Posts from "Newcomer-2014. Summer"

In the first week, everything went well: I took 4 Crypts on the map, found chests, while Wistan explored a bit and gained a level, cleared almost the entire map, by level 115, Wistan was level 5, with a pack of cows. By the end of the week, I built a Castle level 1-6, merged a Bull and a Unicorn, but did it foolishly.

Second week: Jaeger reached level 5, advanced in Fire magic, 10 Magic Power; Myrlana advanced in Air magic, started hunting for a secondary resource, but it turned out to be a waste of turns (ran with the mage to the hero, but there were mountains).
Wistan spent 3 turns traveling along a winding road to the secondary resource, money was running out, there were no money-generating objects, a Hydra lair was discovered on the map, he was defeated, I didn't have enough time to get there (while Jaeger cleared another secondary resource with 3 Unicorns (without losses), Wistan should have already left the castle (didn't have time to buy Wistan)), he took the Hydras and cleared the path to another secondary resource where the opponent was already located (should have cleared the first one earlier, as he could have), sent the mage there, but while I was running around, the opponent was collecting Hive resources from our shared secondary resource.
The Mage had 12 Ice Power at 250, but the mage couldn't do much, he relied on Grand Master in the Rampart - built it to level 4, but it was useless.

Third week: everything is bad, no money, nowhere to get it, Wistan rushed to the Treasury, but it was too late, the opponent took the Utopian at the end of the third week, attacked with the mage, destroyed 10 Medusas, and surrendered, as there was very little money.
Thank you for the game.

