Posts from "Newcomer-2014. Summer"

we completely got wrekt. the respawn failed somewhere behind the mountains, and there was nothing much to do there anyway, a double behind the beholders, but I immediately broke into another adjacent zone - Conflux. on the bright side, 2 Griffin Conservatories, a big one and a small one. Wyverns in the Citadel on the first. Tazar took Air, Tactics.
on the second.
took a double and at 131 was preparing to take the Griffin Conservatory.
thanks for the game!

how did pupa end up in this tournament?:smile32:

2. total experience playing HoMM3 online - no more than 1 year, long breaks in the game are discussed individually;
3. lack of good results in tournaments on HW and other resources (in particular, 1-3 places in previous "Novichok" tournaments and any other tournament, reaching the final stages of major tournaments) - subjective opinion of the organizers;
4. participation in no more than one "Novichok" tournament before this tournament;
5. no withdrawals or forfeits in other tournaments;

In the first week, I got little meat, only 13 elves and 40 centaurs. By the week's end, blockers were 10-19 group of snakes. I decided not to rush, roamed the respawn and found a stable, 2 arenas (one with 10-19 champions, a Dragon Fly Hive and a chest), a camp +1 attack and a tower +1 defense, a second Dragon Fly Hive behind the elves. By day 117 I built Hives and the Castle, scoured the respawn, broke through the snakes. As a bonus, I only found an external dwelling of centaurs. On day 121, I broke through the cavalry and checked the Dragon Fly Hive — it was huge. On day 122, I broke through 2 Dragon Fly Hives, had to sacrifice all my Grand Elves, was left with 1 group of elves, 20 ducks, 5 hives, and a few centaurs. I Expert-wisdomed Earth. On day 123, I went to a swamp secondary hero, spotted Boots of Speed and Gauntlets of Ogre Power through a scouting view. On day 124, I took the Boots, on day 125 I took the Gauntlets and the swamp secondary. Built a Mage Guild — no spell. On days 126-127, I took the underground secondary (Necro), also built a Mage Guild, again no spell, and in my main town also no spell. I spotted the opponent (I had a scout view at my respawn) — at his respawn, near a Conservatory and an external dwelling of horses. I thought I should rush. On day 131, I came out through the underground to his respawn, killed his scout hero on 10 horses (he had bought back 2), lost 3 hives. Then I moved toward him, but there was a terrible 4-day trek through wasteland (which I didn't know about), although it seemed the Castle was close — the terrain folds are brutal. On day 132, I spotted a Dragon Utopia nearby, thought I'd blast his Castle and return. On day 133, I realized I couldn't blast it — more mountains. I gave up and decided to dive into the Dragon Utopia. I ferried the meat through a chain. In the end, Kyrre 12 14 3 2, 20 ducks, 6 hives, 21 centaurs, 15 Grand Elves. I came out with 19 ducks; the only useful drop was Sandals of the Saint. Meanwhile, my scout hero spotted a well with spell near the swamp Castle through wasteland in the third week. Through the well, I went into the third week, broke a 2-unit Conservatory along the way. In the third week: 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a Dragon Utopia with КЗ. By the end of week 3, I built Dragons. In week 4, I cleared the underground third week: 2 Conservatories and a Dragon Utopia. I took 2 Conservatories at his respawn, upgraded my Dragons, and on day 147 I broke through ГО and took his Castle. The opponent surrendered.

Thanks for the game!

in my opinion, he immediately fails the main point?! :cool:
2. total experience playing HoMM3 online - no more than 1 year, long breaks in the game are discussed individually;

A request to Yegor Korobeynikov, darkello, and other humorists: please refrain from spamming, pressing random buttons, and cluttering up the thread – I will delete such posts and issue penalty points.

I took 1 restart, on the second draw I saw a decent number of chests and 4 roads + an external dwelling of nagas for 20+ eyes. There were a lot of angry blocks, but I played, hoping for a re from the opponent, since there were supposedly few roads there. But he didn't restart and we played.
By the end of the first week I built 1-5 in the Citadel + a portal with nagas, Shakti with Earth magic, everything was pretty good, just tight on gold.
On the second week I take a secondary scout hero, planning to take two more, build chains to them, but then blue flies into the adjacent secondary Castle through a portal that was supposed to lead to the treasure zone. Earth isn't expert and I don't have anywhere near enough gold to buy all the nagas, I hope he doesn't attack me, but just in case I split my stack at home.
The opponent locks me in the Castle, he has 10+ horsemen and 20+ griffins, fighting in the field is suicide. He methodically kills my scout hero, while I skip turns with the main hero at base, full trade to the Castle and try to at least buy some meat.

