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

21.07.13 Juristis (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Mephala) def Amiloo (red, Conflux, random, Gelare, Tamika), 8mm6a 214
Interesting game, played in 3 sessions. Roads are average, there is a Griffin Conservatory, sword +6 and a Pandora's Box for 20-49 Wyverns (never took it the whole game), elves didn't spawn, immediately in the tavern Mephala and a necro hero. Decided to ignore the necro, and with Mephala cleared a crypt and the guard of the Griffin Conservatory. I check the Griffin Conservatory, it's minimal. I look in the tavern - Luna is there. Mephala gets Logistics at level 2.
113 - Luna takes the Griffin Conservatory, Mephala on an angel breaks through into the adjacent zone, level 4, grants Earth Magic. The question with the main town is finally resolved. At home, I secure the gold.
114 - I take my computer Conflux with Mephala, it has an ideal build order, Mage Guild, 1 Capitol and buildings are constructed, but the Air elementals are not bought. And the heroes are killed immediately, giving Tactics. The respawn itself is tiny, a couple of mines, a Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Fly Hive.
115 - at my home I find an external dwelling of unicorns with a bunch of stuff for 20-49 Medusas. Scared to go in with weak heroes, so I return there with Mephala. The Griffin Conservatory on the Conflux respawn is 3-4. I clear a path through wasteland to the central treasure zone.
117 - calculate moves for a long time, then Mephala clears 48 Medusas with the loss of a Pegasus and a few Centaurs and breaks into the external dwelling. Luna takes the external dwelling. At home, units are in the Citadel.
121 - I decide to risk and tempo, set up markets, resource exchange, buy unicorns and Centaurs and go into the Griffin Conservatory with Mephala. The risk pays off, a level 3 Griffin Conservatory, I trade 1 unicorn and 40 Centaurs for 3 Angels. Then a level 6 Dragon Fly Hive.
122-123 - upgrade unicorns, take another Dragon Fly Hive for 6 Wyverns, Mephala on an angel runs along the long road to the second central zone. Meanwhile, the opponent has already taken both central villages.
124 - first encounter with the opponent, I cut down his scout hero, take another Dragon Fly Hive +6, bring the Dendroid Guards. Army: 4 Angels, 9 upgraded Unicorns, 17 Grand Elves, 18 Wyverns, 7 Dendroid Guards, 25 Centaurs, have +4 Attack.
125 - bring 1 Pegasus for mana suppression, take the central Conflux village with Mephala, scout the territory, the only interesting thing nearby is the Necromancer's Boots. Mephala levels up on a horde of Fairies near the village. Here I made a mistake, exposing Luna with 160 mana, sending her to scout the second central zone.
126 - my Luna and another scout hero are cut down. I see the opponent has 3 Angels, 4 Phoenixes, 20 Air Elementals and 400 Skeletons. I decide that in the late game Mephala > Skeletons and run away with her along the road towards the computers. I stumble upon a Griffin Conservatory there, level 3, take it immediately.
A computer hero emerges from the fog and chases away my Labetha with 6 Dendroid Guards and artifacts.
127 - Tamika breaks into and rampages through the central Necro town (formerly a village, but clearly built up with a Soul Converter). With Mephala I kill the computer hero and take the fourth Dragon Fly Hive for 6. Every day there are scout hero fights with the opponent, constantly trading down to zero.
131 - Tamika on full rampage can't reach the central Conflux village, I realize she doesn't have Logistics or MP artifacts. With Mephala I take the pink Conflux computer, which has a University and 2 Capitol, buy Air Magic. Further down the road are Stables. Also scout the purple Tower. I left a scout hero near the central Conflux to pop out of the fog at the right moment.
132 - Tamika runs off for the Necromancer's Boots. I run on angels with Mephala along a bugged road to the orange computer, take a Pandora's Box for 45 Orcs. Before that, I cleared with Labetha a Pandora's Box on the pink respawn, which gave 10k exp, Expert Air and Earth Magic, Basic Intelligence. This helped a lot later.
133 - take the orange computer, it has 2 Capitol, an income of 6500 solves the money problems for a while. Xi pops out of the fog and takes the central Conflux, cutting down some opponent's scout hero.
134 - Tamika, necromancy along the way, runs towards my new Conflux. I get knocked out of the center again in scout hero wars. The orange computer has absolutely nothing interesting, I return the army, take a level 3 Griffin Conservatory with Labetha, then the army goes to Lacus, and she clears a path to the corner treasure zone of the orange and blue computers.
135 - Tamika takes my Conflux with the Magic University and University. The center is again held by the opponent, scouting starts in my adjacent zone, I prepare to greet them.
Mephala is chilling. Lacus takes a Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns in the treasure zone, grants Armorer. Then I hit the guard of a Dragon Utopia and run further along the road hoping to find a town and break Mephala. The hope doesn't pay off. The orange computer reclaims its Citadel. Income is back to 2k.
136 - Tamika chases me, the opponent also buys back my Luna and sends her to scout near the orange computer. I absolutely can't leave the Dragon Utopia for Tamika, so I take another Dragon Fly Hive with Lacus, minimal, and hit the Dragon Utopia. Level 2, I lose the meat from Orcs and Goblins, grants Captain's Hat and Red Ball. I break Mephala back home, go with her towards a Griffin Conservatory through wasteland in the underground. With Kyrre on 3 Unicorns I chase off the opponent's scout from my adjacent zone. I position Labetha within striking distance of the Conflux (town).
137 - Tamika sees the taken Dragon Fly Hive in the treasure zone, ignores me and runs further through wasteland. I counterattack in the center and from the flanks))) Labetha takes the Conflux town, returning the Magic University to the people. Kyrre on 3 Unicorns, thanks to anti-morale, cuts down an opponent's scout in the center without losses and takes the Conflux village. I kill 4 of the opponent's heroes in one turn, the 5th, Luna, is chased into the tavern by the orange computer. Mephala ramps up before the Griffin Conservatory. In the treasure zone I pick up Gauntlets, a Naga Bank and a prison with Galtran level 5 with Offense. At home, Castle.
141 - Kyrre with the Conflux meat takes the central Necro town, killing Luna who was replenishing mana there. Mephala takes a level 2 Griffin Conservatory and the sword +6 through wasteland in the same zone. Lacus finally takes a village in the corner treasure zone, Swamp. So, the center is retaken, the opponent has 1 town, but there is still no connection between the armies on different ends of the map, need control. Same for the opponent. Lacus has Wisdom and Logistics.
142-143 - in the underground Necro center I take Dwarf Cottages and Naga Banks. Mephala gets Expert Air Magic. Lacus takes a mini Dragon Fly Hive, then a Naga Shack and a Library in the treasure zone. I plan to run with Mephala towards the purple Tower computer, on whose respawn I found 2 Griffin Conservatories.
144 - I see Tamika has returned home, I realize she has Town Portal and some Air Magic control, as she runs to the corner of her respawn, right next to those 2 Tower Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Utopia in the Inferno treasure zone. I take the Tower with Mephala, replenish mana. Lacus finds a Dragon Utopia, I pin my hopes on it.
145 - Tamika on Fly or Angel Wings takes the Dragon Utopia on Lava and stays inside it. I hit the Dragon Utopia with Lacus, -3 Unicorns, 1 Wyvern and kill count, it gives royal rewards, +4 All Stats Shield, Blue Cap and Book of Earth Magic. 17 mana is just enough for Lacus to Town Portal to a village. I break Labetha with 120 mana there too, take the army and artifacts, jump home, upgrade Pegasi, then to the Tower, give the army to Mephala, who has 60 mana. 2 Dimension Doors and grabbing a max Griffin Conservatory on snow along the way, I reach Tamika with Red Ball and 16 Angels. She has 6 Angels, 3 Phoenixes and 550 Skeletons, she immediately surrenders. I Town Portal back to the Tower to replenish mana.