I messed up against my opponent, took the main on turn 146, and then on turn 147, after using "Utopia," I caught him with no mana and killed him.
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The start was bad, I recovered, and then I entered with a stack of 16 Lizards. I defended against a +5% bow, and the second hero was a Swamp creature, but it only blocked 20-49 grade demons. I only started dealing with them on the second turn. I pushed through with ducks and then the opponent surrendered somewhere... GG.
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I rebirthed, my opponent still has 2 restarts, starting with about 20 lizards, on the first week I was digging at the respawn, next to the castle but behind mountains I burned an external dwelling of lizards and went there until 117, clearing crypts and small guards along the way, built upgraded harpies, Citadel, upgraded serpents and lizards, built upgraded Medusas, on the second I built a Mage Guild, bought Vistan a spell book, broke through the secondary troops, first Inferno is next to an external dwelling of Efreeti, broke the external dwelling, put a scout hero on the hydra and sent the Efreeti for boots (also about 4-5 days just to get there), second Dungeon, when I was breaking through (with a scout hero) I lost about 20 hydras and 2 harpies (another 27 units left), but tempo is more valuable, was broke on money, barely scraped together enough by the end of the second for another hero (was running around with 5 before), lit up the map, 3 unclaimed chests, my joy knew no bounds, just passed the turn, I see my opponent is coming at me through monks with Gundula, fortunately didn't reach the castle, I stole a chest and some gold with a scout hero, tried to come out to him, and there's Müllich with 3 hydras, 47 orcs, 4 Evil Eyes, a few goblins and wolves, zero stats, well I took the army and with a slightly trained scout hero with expert Tactics drove off Gundula (paid him off for 4500), and went with Vistan to kill Müllich, I have about 30 lizards, 3 harpies, a hydra, about 20 Troglodytes and single harpies, cast oil on the hydras, closed off the lizards and we're exchanging shots with the orcs, my stats are 2 10 4 10 (had 13 mana), left with 17 hydras and 10 Troglodytes... bought a hero, brought the hydra and Vistan, pulled the army a bit higher, pass the turn, my opponent sniped Vistan (I paid him off), killed my scout heroes, again didn't reach the castle ), 131 I bought back in the dungeon, built a Mana Vortex, immediately 200 mana and I'm making a run to the main, along the way I brought out the lizards from the external dwelling, pass the turn, my opponent sits in the castle with Gundula on harpies, 132 I gather all the army I could buy and I'm covering Gundula, my stats are 2 10 4 10 (200 mana), his are 9 5 5 4 (80 mana), my army is about 27 lizards, 3 harpies, 57 Gnolls, 7 Medusas, 3 hydras and 2 single hydras, his is 2 stacks of 5 upgraded harpies and 1 wolf.
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The game was very tough and tense. I thought I would lose this match, I was literally hanging by a thread from defeat):D . I don't remember how many restarts each of us had, but we started playing the layout (I think I had 1 left, but I didn't spend it and started playing the layout). I started playing - saw a Dragon Fly Hive and an external dwelling of lizards (but didn't take it on week 1). 1 passage to the adjacent zone with the opponent (strong guard for week 1), 2 passages to a secondary town (but ГО blocks it at the Dungeon, and the detour is very long through rough terrain). And then things heated up when the opponent came through the adjacent zone at the start of the second week with 160+ Infernal Troglodytes and 50+ Beholders - I was stunned for a couple of turns:eek: . And I defended in the Castle and at the same time grabbed a Dwarf Cottage and built a Castle there for better defense (with 1 Wyvern + Vassals in the Citadel). The opponent didn't dare attack the Castle with Tazar (I probably would have chickened out too:D ). Then very well-thought-out moves began, I took a Dragon Fly Hive in the middle or end of week 2, then ran in 3 moves - 2 Dragon Fly Hives, but both were minimal, (while the opponent ran off somewhere on his own business). And I quickly broke through into the underground treasure zone through a portal (and then the countdown of days without a Castle began - the opponent captured my Castle - but I managed to buy the army and lead it sideways through the swamp - on cheap). In the treasure zone without mana, it was very painful to get slapped around and slowly lose the army. In the treasure zone there were 4 Dragon Fly Hives and a Pandora's Box with all the fire + a library - I cleared that treasure zone:D . I run out of the portal and run to another treasure zone with a Dragon Utopia revealed on the rocks (max Dragon Utopia - using Summon Fire Elemental for 30 units - I take the Dragon Utopia - КВ drops, armor +10 SP and sandals). I run to replenish mana in the Rampart secondary town and using Advanced Air magic, I control the map and run to a very juicy Rampart treasure zone, there is 1 minimal Dragon Utopia - level 5 cap, bracers, medallion of vulnerability - generally decent. Then I run out of mana in this treasure zone (only enough mana left for Flight - to exit through it and Town Portal, to get out of there somehow) and the opponent shows up and takes a 100-249 Chaplain with pits - which I was aiming for, but the opponent's stats didn't increase much, they became around 15+ - tolerable. I Town Portal, as planned, and replenish mana in the Rampart (and upgrade it to Dragons, since in the Rampart treasure zone there are many external dwellings of dragons + an external dwelling near the secondary town). Then I again run to the same treasure zone for Pandora's Boxes and the rest - since the treasure zone is huge, I pick up another couple of Dragon Fly Hives + +5 All sword + shield +3 +3 (which I didn't have yet). I see the opponent running along the road towards my Rampart secondary town ready to fight with 40+ Lizards, 188 Beholders and a few single Faerie Dragons:D and stats around 15. Meanwhile, I have everything planned - a chain is built from the treasure zone to the Rampart, but then I eat a Pandora's Box and it gives all Earth magic - Town Portal:smile20: :smile03: . I Town Portal to the Rampart, from there Flight to the well near the Castle, I get mana to about 260 and jump on Shakti with such an army: 35 Gremlin Sages, 45 Dwarves, 25+ Pegasi with a few singles, 4 Dragons and 40 regular Elves (from the Pandora's Box). Stats 21 25 36 20 - I have attack magic and put on the bracers:smile12: , but the opponent has the Cloak of the Abandoned, but it doesn't save him! Thanks for the game!!:D :D

