Posts from "Newcomer-2013. Winter"

Group A
20.01.2013 high (Red, elves, Kyrre, Kyrre/Galthran) def MaxGor (Blue, humans, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 132

I'm having trouble; I haven't had internet since Friday, so I'm writing from a payphone. I haven't seen Akmida on ICQ for ages, but Svarog and I have started playing. If I don't have a chance to finish, I'll give the victory to Svarog. I don't know what to do about Akmida.

Group D
20.01.2013 JustObserver (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Stalker) def Stratte (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 217

I restarted to get 3 stacks and a free external dwelling of minotaurs nearby; also, two days' travel from the castle, I picked up a shield +2 and a helm of knowledge +5. However, the winding path led me very far, all the way to the surface on one side and a block of 50+ eyes on the other. Reaching the surface was not easy, and there was very little gold at the respawn, so I spent the first week with 4 heroes and barely managed to build minotaurs with a portal in the fort. I also managed to farm some resources and put down rings, which left one of the minotaurs in the portal unclaimed.

Scrimping a little in the second week, I finally get out onto the grass, grab some gold, Necromancy, capture a Conflux, clear 2 Medusa dwellings, a Crypt, and a Griffin Conservatory. At home, a Citadel.

In the third week, I take all the aforementioned objects — one of the Medusa dwellings is max, the Griffin Conservatory is level 1 — and I head into the underground treasure zone, where I clear 5 Pandora's Boxes in a row and buy a Cloak of Necromancy at the Black Market. Both Shakti and Stalker level up perfectly in combat skills, but lack magic. At home, a Castle.

In the fourth week, I finally start clearing the treasure zone. For a couple of days, I organize a supply line to the treasure zone with upgraded minotaurs — 38 in total. The first two Pandora's Boxes give +15k experience each, and Stalker, with advanced Wisdom and Air Magic, immediately becomes the sole main hero. Another Pandora gives all level 5 magic spells. I wasn't tempted by the 3 beehives, because they were somewhat out of the way and had decent guards. In the end, I buy the cloak for 80 gems; Stalker doubles his mana and heads toward the GO.

100+ super Pits made me a bit hesitant, so I wandered around for a couple of days, collected some skeletons, revealed a Dragon Utopia, but never moved on it. The tavern kept showing that the opponent had no secondary hero, hinting at trouble on that side. In the end, I broke through both GOs and ran out onto the enemy's respawn, where I used the view feature to locate their army and caught up with them at the end of the week. In the final fight, I had a serious advantage in both meat and magic. Thanks for the game.

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[/U]01/19/2013 StRatte (Blue, Tower, Nella, Nella) def leosnow (Red, Castle, Valeska, Adela) 2sm4d(3) 127

1 week
1-4 days

I'm hanging out at the respawn point; the defense is just great for my gremlins – zombies and skeletons everywhere – I'm just mowing them down! I got a hat that gives +4 knowledge, and my starting stats were pretty good – with mana regeneration. I bought Gundula with the slow spell in the tavern and learned it right away. I found a gremlin stash.
5-7 days and the beginning of the 2nd week

I broke through the defense to the secondary resource, took the Flax Castle, a bunch of gold and resources, and also got a decent shield with +3 defense.

On the 4th day of the second week, I went to the main town to replenish mana. I used logistics to bring up an army to break through the defense to another secondary resource.

On the 5th day, I killed the defense and the guards one by one. I saw a portal ahead, killed the guard, jumped inside, and checked it out. Turns out it's the enemy's territory; I had noticed it along our borders before. I jumped back because I didn't have many moves left.
On the 6th day, I broke through the defense on the other side of the portal. I used logistics to scout the territory – I saw his army, Castle, and heroes. The Castle turned out to be empty! And I rushed in with Nella and my entire army and took it without a fight!))
On the 7th day, the enemy heroes scattered in confusion. The army is moving somewhere south, probably to join the commander. I killed the scout sent to my territory, bought 3 volunteer swordsmen in the Castle, and passed the turn.

