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You're welcome.

Azure units are not needed. They are weak.

Try playing the "Ice Blade" campaign sometime. Maybe it will change your opinion about the blue faction...

If desired, an ally can be completely eliminated, and their cities taken over.

Try to complete "Thousand Islands" in a week:D

6 days, it's easy to complete. For Heroes of Might and Magic V, it can probably be done in 5 days.

Play the standard maps; you've already deviated from the theme.

Chingis. Since you're interested in how to complete the "Thousand Islands" map, I'll write it out. But I advise you not to read it, but rather to think for yourself; it's a simple map, the walkthrough is elementary, and it couldn't be easier.

Run to the boat in 2-3 days (for Logistics heroes, 2 days). Sail to the central island in 2-3 days (with Navigation, 2 days). And on the last day, you need to capture the computer's Castle and defend against its main hero.
I played as Sylvia. I didn't quite make it to the boat and only boarded it on the third day; it sails with a large margin. Then, I captured an empty computer Castle (Stronghold), bought a couple of heroes, and defended against the computer with meat shields under the Towers on the 6th day.
I think it's possible to do it in 5 days. If you start with Logistics heroes, you can definitely reach the boat in 2 days, but they sail terribly. On the way to the boat, you can pick up 2-3 chests, but Navigation doesn't seem to want to drop. There's a drowning man on the water, from whom you can try to get a Water artifact (hat or pendant). I think even a basic Navigation skill would be enough, even without artifacts.
Question for the experts: is there a chance for Logistics heroes to find Navigation, or does it not drop as a second or third skill?

Ideally, 2-3 skills should appear. I won't claim it for sure, as I didn't precisely record the order and levels at which they appear, but when I was testing hero progression (logisticians, navigators), the main skill didn't always level up quickly. At the same time, a logist with underdeveloped logistics would get an unnecessary navigation skill.

If navigation is possible, then there's a chance to complete it in 5 days. I just restarted it several dozen times, but I didn't get lucky. I need to try harder today.

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Today, I finally completed the map "Knee-Deep in Death" (Knee-Deep in Corpses). It's a small map, simple, and has no battles. 4 days.
I made hundreds of attempts on this map, but the AI always positioned itself in places where it was impossible to reach, and it either didn't want to or couldn't take its castle within one night. But I believed that one day the AI would behave the way I wanted it to. And today, with precision down to the last movement point, I managed to kill it and take the city :)

There's another way to speed things up on the 1000 Islands map, but it requires HD Mode.

What role does the HD mod play on the islands?

What role will the HD mod play on the islands?

It's obvious that it will be used for finding heroes.

It's obvious that digging up heroes is a good strategy.

On the islands? Where we have only 1 ship and enough gold for at most one hero... He'll start and sail off, I don't see any important role for a secondary hero, except for the army.

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On the 1000 Islands map, it's actually easier to complete the map in 5 days playing as the orange faction. It's closer to sail. And the island is richer, so it's really possible to dig up a hero there.
I installed a tree-finding program, it's a good program, and I quickly found the navigation with its help.

This hero was sold and bought multiple times in a single day.

I didn't read any further. It's nonsense. Just use the cheat code for infinite turns and win on the same day.

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If the strategy is based on such things, it's the wrong strategy. IMHO.

You're too smart.

yes

Have you played your map yourself?

played

Try playing with this strategy first.

This is exploit, not a strategy.

Whether it's a valid strategy or not is not for you to decide. I'll figure it out myself.

Yeah, figure it out, or better yet, don't play at all.

I don't have any saves left; I've already deleted them, and I don't owe you any proof.

Here's my strategy, by the way, nwcnebuchadnezzar.

You asked me to play your map. You change your words like...

I didn't ask, I suggested. Where do you see the word "ask" in my posts?
But I realized I was wrong.

Do you want me to find all your posts?

Go ahead and look, I don't care.

My friends asked me not to play this map of yours at all. I played it.

Well, that's something!

Now I know who you are.

Good job)

Plus, you even wrote me a letter asking me to play this map of yours.

I did, I wrote it. But I repeat

But I realized I was wrong.

And the request not to play with defeated heroes was in the description itself, not as a personal request to you to play the map or anything like that.

So now I'll smile and leave. There's nothing more to do here. IMHO.

Goodbye.
And don't forget to register a couple of clones, like Zena.Malina :smile40:

It will be in your style.

Tell me about my style

You're the one who can't play her. You only just learned how to draw.