The next several days both spent eating up the map, I killed 2 more computers, the brown Tower and the blue Swamp, collected five minimal Dragon Fly Hives, a couple of Griffin Conservatories, 3 Dragon Utopias, which gave only a useful Necklace of +3 All Stats. Upgraded the Wyverns. And caught Offense in the last slot in the University in the treasure zone. Collected the Boots, Shackles of War, bought and leveled Luna. The opponent has higher stats, but 10 towns vs 2 is clearly in my favor.
211 - Month of Plague.
213 - on my turn, the brown computer steals the opponent's main town.
214 - the opponent reclaims his main town, I see that Tamika with 28 Knowledge is clearly replenishing mana. Scouting shows that the Necro girl indeed settled in her main town to replenish. Mephala with 3900 MP and 2 Dimension Doors reaches him, I decide to use the moment while not all artifacts are equipped and attack.
Final Battle: stats 26-19 vs 13-26, I have +2 Speed, the opponent has +4 Speed and +2 HP. Tamika was unlucky with skill progression, never got Logistics or Armorer.
Troops: 1+1+13 upgraded Pegasi, 49 Grand Elves, 22 upgraded Unicorns, 69 Monarchs, 19 Angels.
Opponent: 10 Angels, 3 Phoenixes, 21 Fire Elementals, about 550 upgraded Skeletons and 700 regular Skeletons.
Finale was inevitable, thanks for the game!