The opponent attacked; the army wasn't very impressive, and the hero's combat abilities weren't great either. They did some damage with magic, but when the mana ran out, there was nothing left to take the Castle with.

Thank you very much for the game! It was interesting!)

21.01.2013 hunter98(red, Dungeon, miner, Dessa) def leosnow(blue, Castle, Valya, Orrin) 2sm4d(3) 124
A fairly quick match, because we made contact pretty quickly, and we also moved quickly.
111 Shakti has three stacks, Dessa arrived, sent him straight to the mains, broke through the Castle-respawn guard, killed ogres, sacrificed a couple dozen Troglodytes, 5 heroes, playable
112 I take a Castle village, 6 heroes gave Dessa Air magic
113 I hit zombies for the experience stone, Dessa level 5, Expert Logistics is there
114 nothing special
115 Troglodytes are gradually draining away, dug up gems for Minotaurs
116 nothing special
117 moved Dessa to the well, meanwhile took a shield +3 for 36 Gargoyles, was about to head straight for the stables, in the main 12345 in the Citadel, in the Castle archers in the Citadel, catastrophically low on gold, practically nowhere to get it, no caches to be found, and I didn't take Harpies
121 nothing special, building chains to run to the snow respawn and find gold there, exchanged almost all resources to buy 22 archers and bring them to the breakthrough point
122 broke through the demons, sacrificed quite a few Troglodytes, suddenly saw blue flags, killed Valya on a Gremlin, but the main wasn't her, moved the meat further away, opponent was a couple of squares short of reaching the meat...
123 nothing else to do, going after 4 Champions with little meat is stupid, so I holed up with Dessa in the castle, to regrow meat and crush them with it...
124 also sat in the castle, but the opponent attacks himself, but I'm in the main, there's a Citadel, archers, Medusas, a shooter with 40 — so no chance, GG
Thanks for the game.

22.01.2013 StRatte (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) Def Hunter98 (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Galtran) 133 2SM4d(3)

1 week

Got off to a decent start - took a scout: saw a Griffin Conservatory (large), a couple of crypts, an external dwelling of Basilisks and Gnolls, plus a decent starting artifact +2 Knowledge. Decided to go for it! On the way, I clear the guards, capture a secondary Dungeon, immediately set up a portal there, a Basilisk dwelling, good thing I didn't upgrade the Gnolls)))) scouting around the Dungeon reveals a Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, and lots of gold and resources. By day 1.1.7 I have a decent stack of Basilisks, a couple of Wyverns, and some shooters.

2 week

I check the Griffin Conservatory near the Dungeon - turned out to be a level 1, I bring reinforcements with logistics heroes, and take it on day 1.2.3. and head straight for the Dragon Fly Hive, captured it the next turn (a decently large one with 8 Wyverns, now 13 Wyverns in the army!) I split with Tazar in the Swamp, bring the army with logistics heroes and take the level 3 Griffin Conservatory near my Castle, and the Naga Bank. With the proceeds, I upgrade the Wyverns.
By day 1.2.7 I have 13 upgraded Wyverns, almost 30 Basilisks, and shooters, and I cleared a path to another secondary, judging by the terrain it's Swamp, which is where I was heading.

3 week

I run into the Swamp, found a portal to the treasure zone, it's hard to move with Angels, but scouting spotted an unguarded exit to the Underground and that the Swamp was captured by the enemy, so it's dangerous to spread out! I hide my main from enemy eyes in the portal. I spread out with logistics heroes around the area, found the opponent's main - rushed there with Tazar, made it in 2 turns, and sat down in it to ramp up..

Day 1.3.3 opponent surrenders)) Glorious victory!)) Thanks for the game and the time spent!

Group D
19.01.2013 BadSBars (Red, Conflux, Fyur, Grindan) Def Justobserver (Blue, Rampart, Ivor) 2SM4d(3) 216.

