Posts from The Final Battle 8

Hard start. Just managed to to build cavs by finding the last stack of wood with the last hero at 117. 2nd area was good though with 3 cons for 5 angels and gundu got good skills. Made some skells with isra and after finding another con I could take a tope that gave boots and 30 k gold. Bought gloves and a couple of other arts and ran to an area where opponent was. He ran into a t-area but after 2 turns I could catch him and surprise him with exp blind on his 7 angels at the end of round one so that he didnt get to cast magic. Thanks for playing.

We started right away. There are 2 Griffin Conservatories minimum for 5 angels and a strategic Troglodyte dwelling. At 121, a miner breaks the Griffin Conservatories, everything is given to Dessa, and with 6 angels and the remaining 190 Troglodytes, we went to dish out damage. Found a village with a Dragon Fly Hive, a Pandora's Box, and a Wyvern dwelling, I take everything, found Conflux on the map, bought earth, built flight in my dungeon. I'm about to run into the treasure zone for the Dragon Fly Hives, when the opponent runs out, cuts down 3-4 cavalry, and sits in a swamp village. Gundula 8 11 4 16 40+ mana
8 angels 7 horses 15 crushers 200 skeletons 36 Marksmen and upgraded griffins 10 Art +3 luck and morale
Dessa 8 6 6 5 50 mana
7 angels 20 ducks 20 gr. Dragon Flies 160 gr. Troglodytes and gr. Harpies
+1 speed, expert offense, expert earth without words, advanced air.
2 options: level up for expert haste, take an anti-luck artifact and attack +1 speed more to swamp units from the village. But I figured it's still Gundula and attacking is risky. Option 2: run to the treasure zone where Dragon Fly Hives are visible, especially since I have flight, and Maretti has nothing to gather within 2 turns. But I made the wrong choice of option, and Maretti levels up his non-expert haste, builds blind in the village, catches up with me in the treasure zone, and explains that the logistician is not Dessa but Gundula ;). With mass haste and blind, I couldn't even escape.
Thanks for the game!

Thank you, Bishop, for the report :smile12:

And if an attack occurred there, would the battle be in your favor?

What if he attacked, would the battle be in your favor?

Yes! With expert haste against a non-expert, it would be easy.

yes! it would have been easy with an expert haste against a non-expert.

I don't think so. But I think you played it right to go to the T-area. You couldn't have known I was so fast and that I would get even stronger.

I don't think so.

I checked before writing this.

I checked before writing this :)

You can't check how I would play it. Also, it's hard to know what would happen with luck and morale. I had 3 in both.

You can't check how I would play it. Also, it's hard to know what would happen with luck and morale. I had 3 in both.

You're right, you always seemed to get good morale and luck in every round ;)
despite having the Sandglass.

The opponent quickly cleared all the resists, surrenders Necropolis! A decent amount of money came in, a couple of necromancers, even fed a few chests to Islin starting from turn 3, who immediately experted Earth Magic. I wanted to quickly take the revealed Griffin Conservatory, but it turned out to be fat, so having taken the native secondary skill, I built Vampires in the Citadel in both towns and with the external market trade I buy and upgrade 20 of them, take the max Griffin Conservatory, immediately open the Cartographer with 100+ orcs, then it's easier, I know where to run, what to do, though it took a long time, somewhat crooked roads (medium) + swampy terrain of the needed treasure zone, in total I farmed 9 Angels, on the last turns I opened the underground Cartographer, collected Angelic Alliance and Cloak of the Undead King, and then the opponent emerges to me with a small army, I immediately crush him, followed by a surrender, thanks for the game

My citadel spawned twice near the opponent's Conflux, and the last time, the Barbarians were a real pain. I only used the anarchy template with a random start for 200% up to the third week: rolleyes: The template needs to be revised. Thanks for the game.

On day 1, I fight for the gloves, find a conservatory and a minotaur external dwelling, and decide to play.
The roads are fast; in week 1, I capture my teammate's barbarian, find another conservatory and 2 troglodyte dwellings.
Week 1 build-up: minotaurs with a portal, took the minotaur dwelling and 2 troglodytes.
121 - take Maxi's conservatory with GS; the Miner was given a log and land.
On 125, I take the same Dragon Utopia as KZ and see the passage to the opponent.
132 - I take the opponent's castle; on the way there, I saw an observation point but forgot to visit it later, which almost cost me the game, as there was a Dragon Utopia with KV nearby that Gurnisson took by the end of the week.
The search for Dimension Door or Fly began. I built 3 towers and collected a bunch of scrolls, but still didn't find the necessary spells.
Opened almost the entire map, took 3 more utopias; in the last one, I was given wings.
On 216, Gurnisson stopped in the underground, and I was able to attack with the bracers.
Thanks for the game!

