Posts from Spring 2014 season. Online ranked games (reports, discussions).

We retried 7 times, including 4 of our own, 2 due to blocking, and one due to an early encounter. We finally started, and there was nothing good on the respawn point. I saw a Pegasus nest, but it was behind a ranged unit stack. I cleared a path into the adjacent area, through 20-49 dogs and 49-90 zombies. I took a Necropolis second-tier unit, but the opponent typed "gg." Thanks for the game.

111 — a very poor gold respawn, next to a Gog dwelling
112 — found a demon external dwelling, but behind Hobs who, having healed quite a bit, seriously charged the annoying things. The road leads only to ГО, but I don't want to replay the game; there seem to be 2 external dwellings nearby, maybe there will be more resources outside
113 — on one side the exit is blocked by groups of Air Elementals + Pegasi + Wasps. I won't go there — I'll go outside through 50–99 Halberdiers
116 — cleared the respawn, will have to go outside through Halberdiers; inside there are 76 Halberdiers guarding (thick as hell) — at the exit 70+ Thieves (well damn) got battered — came out into a swamp — well damn, just beautiful
122 — yes indeed, walking through a swamp wears out the roads. There's a tree under Goblins — with Vision I should quickly find the Castle. And again bad luck — the watchtower is blocked ((these pointless wanderings through the swamp reek of ГГ.
126 — wandered through the swamp for a whole week until I grabbed a Castle. Hired a hero with number 9 with a weak radius, even though it's on the road. Well, if the opponent hasn't lost anywhere, I don't have much chance
132 — I finally realize this is a map of dead ends and swamps; so far I've only found 1 Hive under Cavaliers and not a single Griffin Conservatory; the opponent is probably already looting Dragon Utopias
135 — FB, the opponent appeared from the 3rd guard's side, with 4 Angels, 6 Wyverns, 51 Archers, 8 Unicorns. No chance with my 6 Efreeti + 50 Gogs + a few Demons and singles. Armies are not merged, more than half are not recruited, ГГ
waiting for a rematch

There were 3 or 4 fb in which Craig had a significant advantage (very lucky opp—killed all troops, the ogre was left with 16 health (hit for minimum), redemption is annoying yes). Built 6 or 7 towers (2 of which are Tower) but no DD. In the end, he covered the Castle already with necro troops (computer's) and got the long-awaited DD in the air book.
Thanks for the game!

Birds and Armageddon dominated the second final match from turn 213 until the end.
Thank you for the game!

he give up
I have 2 Confluxes and 2 Hives. I saw Sword 5all and Shield 6 def. In 115, I took Dwell Psych. Thanks for playing.

For the first week, I played normally, but towards the end, I decided to focus on defending my castle instead of exploring. It turned out to be quite amusing – in a key location for progressing, there was a chest containing an artifact, but it was guarded by 18 Necropolis creatures with low health, which could be easily defeated by basic units. I bought some Psionicists and took a chest worth 10,000 gold – birds became available. Then, we paused (we played for about 2 months) and in the second week, I played like a headless cockroach, without any plan. We paused again. In the third week, I was in a good mood again – I managed to reach the treasury, but I ran out of roads on the second day, so I didn't know where to go. We paused. On day 14, Charna arrived with weak troops and mana, but in the final battle, I lost control of the flow of the battle due to the long wait for the opponent's turn (not a complaint, just what happened), and in 2 rounds, I cast spells at the wrong time, exposing my attack stacks to skeletons. I decided that the result of the battle would not be representative and I left.
Thanks for the time.

Early in the second week, roads ran out; I gathered Dragon Fly Hives and Cons, but the opponent's diplomacy was working.

Thank you for the game!