Posts from "Escape to Salvation" - "Magnificent Retreat" [Campaign 4, Mission 4] Auto-translated

Few artifacts were collected; some were given to Wolfenstein, but his stats still left much to be desired. However, his manual battle against the first castle with Jezebel went without significant losses (the auto-battle, it should be noted, loses, unlike my previous playthrough). The save file might be of interest to complete beginners of this game.

What is the point of a replay? The hero casts random spells, and then the dwarf troops simply one-shot everything. There is no tactic or strategy. Campaign replays can only be interesting if they show overcoming seemingly impossible odds, such as defeating the yellow Castle of Arantir or defending the second city for Kujin in her first mission.

What's the point of a replay? The hero casts random spells, then the dwarven troops arrive and simply one-shot everything. There's no tactics or strategy. Campaign replays might be interesting only if they show overcoming seemingly impossible odds, like defeating the yellow castle near Arantir or defending the second city for Kujin in her first mission.

Well, not everyone is as professional in this game as you are.

Isn't using tactics in a tactical game a sign of professionalism?

Isn't using tactics in a tactical game a sign of professionalism?

Of course; mastering all the techniques is an indicator of a player's skill, IMHO.

I'm playing on Veteran difficulty. Everything was going well and was great... But I got stuck in a battle with the Kujin =/

In the very first few turns, one of my stacks of Cyclops was charmed, a Berserk cast a spell on my Kentaur, and on top of that, the enemy has an insane army - about 1,500 of each type of dog, 50+ Archdevils, 250 horses, and 1,500 Jumping Demons... Everyone I put in the gate is quickly defeated, I have no idea how to win...

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I replayed it several times - and suddenly I won, and about half of my army survived... hmm...

I trolled Biara with Armageddon =)))

I'm playing on Veteran difficulty. Everything was going well and was great... But I got stuck on the battle with Kujin =/

In the very first few turns, one of my stacks of Cyclops is charmed, a Berserk casts on my Kentaur, and on top of that, the enemy has an insane army - about 1,500 of each type of dog, 50+ Archdevils, 250 horses, and 1,500 Jumping Demons... Everyone I put in the gate is quickly defeated, I don't know how to win...

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I replayed it several times - and suddenly I won, and about half of my army survived... hmm...

I trolled Biara with Armageddon =)))

And this time, I gave everything to Gotay, and he easily defeated that army of Infernos. The Horde's Fury skill really helps (Kujin didn't have it), not to mention 900 Cyclops, of course.

I have version 3.1, and you can't stop the Goth there, plus there's only one Goblin guarding him. Here's a replay with Kujin.

I have version 3.1, and you can't stop the Goth there, plus there's only one Goblin guarding him. Here's a replay with Kujin.

This just confirms once again how great it is that I have version 3.0 :D

Well, I finally completed the Orc campaign, playing on Veteran difficulty. I got stuck on the last mission for six whole months. I wasted my time because I read 23 pages of comments here about how people complained about various problems in the mission. So, I decided to level up secondary heroes and attack Biara with them first. In the end, it wasn't necessary because Zehir had 118 Titans, 118 Cyclops, and 188 Black Dragons, Lava Dragons, and Archangels. First, I sent in a human hero with 350 Archers and 35 Erlings, plus a few peasants. I managed to eliminate more than fifty Horsemen and about 30 Succubi, then he surrendered; artifacts are useless to give away. Second, I sent in a hero with elf troops and 500 Shadow Lords. I cast Vampirism on them first, then Anti-Magic. I took out more than two hundred Succubi from Biara, subdued her Horsemen, and first attacked the Cave Lords with them, then the Archdevils, then subdued them and attacked the Alt. Devils. When I had only half of the Witches left, I retreated with them. Third, a mage with native troops and Spellpower should have gone in (the second one also had it, but I didn't have time to cast it; Biara's troops had high initiative), but I decided not to let him in because Zehir would have already defeated Biara.

