost to Gundula against Furia. He had 200 more mana and cheaper elemental summoning! And he also had black dragons, but with archdevils. And of course, Armageddon!!!
But there was no elixir.
In arena tournaments, it's very important to choose the right hero. It has always been and will always be.
I'm curious about Natasha's opinion on this.
Although I understand that she deliberately put Tazara in the starting save. The hint is obvious.

I already know for sure who will dominate in the second round! The hero is obvious, but I'll have to look for the best build!!! :) ;)

Try posting it directly on the forum.
Besides, I saw statistics that haven't been included in the summary table yet – the results are quite poor.
And who said they aren't playing to win?!

I'm trying, but something isn't working. What's going on. And the fact that it's not for winning - in my case, it's obvious. I still lack experience.

Yes, I am simply amazed. They say that TE has better balance, but in my experience, I don't see the balance - when I don't play as a mage hero, I always end up in a complete... where is this balance? Everyone plays "stupidly," either with attack or defense. Where is the balance we were promised? I think (this is a suggestion for Horn) that the magic resistance should be reduced. Playing as mages is a complete disadvantage. In the future, I will probably not do this again. I just used to enjoy playing as them. It's really disappointing.

Yes, yes, the results are impressive! Question to nprf: How can you get 80 (!!!) defense? Well, let's say I didn't go through 5 lairs, and the hero is 5 levels lower, but a difference of 30 is something! pred: 51 black dragon - for this, you need to visit 2 dragon lairs in the first week, but for this, you need to gather a considerable army to clear out the angels and dragons and + run like crazy! How? In general, there are several conclusions. And here is one of them: You shouldn't waste your main hero on nonsense, like collecting monsters and gathering resources. Oh, and I was still trying to build Titans :) Added 2 minutes ago Come on, come on! :) Otherwise, in the tournament, there are only "Monsters," and ordinary players have no one to compete with! :) Added 4 minutes ago By the way, why didn't Natasha participate?

Previously: 51 Black Dragons - this requires visiting 2 Dragon Nests in the first week, but for this, you need to gather a considerable army to clear out the Angels and Dragons, and + run around like crazy!

In general, there are several conclusions.
And here is one of them: It's not worth having your main hero waste time on trivial things, like collecting monsters and gathering resources.

Oh, and I was still trying to build Titans :)

I had Nella - an Expert Sage with Expert Berserk and Earth Elementals. And the army is like everyone else's, 45 + 46.

Maybe you could do an arena match. I'm still curious how effective the berserker is with such high resistance!

Yes, and about the new quest: Is it normal that the AI I encountered in the first week has troops upgraded to level 8, while mine aren't gaining any experience at all?
If that's the case, playing the second round on TE becomes scary :D ;)