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

08/03/2013 Toganash (Red, Inferno, Kalh) lose to rebellious (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Tazik) 8mm6a, 143
Thanks for the game
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08/03/2013 Toganash (Red, Inferno, Kalh) loses to Rebellious (Blue, Fortress, Valeska, Tazik) 8mm6a, 143
Thanks for the game.
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This time, everything worked out well - both Tazar showed up, and the first utopia was good +9 all and a book of air, and the cities were quickly surrendered. Thanks for the game.

05.08.2013 BAJIEHOK (blue, citadel, Craig, Craig) def Gypsy Fish (red, Inferno, Piry, Piry), smka, 147

Gave up the native secondary and the birds' external dwelling. On the second [week] took 2 cons for a total of 4 angels and several small trees. Covered 200 skeletons under Dragon Utopia with Clavius.
On the third there were two Dragon Utopias, in the first a blue cap, in the second wings.
On the fourth broke through ГО-grey bears—started taking away the opponent's castles. Found the cloak of renunciation.
In the finale the opponent had 50 demons, about 30 wivs and 8 gr ifrits; I had 30+ gr birds, 4 hippogriffs, 5 angels, 40 dogs, 40+ gr. wivs. In the first round mass slow, in the second mass haste and everyone charged in.
ГГ, thanks for the game!

04.08.2013 The_ (red, swamp, Vistan) def Lim4 (blue, Conflux, random, Lacus) 2sm4d(3) 143.

Yes. That was something, I love Heroes))
After generation I immediately see slow roads, mountains around the Castle and from the tavern I discover that Vistan has come to my opponent. I decide to take a restart, but first, just in case, I run along the path, which leads me to multiple Crypts, nearby there is a Fairy Hive behind Lizard Warriors and a pile of ore behind Troglodytes. I got Lacus (Or is it her again?) In principle, not so bad. It's good that I clicked on the "Scenario Information" menu section, where I read the news that Vistan was chosen by the opponent from the start :D , otherwise I would have kept restarting and restarting)) In the end, we played the first generated layout.
The Crypts were taken well, there was also a Dwarf Cottage on the territory, but I can't stand Dwarf Cottages. Nevertheless, I had neither ore nor mercury for Birds. Barely managed to get to 124 with a trade. That's it. Tempo lost and two Birds instead of four.
On 126 I see The_ coming out of the underground on my territory. He takes a Crypt, collects the chests and gold piles, and even ran to two Dragon Fly Hives. He's having a blast. Well, that's just cheeky :D I decide to run and intercept the Dragon Fly Hives. On 127 the plan: 1. transfer additional troops from the Castle via chain, 2. take two Dragon Fly Hives, 3. attack the opponent. And, of course, how could it be otherwise, my chain failed!!! Because of this, I had to pull everyone up, run the main back and forth, give away Fairies, etc. before the Dragon Fly Hive. Aaaah, also the first Dragon Fly Hive was guarded by crazies with Grand Elves, who killed one of my Birds and a bunch of Air Elementals. Dragon Fly Hive — minimal! Then there are 10 seconds left, I see that I can't reach the second Dragon Fly Hive, but I can only reach the opponent. What to do? I run. I might not have made it. The battle started 2 seconds before the end of the turn.
I fought decently, The_ ran away. Why doesn't he write GG? :confused: :confused: I didn't know what to do. I postponed the Dragon Fly Hive to the next day, chased off three Scouts. I looked for Oil everywhere I could: built a Mage Guild, picked up scrolls, entered all the Shrines. Went and captured a secondary town — still no Oil, but there is a Shrine with Haste nearby. I took Bracers of the Warden from a swamp secondary hero, since Lacus already had Expert Pathfinding, and headed with a carryover on week 4 to the opponent without Oil, who greeted me well with 31 Wyverns) :smile07: In the Final Battle I realize that the Bracers are equipped and this is the last fight between us. I thought about his Wyverns, thought and thought and thought and... forgot about them)) Flew in with Birds, Wyverns on wait hit them, morale triggered and only one remained — GG.
Thanks for the game)

