Posts from "King of the Hill"

■(+1) HellLighT (icq 649566490) — vs — □ Volodymyr (icq 297363980)

11.09.2013 HellLighT(blue,Dungeon,Shakti) def darkello(red,Necro,Tamika) 8xm12a 133

I gave a vague restart on 112 of a decent layout because of a long winding road, then 111 from darkello on my 200 trogs and off we went, again 3 stacks, but without a second native, surface, but neither hidey-holes nor normal roads, however I got lucky with a portal on the road, it turned out to be four-way, quickly and surprisingly easily capped computers, a couple of them straight-up with tiny armies worked out quite well, income grew, scouting huts revealed everywhere, Shakti caught and leveled Earth by the end of the week, Slow was given in the Mage Guild, but no Griffin Conservatory, I only revealed a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, ran and ran, decided to settle down and by the end of the second week build Angels in the castle, and then luck struck, on the castle-town's own respawn there was a Griffin Conservatory(3), in the end with long chains I collected 3 Dragon Fly Hives for 26 Wyverns, built Angels, and on 131 from the stable I ate the Griffin Conservatory, nearby a passage to a Dragon Utopia, on 132 I enter it, and it's maxed out! but I gathered a fodder stack for 6 Angels and 26 Wyverns, 60 Harpies 100 Trogs 6 Minotaurs, stats 13 10, Shield Stone Skin, in general I dive in, came out with the loss of the entire fodder stack -1 Angel -2 Wyverns, gave КЗ КВ hat 5 lvl and shield +12-3, built Archers, upgraded, immediately flew to collect the missing Elixir parts on the respawn, and on 133 the opponent appears with a rush of 2 Angels, I crush him, kill him, there Aotd didn't even have time to trigger, thanks for the game.

well here everything was epic in general, I was trapped in the underground which stretched across half the map along the left edge, there were 2 exits, the first was an exit from the dungeon into a desert with a scouting hut that didn't even show the exit from that desert (in the desert there were only skeletons, nothing interesting) as it turned out after the game to get through the desert to its exit you had to travel for a week literally a week.. and the second exit was a one-way which led to two options, the first was along my own underground, and the second was to a rocky area where I collected the artefact of the Cursed and after leaving it after 3 turns I was immediately attacked by the opponent, after a poor Dragon Utopia
ah and yeah - thanks to the generator for the game

Hellight is a cool guy, he's good, he can do it.

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But actually, it's better like this - This is what it means to be on a roll, how much can a generator help a newbie?)

Hellight is a cool guy, he's good.

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But actually, it's better this way - This is what it means to be on a roll, how much can a generator help a newbie.

I congratulated him on his birthday, didn't want to upset him.

18.09.2013 HellLighT(red,Citadel,Kyrre) def Volodymyr(blue,Necropolis,Galthran) Jebus cross 124

Respawned all respawn points, played pleasantly, under the castle a Dragon Utopia, many Dragon Fly Hives, income-generating buildings, immediately ran towards the ГО, there was also a Rampart village and an external dwelling of Ruins+; in the refuge gave me Monarchs! Which served as a loyal speed buffer throughout the entire time spent on the respawn, and the Dragon Fly Hives were captured much better with them) The chains connected perfectly despite the penalty; in the first week I gathered 29 Wyverns + an external dwelling of bears, which were also in the castle, with 2 Nag Banks, 3 Medusa Storages, and 2 Dwarf Cottages, money for buying out was no problem; Kyrre also took a Pandora's Box for experience and leveled up very pleasantly - Tactics, Defense, Earth Magic, Pathfinding, + on 117 I pulled Boots of Speed from a cart, double-mana myself and stand next to the Dragon Utopia! On 121 I pick up another Dragon Fly Hive for 6 Wyverns, buy everything out and take the Dragon Utopia - minimal rewards gave me Titan's Armor, too bad; with a Trade Post I upgrade the bears and break towards the ГО, Slow nowhere found, but after picking up more Dragon Fly Hives along the way and having 43 Wyverns + 6 ghost types, the ГО with simple Nagas fell barely touching my singles, but then it turns out the center is slightly bugged and the treasure zone that just began immediately runs into the ГО of another Citadel-respawn (meaning I need to break through 2 more ГО - Green Dragons and Arch Devils); with Green Dragons thanks to +1 speed and Haste, only 2 Goblins suffered, but against the Arch Devils, besides the devour from the Necropolis from the tavern, 2 Wyverns died; then a Pandora's Box for magic without Wisdom behind the Crossings, I break through Efreeti with Meteor Shower for a Pandora's Box for experience + a Dragon Utopia and set up to camp on it, because not even singles remained, a triple Dragon Utopia falls on 123 with a delivery from one of the villages + 3 Ruins from the dwelling, gives a Tome of Water Magic, +12 -3 Sword and Black Orb, I spot Wings during the path through wasteland, but since even then not all the tempo was spent and Galthran was showing glory with parameters of 5-7, I ran towards him, along the way Dragon Fly Hives and another Dragon Utopia, I stop on it again; on 124 another delivery from the last village + I built Orcs, the Dragon Utopia (2) gives Belt of (+4+4) and Boots of Resist! What a sight to behold, these Dragon Utopias; I run further along the road and find Galthran, nearby for 20+ Chaos Hydras I take down +4 All item and another Titan's Armor and cover the GOshka with parameters under 10 and an army of 9 Wyverns, 300 Skeleton Warriors + singles, in one turn I kill the Skeleton Warriors, surrender follows, thanks for the game.