Banning: the opponent (blue) started banning first, and as a result, 3 castles remained: Rampart, Tower, and Elements! Opponent chooses first again :( and his choice fell on Rampart, after which my options were limited and the scales tipped toward the non-standard (elements)! Color was my choice and my pick was obviously aggressive red.
Restarts: Terribly unlucky map generation—either some horrible terrain or the hero was useless!
In the end, after using all my restarts, it gave me Fyur as a random hero and one native warrior in the tavern; basically, there was no choice :( I was stuck.

Week 1
Scouting the surrounding area as much as possible, I gathered info on 2 external air element sites and 1 fire element site + 1 hive. There were two roads: one led straight to the Guard Post for upgraded birds, ROCS from 50-99, which later became 100-249 (brutal), and the second led straight to the teleport. Result of the first week: took all external sites, upgraded air elements to storms in town, built water and fire elements, GM1 + stronghold.
Week 2
Buying everything from the town and external sites, I cleared the hive which gave +8 wyverns, then ran to the teleport, fought through the guards and saw a Necropolis town; I took it and cleared the Conservatory. In the town, I built all troops, but I was one turn short of the castle and ran out of resources.
All battles were fought with Fyur and everything went down the drain—they still wouldn't give me earth magic, so I had to make a tough decision on turn 127 and start leveling Grindan in hopes of getting earth upgrade immediately.
Week 3
The last battle with Fyur was the start of hope, resulting in the capture of a minimal Conservatory (131). Grindan began his mission :) in two battles, expert earth—OH WONDER! (132).
On 133, I easily took a medium Medusa lair and a maximal crypt, which gave an artifact +1 to speed; things were moving :)).
136 Took a maximal Naga Bank.
137 I take a maximal Conservatory. The castle is completed in town and most importantly GM5—the important ones: town portal, dimensional door.
Conclusion (result) of 3 weeks: Low prospects since the second town was underground, practically under the opponent according to the map, and the road led to the insane main guard.
I could have gone to the opponent, but the only magic was lightning and that's it! The decision was made to hoard, rotate, and go to other lands!!!
Week 4
141 Took a minimal hive :(
144 Took a hive with 8 wyverns and most importantly found Pandora's box; I open it and there is all fire magic!!!
146 I take 2 more hives, 12 each, totaling +24.
211 Decided to take the Utopia! I attack the minimal one, it's fine, I fight and it seems I've killed everyone; I hit the dragon with fire birds, it stays alive with 1 unit and hits the fire birds, they retaliate and burn my own ice elements :((( I'm in shock!!! Result of the battle -42 ice and -16 air, horror! They gave Sandals of the Saints +2 to all skills and Hell Sword +6 attack, at least something! I immediately teleport to my home town and replenish mana.
212 I decide to go for the opponent, run toward the Guard Post, and speed up Grindan.
213 Transfer all troops: Hero 14-4-16-13: 48 ice, 44 energetics, 25 storms, 13 psi, 5 angels, 42 wyverns, 12 fire birds. + Armageddon for 1012 damage!
I jump past the Guard Post toward the opponent, run along the road, see a town, just a little further and I'll reach it; on the last MP I reach it, the town is empty, I enter and wait for the opponent!!!
214 Opponent attacks. Opponent's Hero: 20-25-17-12: 63 upgraded long-ears, 116 upgraded centaurs, 29 upgraded trees, 18 upgraded unicorns, 34 wyverns, 4 angels, 3 green dragons.
After Armageddon, all the opponent's meat softened, only wyverns, unicorns, and miscellaneous small stuff remained. I had 44 energetics, 34 wyverns, 12 fire birds left. But the opponent's attack and defense exceeded mine, and the opponent fought for 2 more rounds, after which he escaped with 10 wyverns. I have 44 energetics (fire), 21 wyverns, and 4 fire birds left.
215 I jump to the main town, replenish my ranks with 162 fairies, 26 earth elements, 5 energetics. I jump to the opponent's main town and sit in the city. I wait.
216 I upgrade earth elements to magma and replenish ranks with 26 upgraded pegasi + build GM3 in the opponent's main town and I get anti-magic, cool! Since the opponent's only hope was to use his wyverns to create anti-magic and deal 450 damage with lightning.
Opponent attacks and surrenders after 1 turn!!! GG