04.07.13. Pit for LM (red, Necropolis, Clavius, Galtran) def Akella (blue, Castle, Catherine, Mullich), 2sm4d(3), 124.
I took my restarts, my opponent did too. In the end, it turned out fine, but if I had dragged it out, it's unknown how it would have ended.
111 - arriving are Eislinn, Galtran (without skeletons), Dimer, Bron with 6 basilisks. No one to level up on, but I immediately clear the prison behind the goblins - there's Lorelei and harpies. Respawn on the surface, roads are average. There's an external market, which in my noobishness I never used, even though I desperately needed money at the start of week two...
112 - scouting. One exit is the swamp behind mages, the second is dirt behind gr. flies. I opened a chest for 1k, advanced necromancy. There are also necro-boots, armor +3.
113 - a crypt with 5 vamps, liches joined. Broke through the flies to a secondary town. My home town, there's an external vampire dwelling visible.
114 - another crypt with 5 vamps. Eislinn with liches cleared a couple of small blocks for gold.
115 - another small crypt, on the way to the secondary town I hit a block - elves. I need knights. Built them, but couldn't bring them in time.
116 - cleared shield +2, captured my secondary town, where a Mage Guild is being built. Also picked up speed boots.
117 - at home 1-6 in the Citadel, in the secondary town - just liches. Galtran got earth magic. Plan is not clear yet.
121 - problems with gold and bad chains. Bought knowledge, replenished mana. Decided to rush off-road, there is a path, and it's close.
122 - cleared armor +3, and Galtran meanwhile with liches from the secondary town and basilisks took a crypt with 5 vamps.
123 - picked up necro boots from a large horde of magogs, broke through to the opponent, intercepted a hero. Total: 3-6-9-30, expert armor and earth, 290 skeletons, 6 basilisks, 5 knights, 9 liches. All necessary magic available.
124 - I keep running. And there stands Mullich. 100+ spearmen, 3 champions, 35 archers and 17 griffins. Combat stats roughly the same as mine, but worse in magic. The fight was won very easily - the skels killed half the spearmen in one go, and they killed only 8 in return.
Thank you for the game.

I confirm,
the game was very educational, there was an external dwelling of spearmen and griffins on the respawn, as well as 4 conservatories. I thought with such riches the game was mine =), but then the great one came and killed all my heroes and hopes of victory =))))))

Thank you for the game and your time.

08/05/13 0771 (blue, Necropolis, Clavius) def Akella (red, Fortress, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 142, thanks for the game.

08/05/13 0771 (blue, Necropolis, Claudius) def Akella (red, Fortress, Valerka) 2sm4d(3), 142, thanks for the game.

Confirmed,
thanks for the game.

08/05/13 Frol off (blue, Rampart, Mephala) def RoninHW (red, Swamp, Alkin) 8mm6a 115

Opponent resigned, thanks for the game!

08/05/13 Frol off (blue, Rampart, Mephala) def RoninHW (red, Swamp, Alkin) 8mm6a 115

Opponent resigned, thanks for the game!

Good starting position with a hidden lair of Vivs and Hydras. I decided to tempo by opening a second front, where I lost a Viv. Then, I managed to sneak into the pre-max Necropolis on the sands and the maxed Necropolis punished him thoroughly.
Thanks for the game!

05.08.13 Sanin (Red, Tower, Neela, Neela) def Grizvald (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 8mm6a 323

One of the most epic games I have ever played.
After the first week, I didn't want to continue: the roads (medium) were incredibly long. By the end of the week, I had only managed to run Neela to the end of the respawn, dove Tamika into the underground, but the road there led to a village and was no shorter. I eventually gave up on Necromancy and started leveling Neela instead. Built Naga in the Citadel, there's an external dwelling of mages and an external market (which later prevented me from completely collapsing). In the corner treasure zone, there's a Dragon Utopia, scouted three Griffin Conservatories, but the roads...

In the second week, it turned out that the trek to the Dungeon was just as long (if not longer). I only took it on day 131. From my part of the center, I managed to snag the gloves. At home, Giants are in the Castle.

On day 132, Kyrre bursts into the center and in one go takes the Dragon Fly Hive there. My troops managed to retreat home. Neela tries to break through on the brown player's spawn, which turned out to be not so easy: the computer had killed everyone in the area... Meanwhile, Enian heads to the border between the village and the main area, captures a +2 HP potion there, and takes Conservatory 2. Then Neela takes Conservatory 3 and, using an Angel, heads to the Dragon Utopia. Enian, meanwhile, climbs into the snow and grabs another level 2 structure there. The Dragon Utopia, frankly, seemed like my only chance. Kyrre is already showing stats 12-12, with Wyverns and Angels, while I have nothing of the sort. Neela levels up moderately poorly: after maxing out Scholarship and Defense, Archery and Air Magic come up, and then I have to take First Aid... At the end of the week, on my part of the center, Iona finds a +3 sword (this is important) and sacrifices herself to pass it on.

Day 143: Neela, with 8 Angels, takes the Dragon Utopia, which is the minimum. It gives a КЗ and a Ring of Health. I lost 2 Angels. But the КЗ alone doesn't solve my problems. I can't leave my corner. The road is very long, Neela didn't get Logistics (she got Attack, Tactics, and Earth Magic). I'm afraid Kyrre will intercept me. From the spawn, my scout heroes fend off a Skull Helmet and a +3 Shield. I still need to find the Breastplate. Scout heroes on secondary heroes scouted a Conservatory, so I head there for now. At the end of the week, I take it; there turned out to be another one too. Total of 7 Angels from two Conservatories, so 13 total.