By the start of the third week I have no external dwelling of nagas, and he gets reinforcements, I expect an assault, but for some reason the opponent drags his feet for several more days, I buy a little bit of meat each day, build a Mage Guild with a waterfall, all this just from one single scout hero collecting freebies on the secondary and the trade)

In the end, the opponent attacks only on day 136. Ivor 3 6 6 3, but without a spell book:) He has 40+ griffins, 14 horsemen, 6 of my nagas from the external dwelling, 20+ archers and 20+ pikemen from the secondary Castle.

I'm sitting in the Castle, 17 nagas, 25 eyes, 130 Troglodytes, a few harpies. Shakti 5 4 2 3 60 mana, Expert Attack, Tactics, advanced Earth magic. I thought I would lose, but his catapult must have been defective)) It shot everything it could, but never broke through the Castle gates. In the end, when at least some breach appeared in the wall, the opponent only had Castle pikemen and 14 horsemen left, which were quickly destroyed by the Troglodytes and nagas.

The game was clearly a losing one, there were external dwellings of horsemen and elves + piles of gold, but I got lucky that the opponent didn't attack immediately on day 131 with the growth, and then his catapult just messed up :rolleyes:

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Confirmed. Thanks for the game!

I messed up the opponent; I had more stats and dealt an explosion, while the opponent had no magic.
Thanks for the game.

Started without resets. I had an external dwelling of hydras, cyclopes, 2 orcs and dogs. Far away, behind 100-249, there were sniper birds. SHIC! On the first I placed the hydras in the castle, but I didn't open the external dwellings. Start of the new week - WEEK OF HYDRA +5 units. And my opponent has them too! Within a couple of days he scares me saying he bought them all out... while I'm wandering around without money, losing what little army I had.
Sephiroth (the one with +1 crystal) with 1 hydra gets the ground and finds an Armageddon scroll. A plan is brewing, but I need 5th-level Mage Guild, which in a Citadel is by definition impossible. I find a dungeon and funnel all resources into the guild at maximum speed. Meanwhile, the magic girl gets Fire, Sorcery, Intelligence, and Air. Makes everything expert and gets the Fireball spell. That's it - I wait for the opponent with any force, as long as I manage to build the Mage Guild in time.
In the end, Sephiroth is level 18 with 12 spells and Gunula, as the main, somewhere around level 16. The opponent comes out through ГО (I was planning to break through in a day or two myself) and naturally attacks the defenseless magic girl, who had 28 ogres purchased in advance to avoid dying after 1300 damage. Everything goes smoothly because reconnaissance with spies showed that Shakti doesn't have a Masks. After Armageddon and fleeing, Gundula's army is three times larger - the finale has no chance.
Thanks for the game - won this way for the first time)

The respawn was generous, with many resource nodes. There were only monks and spearmen hidden in the corners, and two guard towers (1+3). Nothing else. On the first day, I built horses in the citadel. Then, I divided my troops, giving 5 horses to the Necromancer. He moved around with his retinue, gathering resources and accumulating skeletons. On the second day, I built angels in the castle. On the third day, I captured a guard tower (3), and found a chest with 10,000 gold for swordsmen, and a shield (3+3) with a ring of health, hidden deep within the map near the Thunderbirds. Kir appeared, and it was clear that he wasn't stronger in terms of power, but his stats were twice as high as Valkyrie's. He broke through and attacked from the castle. The final battle: Valkyrie, level 13, expert in weapons, ranged attacks, and air (haste), stats 11 11 7 4 (10), 7 angels, 7 champions, 250+ skeletons, 40 marksmen, 11 monks, 14 griffins, 15 swordsmen. Kir, level 9, expert in ranged attacks, earth magic with oil, stats 5 6 8 2 (60), 5 angels (2+3), 45 grand archers, 9 horses, 6 archers, nearly a hundred centaurs, and 2 pegasus.
Thank you for the game!