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

Thanks for the game.

I don't even want to say anything.
Thanks for the game.

The distribution was a bit better, but I refused the land early on, forgetting about the slow scroll. I didn't get lucky with joins, only 30 air units. In the end, I unnecessarily rushed towards a superior opponent, prematurely ending the game:confused:

I found a hidden stash of angels near the castle, and as a result, I brought 32 archangels, + 2k skeletons, and ducks with 90 attack. The black dragons from the companion's castle couldn't handle it.

Thanks for the game!

We started playing the first generation without restarts. Started playing because of Charna, in general nothing special was shining on the first day, spread out to 5 heroes.
On day 112 I was thinking about taking a restart if anything, so with risk first I went in with a zero-level Moner into a max crypt, was missing one gargoyle for a papal split, in the end instead of it there was a gremlin, and I got bitten for 40 blue ones.
Then with Solmyr I broke through a horde of gr. wolves with small losses, took an observation tower, with which I revealed an adjacent zone and in the next zone on the snow two Griffin Conservatories, at home an external dwelling of djinns. We're playing!
Charna was given Logistics first, then Earth magic, so the necro didn't expert it right away, but with boots and stables she was running at 3k+ moves. Along the way I managed to give away all the caps, placed 123456 in the fort.
Around day 123 I went into the snow to the conservatory through a horde of demons, debated for a long time whether to transfer the oil via a separate chain through a literate scout hero and minus Charna's moves, in the end I took it and didn't regret it, the conservatory turned out to be a triple, only gave away caps on the minus morale. On the same turn the second conservatory, also a triple. Everything is fine, only the timer ran out to zero.

I ran to the opponent, raising skeletons along the way. Took the fur coat, through the Wizards I'm running towards the reds and then comes the surrender, thanks to viewing the earth I chose the right direction.

A fat respawn with Griffin Conservatories for 5 angels and a mini-Ulik, but the first week was a total disaster. First, the AI Orrin suddenly turned out to have archery and killed my Kira, then I lost a hero with 2 horses. Because of this, there was simply no tempo; I only started ramping up from the third week and couldn't close such a handicap, even though the chances were good.
Thanks for the game!

After using all the respawn points, Galtan arrived with one stack and a Strider. As a result, the battle started with 35 skeletons, and they managed to kill the Temple.
Thank you for the game.

Based on the results of 3 games, I managed to achieve this "victory."
Even though it was a struggle (many outposts, but few free resources), my progress was steady. I captured a hidden earthworks, and there's another one, but it's behind a swarm of dragonflies. My opponent's Straker didn't develop in the dungeon.

Thanks for the game.

The starting zone was quite disappointing, just a couple of chests and an external dwelling of birds, that's it. A bunch of one-way portals, a block from the Grand Elves' tray (which blocked the market and the teleport), the only road to the swamp; there were actually two native villages there, which helped a lot. Without them, even the external dwelling of birds would hardly have been taken. In the treasure zone, I revealed two Dragon Utopias and a "Kettle" (artifact).
Sacrificing birds, but bravely breaking through to new zones and earning back gold, after upgrading the birds I broke the Grand Elves at 117 and traded them for Bears at the Citadel.
Crag Hack leveled up perfectly, and even Learning didn't ruin the papal power-leveling: Earth, Log, Armor, Tactics — nothing else was needed.
By 124, I had collected 4 Dragon Fly Hives and a "Kettle" and destroyed two Dragon Utopias (both level-2). They dropped the Captain's winning hat, a bag of gold, +10 SP, +3 All Attributes — not amazing, but oh well, at least a ton of money. Using View Earth, I saw where the opponent was located, but there were no direct roads to him, so by jumping with horses through one-way portals, I found the right direction (killing two computers along the way), upgraded 33 Monks, then at the computer's Castle caught a not-so-impressive army on a horse — that was the end of it.

Thanks for the game!