20.07.2013 Maretti (blue, castle, caitlin, kyrre) def = Stinger = (red, inferno, octavia) 8mm6a 112

21.07.2013 Maretti (blue, castle, caitlin, pasis) def = Stinger = (red, inferno, octavia, christian) 8mm6a 126

Thanks for games.

Mar (blue, Rampart, Kirr) def Sevan_80 (red, Swamp, Vistan, Alkin) 8HM12a, 225.
We played for a long time and it was quite tedious, but finally, on turn 225, we met. =) Kirr was losing in terms of creatures, but his superior stats + red orb + 78 elves + golden bow + bow with 15% and quiver with 10% + archery experience = the formula for success.
Thanks for the game.

It was, thanks for the game.

07/22/2013 Tovariщ(Red, Swamp, Westan, Westan) def darkello(Blue, Castle, Valya, Orrin) 2sm4d(3) 221.

We had a good match, but it was one-sided.

Thanks for the game!

Again, it was a one-sided match. The opponent enters his town and what does he see?! Well, what else but 3-4 drowned men, one next to the other :) That decided the game.

CuC9CTblu (Red, Inferno, Marius, Marius) def dom2 (Blue, Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) Jebus Cross, 132

Indeed, a game filled with "fatal mistakes." But it was exciting!

Thank you for the game.

07/22/13 Juristis (blue, Castle, Kaitlin, Nella) def evil romantic (red, Dungeon, Shakti) Jebus 125
Fast roads, lots of money, there's an external market and a couple of hives, but no cons or hidden spots. On the first turn, angels are placed in the Castle, Nella takes a couple of Pandors for experience, earth and air expertise, basic wisdom. I take 1 hidden spot with horses.
On turn 123, with 3 angels, 6 horses, and 22 vivas, I break through a light Guard outpost, an orc pit, then I kill a manticore with under 100 health, which gives me all the magic, I take the town, but there's no mana or resources for a grandmaster. The center is my own. The next day, after losing 5 horses and 4 vivas, I kill 96 diamond golems without mana, which gives me 20k experience, which I don't need. I cut off 3 weak opponents and retreat home on the boat to replenish mana.
125 - Shakti takes my central Castle, leaving 3 angels and some other units in it, nearby is Fafner with 1 angel. Nella, with her developed damage dealing skills, reaches the last step to the town, I kill Shakti, buy Gretchin, and with 3 angels, I attack Fafner. There's +1 speed, 18 speed, and a book of fire, but apparently, Armageddon from 3 angels didn't work, because there was a retreat and game over. Thanks for the game!

07/22/13 Juristis (blue, Castle, Kaitlin, Nella) def. evil romantic (red, Dungeon, Shakti) Jebus 125
It was

07/22/2013 Tovariщ (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Galtran) def krag (Blue, Castle, Valya, Turis) 2sm4d (3) 132. On the third week, I stormed the opponent's capital and easily won. Thank you for the game!

07/22/2013 Tovariщ (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Galtran) def krag (Blue, Castle, Valya, Turis) 2sm4d(3) 132.

On the third week, I stormed the opponent's capital and easily won.

Thanks for the game!

I intervened because I knew Turis had expert air magic with a power of 6 and a knowledge of 1, and Galtran had 8 and 6. I just bombarded him with lightning.
Confirmed.

Satyr (blue, random, Flax, Lacus, Grindan) def Vinceras (red, random, Barb, Gurney, Gurney) 127th match

Estonian rush on the 127th match, but it was a beautiful game - with a golem, Armageddon dealing 800+ damage and 250+ mana.
Thank you for the game.

