Posts from "Newcomer-2011. Summer"

Is it really that categorical?..

Necromancer still needs to know how to level

12.07.2011. StrongPain (Blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Galthran) def krutilo (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Sandro), 2sm4d(3), 116.
Roads are average, respawn on land, Galthran in the tavern, naturally switched to him. Captured 2 external dwellings of skeletons, 2 external dwellings of zombies, broke into 2 crypts and a gnoll hut, checked two cons (both troglodyte + gr stack), and opened the path to the opponent through a pack of griffins from my spawn. Decided to rush, upgraded the zombies, got 22 of them, bought up the living dead, vampires, liches were not available, and gathered about 140 skeletons. Galthran with 20 mana rushed in, but Andryukha unfortunately decided to surrender.......thanks for the game!!!

You should read the reports from when everyone used to play on SoD. When you read reports where both players have Necromancers in their folders, for any towns. Even 200-300 skeletons are never superfluous, neither in a Dragon Utopia nor in a Griffin Conservatory. It's simply profitable to level Necromancy because of the extra meat. It's not even just profitable, it's practically necessary.

For a normal player, this is not a problem.

12.07.2011 Parivol (Blue, Tower, Torosar, Solmyr) def Sys (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) 2SM4d(3), 142
We restarted many times; the randomizer was very unpredictable.
After many restarts, we decided to play on a decent map.
111 In the tavern, I bought Solmyr. I gathered an army and, without much thought, headed to the nearby crypt of Torosar... The crypt turned out to be maxed out... I lost half my army... In shock, I bought a few more scouts and sent them out for reconnaissance.
113 I noticed that half of the scouts were running around in the snow with various demons and troglodytes))), so I made some replacements...
11X I discovered that the entire primary area was infested with master gremlins. Trying to somehow improve the situation, I spent the rest of the week fighting with only 50 master gremlins...
12X While clearing the area near the castle, I noticed where Sys's primary area was located.
I sent a scout to the secondary area, where I scouted the territory, which turned out to be useless to him, as there wasn't even a small pile of gold that could be taken without breaking through the huge guard.
131 I noticed that Sys already had 3 castles((( I decided that waiting would only make things worse, so I started building a guild...
135 I chose the path through the Dungeon. I noticed an unbuilt castle belonging to my opponent, but I decided not to be distracted and headed towards my opponent's primary area.
136 After choosing the wrong direction, I ran into three of my opponent's heroes, led by Crag Hack. Fortunately, I already had a level 4 guild of mages, and I was able to hold out. Before I could buy my way out, Crag Hack destroyed a third of Solmyr's army.
137 With a scout, I captured the castle I had discovered earlier. I bought forces in it, went to the nearby portal, where, after a day, I discovered and captured another castle.
141 Having air magic and a double mana reserve from the magic fountain, I carelessly and confidently headed towards the fleeing scouts.
142 Crag Hack attacked with an army from the new week; after a fierce battle, Solmyr was left with 1 wounded naga, but Crag Hack himself fell...
Sys decides to surrender...
Thank you for a good game...

For a regular player, winning against a Necromancer is not a problem.

And if skeletons do gather, they will most likely go to the first Dragon Utopia – the Conservatory – to feed.

P.S: And the fact that Necromancers were nerfed in WT, making them much weaker. In general, they're doing foolish things. That's my opinion!

To avoid going too far afield, here's an example:
/topic/7908/
A final game by a beginner. A classic example of leveling up the Necromancer using other castles. I don't know where you're looking, but I've seen many such games. It's not that I'm against anything; it's just that I don't like the principle of getting free meat out of thin air.

Let's say so, but this Dragon Utopia or Fortress will be captured much earlier than without skeletons.

13.07.2011 RTheWise (red, swamp, Wystan, Tunar) def Juristis (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) 2SM4d(3), 117

Used all restarts, the last one turned out decently enough. My native respawn was a bit short on gold and wood (blocked by a shooter stack), then I broke through to a Conflux secondary, but there were enough resources there. On the second week, news of the opponent's throw came in.
Thanks for the game =)

In WoG, Necromancer with Galthran is far from a weak castle, especially with experience. Ask Forrest, who was in the game with me and broke ГО with them on Jebus 15 gold at 117 :)