09/18/2013 HellLighT (red, Castle, Crag) def Volodymyr (blue, Necropolis, Galtran) Jebus cross 124

Yeah, the Heroes gods seemed to be angry with me. I tried generating before the game, and consistently got 5+ skeleton lairs, treasure chests, lairs, a lot of money, and hives usually generate well on difficult terrain. But otherwise – a small respec to 12 Vivs, 2 zombie lairs, 2 chests with 10k experience, and an empty one + constant trouble with money. I built a guild in 3 castles, collected all the scrolls, visited all the sanctuaries, but couldn't find a slow spell. I didn't take a ghost lair + chest (10k experience) behind a horde of snipers because I had a feeling I wouldn't be able to defend it. On turn 123, I killed the Champions, but my opponent was already heavily attacking the treasure. I don't know why the generation is like this in tournament games.

Thanks for the game!

I don't know why such generation is needed in tournament games.

I don't know why to play in tournament games.

I don't know why anyone would play in tournament games.

Before this, "Such" was generated once per game with Therm in "Conquests". Otherwise, in my experience, it's generated much more often, making the game playable for both sides.

I've written about draft mode several times: I tested 20+ generations, and roughly 20% of them were balanced (not counting in-game practice, where a subjective element is always present). In the remaining cases, even with players of roughly equal skill and no intentional throwing, it's pointless to even try to play. Even balance experts would be nervous. Draft mode is a good option for casual play, but in my opinion, it's not suitable for tournaments.

It's a good option for passing the time, but in my opinion, it's not really a tournament-worthy version.

Well, Sod isn't exactly a tournament-focused version either :) but that's just my opinion :)

■(+1,5) HellLighT (icq 649566490) — vs — □ Scorpiona (icq 469326983)

Well, Sod isn't exactly a top-tier competitive build either :) but that's just a side note :)

and if we're being honest, Heroes isn't a competitive esport either :D unlike StarCraft 2.

Well, Sod isn't exactly a great tournament version either :) but that's just a side note :)

indeed, it would have been better if it hadn't been created, and we wouldn't be playing the 3rd Heroes game.

20.09.2013 HellLighT(red, Conflux, Aenain, Tamika) def Scorpiona(blue, Castle, Valeska, Luna/Broghild) 2sm4d(3) 115

Scorpiona denied all my respawns, cutting my Luna with one of them. I took 111 on a weird draft with a single road, and it gave me a fat roll — air elementals built. Tamika arrived with 3 stacks, a decent amount of starting meat, 2 external dwellings of earth nearby on no-road, a lot of gold tossed in, a passage to the Citadel-secondary and the adjacent zone in a portal right next to each other behind normal guards. On 112 trouble started: after breaking the secondary and the external portal guard with Tamika (who didn't even want to push necro, because defense and earth were handed out), 20+ ogres are waiting on the other side, and damn me for diving on them — 25 with 5 Greater Sphinxes! BOOOOL :smile51: :smile21: I crawled out with 6 air elementals, and the scout hero sent to the secondary found a block of 20+ gargoyles behind a wood cart. On 113 I found a block behind the broken ogres of 20+ air elementals behind Boots of Speed (immediately ruled that out until end of week). I bought up fire and water elementals and dove on the gargoyles with the scout hero and mana — there are 45 of them... I crawled out with 4 fire and 1 water elemental. Well, what can you do :smile04: I took the Citadel, collected minor stuff, scouted. On 115 I bought Monoliths and cleaned up the respawn nicely with them — it turned out to be enormous, plus 2 Dwarf Cottages nearby, spotted a Griffin Conservatory, about 3 Hives in the corners. Tamika, though she didn't really necro much, was almost buttered up; birds were spawning in the Citadel. Basically, it was all heading toward a rush on the opponent in the second week, but things turned out worse than ever over there: tiny respawn, powerful shooter blocks. From the looks of it, his attempt to break through to my Citadel on no-road was unsuccessful. Thanks for the game.

■(+2) HellLighT (icq 649566490) — vs — ■ ProtosArchon (icq 552961569)