Kyrre clears a dead-end treasure zone, the entrance to which is from my part of the center. Stats there are around 20 for her, mine are ~10-10. I head to the center with a secondary hero, hoping to finally break out somewhere. Kyrre, of course, immediately rushes to intercept. I manage to capture an enemy village in the center. I build a Black Market there, but it has neither the Breastplate nor the missing Ring of Health. I plan to upgrade the Titans and return the same turn, but something doesn't work out time-wise...

In the sixth week, Kyrre takes my Dungeon and heads towards me. Before dying, I decide to clear the farthest corner of my treasure zone, where the morale/luck pendant is (something at least), and set off, figuring that even if I have to flee, I can replenish mana at home and recast Implosion, but Kyrre is fast, and the encounter doesn't keep me waiting.

226 - first fight (screenshots 1 and 2), Kyrre's stats are twice mine.
Round 1: Implosion on the Archers, Defend for all units. Opponent casts Slayer, Archers charge into the Genies.
Round 2: the Archers fly back. Meteor Shower on the Angels and Titans, which frees my hands. I cast Mass Haste, Wait, and a full assault on the Archers, ending in their death. In the third round, Implosion on the Wyverns and a full assault there. Naturally, with a bunch of moral and luck procs, six survived. Finally, Kyrre casts one more Meteor Shower and flees. Total losses: two Titans, seven Angels, all Genies, and other small units.

It becomes clear that she at least doesn't have the КЗ, and apparently no Control either. I head to the center, emerge through the green portal where the opponent came from, and it turns out the roads on that side of the portal are no shorter. I reached Inferno, captured it; there's a level 5 Mage Guild there. A couple of days later, with nothing better to do, my scout heroes capture a scroll on the spawn, and it has Dimension Door. Around the same time, judging by View Air, Dimension Door appears for Kyrre (this is mid-eighth week). I take back the Dungeon and rush to where Kyrre hasn't been yet. Kyrre, naturally, heads to the same place. Her stats are already three times higher than Neela's. The task is simple: collect the Armor of the Damned / Elixir of Life / or just something for stats, like the Golden Bow... From that treasure zone, I only manage to snatch the Shackles of War. Kyrre, killing my scout heroes, reveals a Red Orb.

From Inferno, I head to where a couple of artifacts are lying, both low-level swords. However, the next turn, I capture an enemy village where Dace is sitting, equipped with — what? — the Breastplate. The Armor of the Damned is assembled. I buy all the Gremlins, Harpies (could have gotten 40+ Eyes, but didn't have enough money even with the market) and on day 316 I offer myself up. Kyrre moves next to me, I check with a scout hero — the Red Orb is equipped, I attack (screenshot 3), and slowly dismantle her. Losses: five Titans, half the Mages, a hundred Gremlins, Golems, and Nagas. After the battle with Kyrre, half the map dropped loot! :) Finally, the Elixir was also assembled.

But there's also Luna with stats there, and a few days later I see both her and Kyrre in the Tavern. Well, Neela is much better prepared for the second part of the Marseillaise ballet than for the first. On day 323, I catch Luna with the Shackles of War, after which surrender follows.

Thanks for the interesting game!

08/05/13 Sanin (Red, Tower, Nila, Nila) def Grizvald (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 8mm6a 323

One of the most epic games I've ever played.

Thanks for the interesting game!

What can I say, the game turned out to be very interesting. Long roads and huge native respawn points for both me and my opponent. In the end, there were only 6 mines on the map, but the single mine taken by my opponent decided the game :) I built 5 towers, and in the last one, I only got teleportation, but it was too late. I continued the game to gain experience against a strong opponent; losing was disappointing, of course, but the loss served as a great lesson :p

Thanks for the great game :smile54:

Are my eyes deceiving me? At level 317, Nilla has stats 14-10-15-9 :) ? With level-ups and stat-boosting buildings, it should be a lot more in any case, not to mention at least some artifacts for stats over more than 3 months :).

am I wrong about the stats? At 317, Nilla has stats 14-10-15-9 :) ? With power-ups and level-ups, it should be much higher, not to mention any stat artifacts over 3+ months :).

And yet, it was enough :rolleyes: There were 6 Ufos on the map, I ate 4, my opponent ate one, the last one remained in the very corner. I can share the saves if you're interested :) My worst fail was wearing a Chupa...

my eyes aren't deceiving me? At 317 Nílla has stats 14-10-15-9 :) ? On upgrades and level-ups it should be higher in any case, not to mention some artifacts for stats over 3+ months :).

Nílla spent most of the game running from Kyrre :) And if she did come to some treasure zone, it was already after Kyrre had been there. Well, and besides, the Armor of the Damned doesn't really give that many stats.

08/04/13 Max1075 (Blue, Inferno, Nimus, Nimus) def. Simon5760 (Red, Tower, Solomir, Galtran) 141 2sm4d(3)
On turn 136, a battle was fought, and the opponent, almost without an army, fled. On turn 141, a new battle took place.
Thank you for the interesting game.