22.07.2013 StRatte (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) Def Akella (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Dessa) 213 Diamond
Week 1 - started off great, Gunnar arrived, captured 2 villages and a Conflux computer, there GM2 and 1000 were built, nothing else, bought myself a spell book and stayed there to replenish mana.
Week 2 - on the first day took one Griffin Conservatory near Conflux. With the angel things took off. Captured another 3 villages and ran to a Rampart computer, 127 was not far from its castle and stationed birds in Conflux fort.
Week 3 - took the computer's Rampart, continued collecting goodies, took another 3 Griffin Conservatories. At 137 stood before 2 Dragon Utopias.
Week 4 - bring reinforcements, take another 1 Griffin Conservatory before a Dragon Utopia, first Dragon Utopia was a 2-tier - gave a red orb, nothing else worthwhile really. The second turned out to be a 5-tier! uhhh sacrificed all the fodder and 8 birds there!! only left with 8 angels, but got some hefty loot: Sword +5 to all, Shield +12 -3, Helm +12-3, and Boots +2 to all. At 143 take the cap for all level 5 spells, 144 necklace +3+3 morale luck. At 146 ran the wrong way and took a Tower computer, 147 returned and sat in the opponent's Castle.
Week 5 - scouted everything out thoroughly. Ran around with Gunnar, collected resources, got double mana and at 213 didn't quite reach Dessa. Opponent attacked me himself, didn't have many resources, level 5 magic + vastly superior stats didn't give the opponent any chance to resist!))
GG WP, thanks for the game, it was interesting to try a new template for me!)

07/22/2013 dom2(red,rampart,Ivor) def cuc9ctblu( blue,Dungeon,Shakti,Kreg) Jebus Cross 127
I haven't played much with Rampart; I played through the Elf upgrade, ignoring the Draconians (although their lair was right in front of me). I took 2 Knight units (I messed up with the third), they were in the Castle, and I grabbed 25 Grand Griffons in the Pandemonium. My army composition was: Griffons, Dragons, and Spirits. In the Treasure room, I snatched the Lion's Blade from under their nose, and then I boldly attacked with Ivor (if I had had gauntlets or +1 speed, it would have been a guaranteed win). I grabbed a helmet with +12 to knowledge and retreated home. Then, my opponent made a royal gift – he couldn't retrieve the fifth-level artifact. My scout grabbed it, and we attacked Kreg again. While Ivor was replenishing his mana, our troops flew to the outskirts to get the Console. Knowing that Kreg had no mana, I looked for an opportunity to engage him and found it. He had a lot of power and stats, but no mana – and the remaining stack of Knights blinded him. I cast Blind, then Mass Slow, and then defeated everything except the Blinded units.
Thanks for the game; my opponent had a great setup – he probably took advantage of his only chance to win.

22.07.2013 StRatte (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) Def Akella (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Deesa) 213 Diamond
Week 1 - started off great, got Gunnar, captured 2 villages and a Conflux computer, built GM2 and 1000 there and nothing else, bought myself a spell book and hunkered down to replenish mana.
Week 2 - on day one took a level 1 Griffin Conservatory near the Conflux. With the Angel things took off. Captured another 3 villages and came to the Rampart computer, stood at 127 not far from its castle and set birds to fort in the Conflux.
Week 3 - took the computer's Rampart, kept collecting goodies, took another 3 Griffin Conservatories. At 137 I stood before 2 Dragon Utopias.
Week 4 - bring in reinforcements, take another 1 Griffin Conservatory before the Dragon Utopia, first Dragon Utopia was level 2 - gave a Red Orb, nothing else worthwhile really. The second turned out to be level 5! ooh lost all the meat and 8 birds there!! only 8 Angels left, but got some nice loot: Sword +5 to all, Shield +12 -3, Helm +12 -3, and Legs +2 to all. At 143 I take the Hat for all level 5, at 144 Necklace +3+3 morale luck. At 146 I ran the wrong way and took the computer's Tower, at 147 I returned and sat in the opponent's Castle.
Week 5 - scouted around with pawns - explored everything. Ran around with Gunnar, gathered army, got double mana and at 213 didn't quite reach Deesa. The opponent attacked himself, had little army, level 5 magic + vastly superior stats gave the opponent no chance to resist!))
GG WP, thanks for the game, it was interesting to try a new template for me!)

I confirm,
Thanks for the game.

22.07.2013 Maretti (blue, castle, caitlin, kyrre) def =Stinger= (red, tower, solmyr, neela) 8mm6a 145

Thanks for playing.

07/22/2013. MuLLIyTa (Red, Castle, Valeska, Muelrich) def. Nitro43 (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti), 8mm6a, 226.
We chased the opponent around for a long time, trying to get a large Castle bonus, but he couldn't find any magic resistance. In the end, I killed his main hero with my entire army, plus a +5 speed bonus. The opponent wrote "GG".