On day 1 I pick up the Gauntlets, find a Griffin Conservatory and a Minotaur external dwelling, decide to play.
The roads are fast, I capture the barbarian opponent on week 1, find another Griffin Conservatory and 2 Troglodyte dwellings.
Week 1 build - Minotaurs with Portal of Summoning, took the Minotaur dwelling and 2 Troglodyte dwellings.
121 - Maxi's Griffin Conservatory is taken with Haste, the Miner was given Logistics and Earth Magic.
On 125 I take a Dragon Utopia with КЗ and see a passage to the opponent.
132 - I capture the opponent's Castle, I see a Watchtower on the way to him, but I forgot to visit it later, which almost cost me the game, because next to it was a Dragon Utopia with КВ, which Gunnison took by the end of the week.
The search for Dimension Door or Fly began. I built 3 Lookout Towers, collected a bunch of Scrolls, but never found the necessary spells.
I revealed almost the entire map, took another 3 Dragon Utopias, the last one gave me Wings.
On 216 Gunnison stopped in the Underground and I was able to attack with the Armor of the Damned.
Thanks for the game!

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Two Griffin Conservatories were rebirthed 2+2, a Dragon Utopia at the respawn, a hut with Logistics, but completely without money. Gunn quickly got Earth Magic. On the way to the opponent I took an Efreet external dwelling, there I lost all my Archers and Swordsmen due to morale in the first round. I killed the opponent with Portal of Summoning and on 117 barely scraped together enough for Horses in the Citadel, the Markets helped. On the second week I took the Griffin Conservatories, the artifact +5 to Attack and thought about going to the center when Shakti arrived with good stats. Then I give up the capital and head to the Dragon Utopia in the corner treasure zone, there are 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a Griffin Conservatory nearby. In the Dragon Utopia I get slightly better stats and the Helm of the Alabaster. Scout heroes take the Dragon Fly Hives and the Griffin Conservatory, Gunnison with 3900 movement points takes the native Dragon Utopia, there is КВ and something else, but not КЗ. I revealed a large treasure zone with Vision, captured the center and jumped there hoping for Town Portal, but it was complete trash there, I scouted everything, and there wasn't a single Dragon Utopia. I built two Mage Guilds, not there either. Meanwhile, Shakti leveled up and gathered larger armies, and was caught in the treasure zone, which was already half empty and again didn't have what I was looking for.
I should have gone for contact earlier, as soon as I got the Necklace of Intrinsic Value, then chances would have been there...
Thank you for the game.

Where are the Golems?

Where are the Golems?

Declined to participate.

We started playing without restarts: there was a double swamp, I had Grinya, Charna, an external dwelling of gremlins, harpies built, and some gold.

On week 1, the computer killed 2 of my heroes and took the crystals I really needed, but I beat it, and exchanged for crystals in its castle ) as a result, nagas in the citadel. At the end of the week, Gosha shows up :smile03:

On day 121 Papal move: I had a choice — either buy almost everything, or upgrade the naga and buy 1 naga (so I wouldn't have to cart it home for the upgrade). I decide that a level 1 Griffin Conservatory with a Guardian Spirit on rocks will fall easily anyway, so I take 1 upgraded naga, 8 harpies with pikemen, and 100 gremlins, attack as a scout hero: loss :cool:

Next turn I finish it off with the remaining growth, realize I'm afraid to go to the center without an army — I go to the corner treasure zone to necromancy, level up Gosha, take the Dragon Fly Hive, Griffin Conservatories, find pieces of the Angelic Alliance except the helmet (I saw 2 near the castle on day 111)

Nothing worthwhile was in the corner treasure zone, at the start of week 3 I fight into the center, and the opponent is already there — I think, now they'll beat me up, but no. I grab the Flask +2 HP from under the opponent's nose. I wage a small war of scout heroes, scout around — I see the helmet in their 17th zone — treasure zone.

I drop everything and run there with Gosha: Angelic Alliance :D But fearing a trick, I don't go in for the kill, instead carefully scouting and necromancing on the side with Charna, running around aimlessly with Gosha. On day 136 the opponent attacks me with a decent Crag Hack. I have an advantage in meat + Angelic Alliance — I kill them completely, entirely.

I go in for the kill. No views, no Town Portal (Dimension Door at home, I've looted tons of scrolls, found 2 Fly spells, but no Town Portal :( )
For 2 weeks nothing is added to the army or stats, the opponent is squeezed into their corner treasure zone. An angry computer drives Charna away with tower meat + skeletons.

I need Town Portal: I kill 2 Dragon Utopias — empty, but along the way I find a Cloak of Invulnerability to level 3+ magic, I spend gold on an artifact shop — there's a Ring + HP, another one lying far away in the distance. I grab all that.

Meanwhile, Cobra kills the purple Castle computer with a scout hero, I decide to take it over so they don't bring their main there. I arrive, see Taz just defeated there — I chase them away, there's a level 3 Griffin Conservatory and a max Dragon Utopia with КЗ!
I immediately gather the swamp dwellers, upgrade the skeletons, capture +1 Speed, in short, a normal game begins.

I take Cobra's last corner castle, Taz vanished into thin air. No one stubbornly takes Air — I spend 50k from the last Dragon Utopia to find a hero with Air, so I can finally level them up and see where Taz is :D Nobody levels Air, there's just a small unexplored corner of the treasure zone left, and I start to wonder — did they slip through somewhere?

But then Cobra writes that they're in the corner, wants a fair 1-on-1 PvP :smile10: . I can't refuse and run there (Funny, I cast Dimension Door, Cobra writes in chat: "not there, higher" :D) . Nothing worthwhile was found there either.

Thanks for the game!
Good luck going forward!