Posts from “Summer 2013” experimental season. Online ranked games (reports, discussions).

15.07.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def Akella (blue, rampart, Kyrre) JC 135.

We played in two sessions with a big difference.

The spawn was normal, three external dragon dwellings, a Dragon Fly Hive, a couple of confluences.
Shakti got diplomacy though. On week 1, day 2, i broke the guard, thought it was towards the opponent, but it turned out to be to another respawn. The treasure zone was split into two parts connected by roadless terrain; while i was messing around in the sands, a week passed.
As soon as i got out of there, i immediately found the opponent, where the final battle took place.
Stat-wise, there was a big advantage, plus Kyrre had no mana, and not very many troops either. The final battle was over in two rounds.

Thanks for the game.

15.07.2013 Gomunguls (Red, random, Inferno, Axis, Luna) def =Stinger= (Blue, random, Tower, Sirena, Monere) Jebus Cross, 1.2.6
Good start, got Luna! By D1D6 Luna was already well-leveled after Pandora's Boxes, and on D1D7 I broke his gr. necro horses with her for 25 demons and thunderbirds from a Pandora's for 15k exp and leveled her Log... found a Haste scroll and by D2D2 already built the 5th level in the dungeon, got Dimension Door, Teleport and Berserk there... on D2D3 I break 81 cyclopes using Forgetfulness without losses and exit to the center, there on D2D4 I broke a 2-stack Dragon Utopia and then on D2D5 via Dimension Door I grab the town near ГО of the opponent and break everything there... Then killed Monere and a bit later comes the surrender.
Thanks for the game!!!

15.07.2013. Roger-ua (red, Castle, Caitlin, Galthran) def nitro43 (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3). 217.
On 1 I placed cavalry in the Citadel, took Inferno secondary. On 2 Galthran arrived, took with the artifact picker, placed angels in the Castle. On 3 Galthran's suffering in the treasure zone. At the end of 4 I broke through the ГО and took the opponent's capital. On 5 I necropolised since I already had the necromancy boots. On 217 Tazar didn't make it to the capital. Opponent writes ГГ. Arguments: didn't upgrade wyverns (had up to 20 monarchs and up to 20 regular ones), didn't refill mana, fear of explosion and archangels. Although for FB I was planning to wear the Cloak of Abdication due to Tazar's advantage in spell power, and I didn't have explosion anyway. Against my 5 archangels there were 8 angels. True, I had already necropolised 800 skeletons.
Thanks for the game! And for the patience! Galthran's suffering in the treasure zone significantly lengthened the turn.

07/16/2013 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, Castle, Valeska, Moandor) def Player_ (blue, Tower, Solmyr, Galtran) 124 diamond

There were 3 Necromancers, income of 6k, decent prospects, but the opponent stubbornly didn't want to leave the swamps :D
Thanks for the game!

07/16/2013 Ominous1 (red, Stronghold, Gurinson, Gurinson) def Mar (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 133
On turn 1, he had creatures in the castle, and it went downhill from there. By turn 131, he had 5 gray wolves, 26 ducks, 3 angels, and the rest were basic units. On turn 133, he caught up to Tazar and used Force of Battle.
Thanks for the game.

16.07.13 Juristis (red, Conflux, random, Kalt, Lacus) def Browser (blue, Fortress, Tazar) Jebus 135
We finished a postponed game. It was a tough start, very little income came through, but by the end of the week I found 6 Dragon Fly Hives and an external dwelling of birds. I started by leveling Dessa, but the leveling didn't go well, so I switched to Lacus, who had Logistics from a hut. I came out on day 124 with 7 Phoenixes, 40 Wyverns, and mass Bless from 20 Green Dragons; in the center I leveled up Earth Magic, which I bought at the university. Then there were a bunch of small losses — an Angel, a couple of birds, some fodder. I took the swamp in the center, 3 Dragon Utopias and a couple of artifacts, great stats, but no Control. Then a level 5 Pandora's Box, a home Dragon Utopia, they never gave me Town Portal. I returned to the center, upgraded 70 Wyverns, and on day 134 I managed to catch Tazar on the left respawn; the advantage in stats and army left him no chance. Thanks for the game!

15/07/13 u2noob (Red, Conflux, random, Monya) def Browser (Blue, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) Jebus 127

I picked all the rests, opponent didn't take any. A sad start — from two heroes: 6 Air Elementals, 38 Faerie Dragons, 12 Gnolls, the only good thing was that Moneer came.
The respawn was huge — no confluences, no dwellings — I found 6 Dragon Fly Hives — all very spread out, far from the road and from each other. So I decided to use Moneer to collect chests and stat boosters, and on days 116-117 to use scout heroes to take all the Dragon Fly Hives with a wild chain (hoping they weren't all min).
Day 111-115: Moneer steadily gets stats from chests and boosters, scouts rake in crypts and money.
On day 116 three Dragon Fly Hives drop: 8+4+6, day 117 another two Dragon Fly Hives: 4+4, Monya, through a level 10k Pandora's Box (which is in the middle of nowhere), runs to ГО behind the sharpshooters (two days' travel from the castle to ГО...).
Day 121: Dragon Fly Hive for 12 Wyverns. All Dragon Fly Hives were taken by scout heroes.
Day 122: at ГО with birds — 3 heroes. ГО has Nagas, Earth Magic not expert... I have 40 Wyverns and 4 Phoenixes.
Late exit on day 123 without losses; Moneer ends up in a "reading room" — КО, КЗ, КВ lie along the road.
Day 124: I am positioned at the opponent's ГО.
Day 124: Crag Hack comes out with 9 Beholders and a few birds and attacks; Moneer is weaker in stats, has 51 Wyverns and 3 birds (in the center there were no Dragon Utopias or artifacts besides books). The battle is pitiful, Moneer has 20 mana... but in the end Crag Hack runs away. Day 125: Moneer breaks off to replenish mana in a Rampart captured by scout heroes, grabbing a couple of boxes along the way. Day 126: Moneer rushes to the opponent's respawn and on day 127 catches him in the castle — Armageddon and thanks for the game.