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

24.08.2013 The_ (red, Citadel, Crag Hack) def Mar (blue, Rampart, Mephala) JC 125.

An almost month-old game.

When we loaded it was 121, I was trying to understand what I had been doing to make everything so slow and why I only had 7 bears at 121, considering the bears are in the castle and there are two external dwellings for them as well. But there are Dragon Utopias on the respawn, I quickly boosted stats (library, etc.), Crag Hack has gloves+boots+log, expert Air Earth, tactics, I'm preparing to take two home Dragon Utopias, they are three tiles apart, but a surrender message arrives.

Thanks for the game!

23.08.2013 Juristis (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Gretchin) def Captain (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson) Balance 131
Started without restarts, roads average. Ivor with 9 Elves, many Centaurs, some Fairies, but due to morale on the Serpents, 8 Centaurs immediately died. Took an external dwelling of Dendroid Guards on D1, visited the lookout tower. Only 2 roads: to the GO and to the secondary hero, adjacent zones by wasteland. On the first week, I took the strong adjacent zone, where Gretchin died and then ran to the second one, through Orcs, who cut down 4 Grand Elves. Arrived at a lava zone with a refugee camp.
On the lava zone, a Griffin Conservatory and several chests were found. Gretchin with Earth and Log.
D2D1 - 2 native heroes arrived. Built 4 marketplaces.
D2D3 - broke into the Conservatory, tier 3, captured with the loss of Dwarves, 10 Centaurs, and 4 Dendroid Guards. Then bought a spellbook (have Slow and Bless, Air upgraded) and went to the center through a horde of Griffins.
On D2D7, already having Mass Haste and having upgraded Pegasi, I reached the central junction by wasteland, drove off the opponent's Kyrre there, and captured the town.
D3D1 - Cap surrenders. Thanks for the game!

08/23/2013 Javdet (red Necropolis, Clavius) def. darkello (blue Rampart, Kirr) 8mm6a 126

Opponent gave away the color for some reason. Tried not to take rests at the top, even on the Strider, let alone with 2 cons revealed on level 111. While I was getting to the computer, more cons and hives appeared, and then it was just a matter of technique.
After collecting resources, I didn't know where to look for the elves (5 directions), but they came to me.
The generator paid back for the previous blunder.

Thanks for the game.

23.08.2013 Maretti (red, ramp, kyrre) def Helllight (blue, fort, tazar) jebus 125

Thanks for playing.

24.08.2013 Juristis (red, Castle, Caitlin, Mülli) def Simon5760 (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) Jebus 123
We got random factions, Mülli enters from the start, takes a max crypt immediately, gets a Necklace of Swiftness +1 speed, and at level 3 there's a choice between Logistics and Armorer, took Logistics, continued to get good level-ups, Earth (though never found anything from it), Tactics, Attack. On path 1 there was a block of 100+ griffins, but fortunately, had enough gold. Took an external dwelling of spearmen, swordsmen, 3 experience Pandora's Boxes, gloves, Hives 6+8, and finally an external dwelling of Angels for 117 with Tazar. 5 heroes had Earth Magic) Home Angels in citadel.
On path 2, picked up another 2 Hives and a Pandora's Box with 20 Crusaders. On 123 upgraded 5 Archers and broke through my own GO from a bunch of Hydras, immediately found a Tome of the Ancients on 6 and see opponent's GO of Arch Devils, and behind him Kyrre with small forces. Thanks for the game!

24.08.2013 shameonyou (red, Citadel, Crag Hack) def. Mar (blue, swamp, Tazar) Jebus Cross 121

Thanks for the game.

24.08.2013 Yostairs (Red, Castle, Caitlin, Shakti) def Sanin (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 8xm8a 124
Opponent banned Dungeon, but Shakti decided to come to me and for Castle (with 2 stacks). The respawn itself turned out to be very good (especially for red on 8xm8a), a Crypt, 2 Dwarf Cottages, chests, as a result I put Cavaliers in the Citadel on week 1. Shakti got Earth, and then Leadership. On week 2 I take the home Dragon Fly Hive for 6 Wyverns, then in the neighboring zone for 8, with Oil I easily beat 9 Grand Hydras for a Pandora's Box worth 20k experience, Shakti also Expertised Air. I move on, on day 123 I prepare to take a Dragon Fly Hive and power-level Shakti, but then the opponent comes out of the portal, though only with basic Tactics, so I was able to run away. The next turn I take the near-max Dragon Fly Hive with Nella, and Shakti runs after the opponent into the portal and catches up. Army advantage, in round 1 immediately Mass Haste and the opponent is left with a Wyvern, 10 Grands, and Pegasi, GG. Thanks for the game.