Even with standard leveling, the only thing you need from your army is to prevent it from collapsing while Zehir defeats enemies with magic. Although, maybe someone completed it without magic, but that would be absurd.

You won't believe it, but I only cast magic three times in the battle with Biara. The first two were Anti-Magic on the Cyclops and Archangels, and the third time was an Explosion (I was wearing Emerald Boots, dealing 2K damage) on the Succubi. That's it; Zehir's ability wasn't even needed. He crushed Biara, and I was lucky with the artifacts. In the previous missions, I found the Cloak of Deadly Shadow and the Staff of the Underworld. Zehir was wearing two rings: one +10 initiative, and the other +20. As a result, all Biara could do was cast Subdue on the Cyclops once and perform her Chain Attack a second time. She also managed to target my Archangels with Black Dragons, but if they hadn't been there, I wouldn't have lost 70 Archangels. As it was, I lost 20 Black Dragons and a few Cyclops and Lava Dragons.

In general, I don't see any point in getting stuck on this map for more than three months, just as I don't see any point in Zehir's ability in the final battle. So, next time I play, I'll level up using a non-standard approach. I'll even try not to use Darkness with Light, and instead take Attack, Defense, Machines, Luck, and Leadership. That will be hardcore.

PS Regarding breaking through the demon castles, I didn't have any problems at all. I don't know why people struggled so much; maybe they leveled up their heroes incorrectly and forgot about the artifacts. I saved more than half of my army for Wolfshtein; Rune Magic is the key. Especially when dragons attack twice in a row or attack all nearby stacks without retaliation. That's just insane. I also didn't have any particular problems with Frida; I saved half of her army as well. As for Kujin, well, Vadimh will understand: D. I didn't take Horde Fury for her last time, and I regretted it. I even thought about replaying the second map for the Orcs. But in the end, she went into battle with this spell in her spellbook, even though I hadn't taken it. It was probably already in the script, but the funniest thing is that I almost didn't use it until the end of the battle: D. I was just too busy scaring the Succubi, who, by the way, never attacked my troops during the entire battle.
I also completed Ilay without any problems. I didn't put the dragons in the front line; I waited for the long-range stacks to move out of the castle, and then I eliminated more than half of the Demonesses with one attack.
PS 2 And in general, I think 900 Cyclops is cheating

I had no problems with Wolfenstein. But I got stuck in the second castle while fighting for Frida; her skills are useless. I can't lure enemies out of my castle, and I'm losing many more units, and my units' damage is much weaker. I'm already fed up. And all the achievements I made in Hammers of Fate don't transfer over.

I don't understand, in the final battle, Frida was the same Frida who was present at the end of Zehir's second mission.

Walkthrough of the "Magnificent Escape" mission (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAq3m6ylcQ
Walkthrough of the "Magnificent Escape" mission (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO, VIA CENTERPERK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WjXbtIaFHA
Walkthrough of the "Magnificent Escape" mission (WITHOUT SAVING THE HERO on 3.0): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQUTT9bD8o

Completed the scenario on the Hero difficulty. I still couldn't catch Centerperk. Used Darkness and Summoning spells. The difficulty was only noticeable once when a dwarf stormed the castle (I had to replay it three times). The gates weren't breaking (even with a catapult). But teleporting them one by one... that's a sure death... they attacked as a group. The rest were defeated on the first try. The battle with Biara: I had two main units (a subordinate and a phantom) and a spell in my pocket. Biara, when she has two stacks left, starts spamming weak meteor showers (trying to get rid of my phantoms and forgetting about summoning my units). I managed to cast two other spells twice (Dispel and Slow, but they didn't help much). Her own archdevils helped more. The archangels quickly died after jumping over the wall. Only the stupid cyclops and lava dragons remained. The right build is the key to victory!

I encountered a problem while completing the final mission. When the dwarf hero starts attacking the demon city, he has no artifacts equipped, even though I equipped them on him in the previous mission. At first, I thought it was a bug, but then I had an idea: maybe only artifacts that are part of a set are carried over from one mission to the next? Can anyone confirm this?