Posts from "only XL-2"

I disagree with this as well) If there's no DD/flyer on week 2, the game can start as late as week 13, it's happened. My sample size, admittedly, is about 5 games, but I have no doubt about the conclusion - few respawns@lots of space lead to a long game.

I think that on Big Nostalgia, the road network is worse than on all other HL+U maps. When there was a final round on Nostalgia in OFB, people were really upset about it.

The start was normal, a lot of money was given, both regular and resources - 2 Nagashniks, several Medusa huts. No hiding places or resources were given, there are only 2 roads (one of them to the Guardian Outpost), this is bad. But there is a Mephala, and money is important on Nostalgia - often it is not given at all, and then it becomes sad to play, especially as Castle. So I decided not to restart.

111 One road to the Guardian Outpost, the second is blocked, the third is alive, we run there. There is nothing on the respawn, only a bull hiding place in a deep off-road area, I didn't reach it until the end of the game. I found a decent amount of money on the dirt, an external market, a stable, a Utopian and 2 cat hiding places. On day 115, I ran into an empty Inferno Castle.

Wic, don't get upset. It's too late anyway, the tournament has already started.

We started almost without resists. A stable is visible, in the tavern a Necro, lots of wood and a decent amount of gold scattered around, I scouted a Griffin Conservatory, another Necro comes in, I buy him out, then another Necro, I went to the adjacent zone, there's a +5 Necro artifact and a +1 HP ring, and right next to the passage a pile of experience, great! I level Necro 2 out of 3, and power-stack, the 2nd gave Earth, but no Slow anywhere (so I played without it until 141). Horses in the Citadel, on 121 I take a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, grabbed a +2 Speed Cloak, lost a horse, scouted another Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Fly Hive at the respawn, I decide to try a reversal, on 124 I camped a Griffin Conservatory, it turned out to be a two, then I finished the Dragon Fly Hive and a 2nd Griffin Conservatory (3), there I also found a +2 HP Flask, on 125 I entered a Dragon Utopia, ate some meat, and 3 Angels, they gave crap and КВ, well and then the Necro-Mages started carrying, I took a few more Dragon Utopias in the treasure zone for stats, opened several central zones and the opponent's zone, and then started waiting little by little, powering up, for the opponent to appear. On 142 I see Tazar who is jumping into the treasure zone, but then all my supporting castles are captured by the computer and I can't corner him, I had to let him go and wait, I saw Taz a couple of days later and cornered him, ate half his army and Taz bought himself off, then I continued powering up, and then on 211 the opponent writes GG.

Thanks for the game!

Medusas in the citadel on the first day, comp is Castle, and an angel at the very end of the week.
Starting art was a helmet +2, on the 4th day there was a sword +3 and shield +3. Only missing some ribs :D Shakti has expert earth but no slow. Found another cons3 at the comp's respawn, which I was very happy about. On the second day, I built angels in the citadel and took the bear external dwelling right there, teleporting them immediately. On the third day we noticed each other; I acted like I was attacking, mostly as a bluff, since I had neither slow nor haste among my spells, but my army and stats were higher. Oops, he gave up the town where there is GM4, and I captured a DD scroll and set up GM5. Which came in very handy :D :D
On the fourth day we pushed; I took 2 Dragon Utopias for control but they gave nothing, I have GM4 at home and the comp doesn't, and that was it. It was tough without TP; at first I wanted to go far toward the revealed home Dragon Utopia, but changed my mind. Upgraded archs, even without buying one of them, and set up an "ambush" :D Spent the night in the monolith, then ran out the next day and crushed him. Lucky.

Thanks for the game!Had a decent run) took a long time to get to the comp because he was blocked by grands, took him on the 2nd through some passage I don't even know))):D On the 2nd I took two cons-2s and saw red flags there, so I ran away; then right before building GM4 I found a TP scroll, but was afraid to spend the night there with Ivor, and before that I lost 40 grands:D attacked some elves with them for some reason) but they moraled and survived, in the end it turned out there was DD, well I tried to look for control, got wings in the Dragon Utopia, but ended up getting crushed) thanks for the game!

16.02.2015 LeBron (Red, Castle, Valeska, Shiva) def Palach HP (Blue, Conflux, Random, Labetha, Tyris) 8mm6a 211

I got 31 Archers, Shiva and a Griffin Conservatory, decided to play. Very little gold, the road to the teleport turned out to be long, but a very decent crossroads leading to the center and my own computer opponent (though it was blocked by a horde of Silver Pegasi).
As a result, on day 1 I went to the purple bot, which turned out to be Inferno, I sit on 117 in a Castle, everything there is set up for Efreeti, so I recruit them instead of Cavaliers.
Very little army, the home Griffin Conservatory turned out to be 3+, Mass Haste is not upgraded, so I decide to start with Dragon Fly Hives, I take two - 6+6 and prepare to split up and return home. At this time, Tyris jumps out of the teleport with decent stats and an army of 5-9 Angels, 1-4 Firebirds, 5-9 Psychos and a zoo with decent combat stats. We're screwed :(
I hole up in the Castle with under-upgraded Earth Magic and prepare to lose in a maximum Griffin Conservatory, but the last battle finally gives me the coveted skill and Haste 3 lands without any issues.
Meanwhile, Tyris without a spellbook (as revealed later) chickened out and split up to return home :p
My Shiva with 3400 movement points flies to the scouted 2 Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Utopia, collecting gold piles along the way. But the Griffin Conservatories turned out to be onesies and with such a setup, there's nothing to do in the Dragon Utopia.
The plan changes - there is another Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Utopia near a far corner town on the Inferno side, as a result I bust into Inferno with Shiva, but make a mistake by overestimating the army and rushing into the Griffin Conservatory without checking it with a zero-level scout hero. Naturally, it's maximum there, the bot on quick combat loses without killing even half :D
With a heavy heart, I start scraping by and barely manage to win while losing everything except 7 Archangels and 4 Archangels.
My main hero gets a supply boost and dives into a double Dragon Utopia. It rewards royally with +2 all stats and Remove Obstacle :smile03:
But the opponent still has much more supply, the plan is to demonize everything available and on week 4 field a hundred Demons and Archangels.
Shiva runs to yet another corner town with 8 Archangels while the rest of the crew amasses Demons in another corner of the map. In the corner town, we found a onesie Dragon Utopia with a Crown +4+4, which is not so bad overall.
I Town Portal home and with the same 8 Archangels run to 2 more revealed Dragon Utopias (in the far end of a huge respawn area).
In the first Dragon Utopia, a jackpot on stats: +6 and +3 all stats and a Sword +12 (I had no Sword or Pendant at all before this). As a result, the stats are already cosmic compared to the opponent's weak main hero.
The second Dragon Utopia gives an even more valuable Air spellbook + 2 double Griffin Conservatories and an Angel external dwelling next to it.
As a result, by 145 we have Shiva with 39 28, 14 Archangels, 97 Demons, 14 Archangels, 3 Behemoths and single Efreet Sultans, with full control and maximum movement range. :smile10:
I go visit the opponent, no one is home to meet me, the whole crew is roaming around the orange and lavender respawn, no Chains or Control.
And on the next turn, an unexpected finale happened:
My Eleshar level 1 with Archery and 1+1+1+1+1+1+8 Centaurs against
Aeris level 1 with Lightning Bolt and 4+4+4+3+3+3+3 Faerie Dragons.
Completely unexpectedly, I managed to pull it off. After losing the key hero and most of the army, the opponent surrenders! :smile03:
Thank you for the game!

I'm just sitting here reading reports and I really want to go for a walk:D