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I still managed to improve my result and achieve 1st place (I was in 2nd place before) and showed an incredible result – I completed the map in 20 days. So, although officially I was in 2nd place, now I see that I actually played better than everyone else. It's a pity that there weren't any great players like DmitriyAS, but I think that no one will complete the map faster than my 20 days.
Tolikandro, my strategy worked! I made a small change: I attacked the Necromancer GodDeath one day later, but I managed to accumulate more Snipers.
If anyone needs it, I can provide the save files. There are about 500 save files in total. On average, there are 25 saves per hero day, but there were days when the number of saves reached 90 per day. It took about 20 real days, and since 20 hero days equals 1 real day (on average), I played 12-16 hours a day. Before that, it took an additional 3 days just for the preliminary analysis of the map, creating plans, and schedules.
Hundreds of heroes were recruited during the game.
You can say that the map is complex and does not lend itself to easy analysis. For me, this was undoubtedly the most difficult game of my life, but I also got a lot of enjoyment from it. This was truly the HARDEST offline game.
If I were to write down all the plans that arose during the game, I could write a book. But in short, it was initially clear that it would not be possible to accurately determine how many days it would take to complete the map – there were too many factors. I estimated it at 15-20 days, and in the end, the best result turned out to be 20 days.
Some branches were replayed, but the main feature of this game is to break it down into sub-tasks and do everything possible to complete the next sub-task as quickly as possible, without thinking too much about what will happen in the future. After completing the sub-task as quickly as possible, we move on to the next one.
Sub-tasks that arose:
1. Capture the Athenum Castle (the tower with Admiral De Batoné) as soon as possible. After incredible efforts for a real week, I managed to do this on 1-1-4, i.e., in 4 hero days. It was especially difficult to break through to the Water enhancement orb through the volcanic smoke. Mana was collected at the points, and I had to send 3 heroes there, one of whom had the Pathfinding skill.
2. Break through to the Inferno lands as soon as possible. This task has a sub-part – capturing the Necromancer GodDeath as soon as possible. Initially, I wanted to break through to Inferno immediately, but it didn't work out. I had to first develop the hero Catherine by fighting in the passage to GodDeath, and also buy Dragon-Spirits and black horses with vampires there. I solved this task on 1-1-7, although it can be solved on 1-1-6, but with fewer snipers. By increasing the number of snipers, I managed to break through to the Inferno lands on the 9th day, i.e., on 1-2-2, and the anti-magic garrison kept the game going for 4 days (from 1-1-5, when it became possible to reach it), and it became clear that I was already going for a record. Soon I break through there with a bunch of 5 million gold and become a millionaire! The defense consisted of more than 1000 demons. There will be no more resource problems.
After this, we move on to another era of the game.
3. Weaken the hero DEVIL so that any weak hero can defeat him, and Catherine is no longer needed. For this, 2 attacks were made, and by 1-2-6, the task was completed. I wanted to defeat him in the 2nd attack, but it didn't work out – he had a few troops left.
After that, there were no more specific sub-tasks, but there were many different points that I had to reach, and I had to create complex chains of heroes to transfer troops and artifacts. A lot of plans. I opened all the tents, collected all the artifacts required for the quests, and broke through to 1-3-6, to the Minotaur King. 138 snipers and Blindness left no chance.
Capturing the castle with the Minotaur King on 1-3-6, and in just 20 hero days, the game was completed.