So, this time all of the opponent's resources are spent (111-1 time, 112-1 time), while I only took 111 once and went on to play this setup :D. I got a bit relaxed in that last game and picked some weird setup. Isra gets dropped immediately, followed by Tanta — I calm down a bit and start necromancing! :D I had little money this time (only birds + orcs in the citadel on week 1, without bears :( thought I was done for :D. Then came the epic slaughter of all upgraded goblins on harpies with GS (because I only took goblins :D). And so I try to necromance on the rocks with a penalty and chains somehow (by the way, on the respawn there are 2 external dwellings of ogres — but there was no money at all to make use of them :( ). Then, on week 2, I accidentally misclick and lose 2 upgraded birds at that point, leaving me with only 5 of them :(. Well, I necromanced with Isra at first, then switched to Tanta and miraculously found the Cloak of the Undead King (+10 necromancy) on my respawn somewhere in the wasteland on rocks. Breaking through to secondaries is tough — in one direction there's 20-49 Ice Demons, and in the other, somewhat easier, there are 20+ Magmas, but because of the army loss earlier I didn't go there, and tried to develop on my own respawn. On week 3, I break through 2 passages — a very rich zone in the secondary (dungeon) — 7 angels, and by that point I have 700 skeletons plus some fodder. I enter the underground treasure zone through the secondary, manage to visit the library, take the Pandora's Box with 60 upgraded skeletons and the prison, and I see the opponent just a few moves away from me — but I don't have enough moves to attack. In the tavern, and later in battle against Tazar, his stats show 3 9 2 4 (but good skills — expert attack, mass earth and air). On his turn, the opponent decides not to drag the game out and attacks me himself with this army — 10 lizards, 37 gargoyles, 16 wyrms, 3 angels, and a few snakes (not upgraded :D). Well, out of curiosity we fought the battle (by the way, I had 134 mana — Tanta, while the opponent, Tazar, had 18 mana) — I lost only 11 skeletons :D). Tanta's stats were 6 3 8 10. Thanks for the game! :D

Spent all my restarts, had to take 112 because of losing almost all my Centaurs on the respawn with the external Dragon dwelling. The opponent didn't take any restarts and we ended up playing a layout where I got Tanth. There was a big Griffin Conservatory right under the Castle. No external dwellings, no money. The passages to the adjacent zone were from the arrow towers. Barely managed to build Cavalry in the Citadel and stood before the marks on day 7. Broke through, and there were 10-19 Snipers almost immediately. Had to find money for an upgrade of the Cavalry to outrun them. Spent several more days on that. Septienna arrived and saved Tanth from being wasted, as I miscalculated the amount of Sniper damage. A wave of death decided the outcome.

In the end, I captured the secondary Castle and found another Griffin Conservatory. Meanwhile, Torosar unexpectedly appeared, having broken through the adjacent zone, one day's march from my main. The chain didn't quite deliver the meat from the Castle, and I couldn't split Tanth. Thought for a long time and at the last second plopped down the Castle and bought units in ones. This could have been a fatal mistake, because against 3 Towers I wouldn't have gotten my main back. But the opponent miraculously slipped past Rampart and ran toward the Castle. He later said he didn't notice my main. The first skirmish between Tanth and Torosar happened on the Castle zone, where I drove off the opponent almost without losses, using oil and lightning at 80, against his 5 upgraded Nagas and 120 Caps. He didn't have money to buy them back, so he had to give up the remaining Nagas.

After such incredible luck, I decided to collect Griffin Conservatories and go into the treasure zone. Took the maximum zone under my main despite 3 Griffin Morale, then the level 3 zone next to the Castle. The treasure zone turned out to be rich in Dragon Fly Hives — got 38 of them, and missed a couple more because Torosar appeared again in front of my main.

Fought with Tanth, the chain didn't quite deliver the meat, and Tanth had to run after it himself, but I had a serious advantage in power, and the opponent surrendered despite capturing the Castle.

Thanks for the game!