Posts from Final sprint.

Simply put, if I'm not mistaken, the mission to intercept the spies with the map is absolutely identical in these three cases (0 fragments, Tear found, in the process of searching for fragments). I haven't checked, but I assume that the penalty for failing the mission is also identical. That's what interests me – what could be the reason for the mission to fail if the spies are late and the Tear has already been found.
The fact that they appear and interfere is understandable. What's surprising is the existence of this mission.
As an option, for example, the spies might have their own piece of the map without which the Tear cannot be found.

If the Tear has already been found, then the quest involving the spies must have been completed, as there is no other possibility.

Do you mean – already completed? Then I'll repeat: I first defeated the turquoise one, found the Tear, and then completed the main quests (as a result of which the scouts appear). That is, they appeared and started stealing pieces of the map after I found the artifact and almost finished the mission. It's a temporal collision.

The map is excellent, thank you for your efforts, RedHeavenHero :) I read the initial reviews about the "difficulty" and decided to play as a Knight, but it was a mistake: in the first week, I captured the nearest town and then just crushed anyone.

After that, it became uninteresting, and I started a new game on "Veteran". It's more fun now; I replayed the first battle about 7 times. And here's a suggestion: the higher the difficulty, the greater the role of the starting item. Perhaps it could be made so that the Knight attacks after the hero has taken their turn? So that it's possible to restart properly :)

In the end, I got Tarot cards as the main hero (although there are better options) and captured a town in the first week (on Veteran).

P.S. I found Markel in the tavern. What is this overpowered hero doing there? Or is it normal? :)

As soon as I found the Tear of Askh, I immediately teleported to another location, and a red player appeared. It's impossible to defeat him; his army has 600k units, etc. Maybe I took too long? The game version is 0.9 because I have the Dwarves set.

Is this mentioned anywhere? :smile01:

It wasn't easy to complete the new version with a hero in 115 days. It was difficult at the beginning (much depends on the artifact you get) and around weeks 5-7, when the AI was harassing the main character, not allowing him to stray too far from the Castle and his companion (it's a pity that there is no church near the first Castle and no useful spell). The scouts were a bit annoying, although maybe that adds some variety to the gameplay. Closer to the end, the AI sat in Castles with large garrisons and didn't do anything dangerous, basically just quietly waiting for its demise. The fight with the gnome was relatively easy thanks to the upgraded white and dark magic, multiplied by luck and ingenuity. Overall, I liked the map. Thank you, author.