Posts from "only XL-2"

Early contact on week 2, I encountered a player with a full stack of Taz'u, including 8 angels and stats around 20.
There were 2 angels and 8 vivs left, but I managed to take 4 utopias, get a Fortress, and gather around 100 vivs, as well as 17 archons.
I couldn't defeat Taz'u, so we agreed to a draw.
Thanks for the game!

I restarted twice. I didn't use the last one.
The rewards were quite meager. The only interesting thing was a hidden stash of gnolls.
The first week was tough; I didn't have enough money, plus the adjacency to the Citadel with a penalty made it hard to move around. The path to my own castle was blocked by 30+ diamond golems. I somehow managed to gather enough money and built a meat grinder in the castle. On day 121, I took the artifact, then drank the companion potion and started collecting hives and exploring adjacent territories, but on day 125, the opponent surrendered in a max-conquest scenario.

Thanks for the game.

Group D
Piterius has disappeared; his last activity was on 02/19/2015 at 02:47. I asked him when he would be able to play.

Piterius (22:04:46 02/13/2015)
I hope to be free by the end of next week.

I haven't seen him on ICQ since then.

03/09/2015 =Stinger= (Red, Fortress, Bron, Moner) draw u2noob (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Tazar) 8mm6a 223

Early contact on week 2, he was caught off guard with Tazar's full might, with 8 angels and stats around 20.
He had 2 angels and 8 vivs left, but I managed to take 4 utopias, get a Fortress, and gather around 100 vivs, also had 17 archers.
It wasn't possible to take down Tazar, so we agreed on a draw.
Thanks for the game!

Send me your save files with passwords.

We started quickly, had a few restarts, and conceded a triple to our opponent. However, seeing 4 Gargoyles and many various Necropolises, Dwarven Mines, and Naga Temples on the map, I decided to continue playing. The lack of potential main heroes was a concern. On day 115, I captured a Fortress for the Trolls and received 40 max-level creatures. On day 117, I found Gurnisson in the tavern. My castle had Angels and a Stronghold. Meanwhile, my opponent was actively capturing computer-controlled towns. On day 121, I captured a Tower in my mini-territory. The distances were significant, roughly a week's journey on foot. On day 131, I captured a second town in another mini-territory, again about a week's journey from my main castle. A town portal was sorely missed. These chains of 7 heroes are very vulnerable, especially since they were traveling in close proximity to my opponent. On day 135, I took my first Utopia, which turned out to be a minimal upgrade (+10 speed). Although I was ready to take any upgrade, my army consisted of 12 Angels and some minor units. On day 136, I took a second Utopia, again a minimal upgrade (+4 speed/+4 knowledge). After that, I acquired a lot of Pandora boxes and scrolls, but they mostly contained useless items. In the Tower's secondary castle, I built a level 5 building with a library. There was no control over the area, but I had an Impulsion with a Teapot. On day 145, I took my third Utopia, and again it was a minimal upgrade (+10 knowledge). After that, I used up the remaining good Pandora boxes. On day 211, a plague occurred. I didn't find anything useful and headed towards my opponent. Seeing that my army was stronger, but I was twice as weak in combat stats, on day 217, my opponent hid in a castle. I checked for a Red Dragon and attacked, assuming that even with the Lightning spell dealing ~900 damage, I should win. Not to mention the significant advantage in numbers. And if they didn't have a Cloak of Invisibility, the Impulsion dealing 3000 damage would do the trick. That's exactly what happened. As it turned out, my opponent had rage-quit somewhere in the game, exiting the battle with only 1 Wyvern remaining. Thank you for the game.

Chose all restarts.
Very tough start with one road blocked by a horde of Thunderbirds and the other blocked by archers.
Went towards the computer through rough terrain, the computer had an external dwelling of Pegasi.
Placed his Pegasus dwelling next to mine, at home I had Golems in the fort.
Barely managed to trade for an upgrade of the Pegasi on 121 and bought them all.
Next, I took a Pandora's Box with Solmyr for gold behind a pack of Monks on the respawn and a Pandora's Box with a scout hero for 50 Centaurs for 40 Vampires with Haste.
Upgraded the Centaurs and went to the native treasure zone.
There I took a max Dragon Fly Hive and 2 Naga Banks, a Pandora's Box for all the Earth elementals, on the computer's respawn a Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, and built a level 5 dwelling with Dimension Door.
Meanwhile, I sent Jabarxas to the Inferno treasure zone, where he took a level 3 Griffin Conservatory, a Naga Bank, a Pandora's Box for 15K experience and leveled up like a king.

Solmyr with 150+ Corsairs, 20 Golems and Gargoyles with Centaurs breaks through the Thunderbirds, there's immediately a teleport to the center, where Solmyr is intercepted by Gunnisson. I was happy with the trade, considering I killed 2 Angels, 1 Silver Pegasus and 5 Wyverns.
On the next turn my scout hero on a Silver Pegasus intercepts Gunnisson and the opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game!