Posts from Игры HoMM3 for fun

we played full random Jebus Cross on HotA:
the spawn was decent in principle, but I played poorly (lost a lot of troops in neutral fights, and scouted the respawn badly)
didn't get Slow from either 3 Mage Guilds, nor from scrolls and shrines on the respawn..
in the end I breached the GO without Oil and Haste, and then faced an equally tough blocking passage (essentially a second one), so I reached the center on day 131 before the opponent, but lost all my troops, which decided the outcome of the game..
the opponent got Crag Hack, and all the necessary spells, and played steadily without critical losses; in the end the opponent was ahead in stats and meat, and on day 147 a meeting in the center decided the outcome.
Thanks for the game)

05.09.2015 NaMaRale (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) def nesQchy (Blue, Fortress, Korbac, Corkes) Jebus Cross HoTa 142

Not a bad setup, quickly took 8-9 crypts in the first week, just too bad it's Fortress and Dragon Fly Hives 0, took 3 Griffin Conservatories without losses in the second and that's 8 angels, quickly leveled Castle and +1 more angel, on 131 began taking Dragon Utopias (there are 3 of them on the respawn) started upgrading the angels and due to a slip-up didn't transfer troops, ended up losing a day, broke through a double ГО on 133 Black Dragons and Wyverns, didn't lose anyone, already had 10 Archangels, moved to clear the treasure zone, 136 Korbac lvl 22, earth-air, decided to level Corkes, got him the Red Orb and a turn later on 141 without paying attention to it attacked 70 Champions, result: loss of 3 Archangels, 6 Wyverns, 3 Firebirds, several Basilisks and Gorgons where everything was taken without losses, demoralized moved on to take Dragon Utopias with Korbac, there are 5 of them in one spot, took the farthest Dragon Utopia, saw a Tower behind the mountains under a red flag, it dawned on me that I was out in the open, next turn 142 Crag through Dimension Door already with full growth jumped over the cliff and attacked, there were chances, but 11 Angels, 24 Cyclopes, 7 upgraded Mighty Gorgons against my 7 Archangels and 14 Wyverns didn't look good, started with the wrong magic, opponent cast Mass Haste, and ate my Archangels, ГГ, I think I was ahead the whole game even though I only had 3 Griffin Conservatories and 0 Dragon Fly Hives on the respawn, but everything was working out for me, got lucky with the Castle, quickly built angels in the castle and so on, cleared almost everything without losses, tilted twice when I messed up the chain, just rushed and when I forgot about Korbac's Red Orb on 141, and the opponent attacked just when I was not NaMaRale))) Could have still fought, bought myself out, but mentally I had already lost, an excellent lesson.
Thank you for the Game!!!

08.09.2015 Sevаn_80 (Red, Stronghold, Gretchin) lose nesQchy (Blue Rampart, Kire, Deesa) Jebus Cross, HoTA 117
I was planning to break out on days 121-122, Deesa with Expert Earth, 13 ducks already plus a couple more Dragon Fly Hives picked up along the way, opponent conceded at the max Dragon Fly Hive, alas.
Thank you for the game!

12.09.2015 JoanFo (red, random, Conflux, Ignissa, Marius) lose XIII (blue, random, Castle, Ingham, Nagash) SoD, 8mm6a 115

Took 2 restarts, opponent 1 restart due to blocking, played Conflux vs Castle, unlucky with generation, the ore mine and wood mine turned out to be cut off by 4-5 days of travel off-road behind blocks, found no free resources, it turned out critical for building, surrendered on 115.
Many thanks for the game and time XIII.

09/12/2015. Rep1sk (Red, Castle, Valeska, Krag) lost to Ubitiy (Blue, Swamp, Tazar Tazar) Jebus Cross, Shades of Darkness 126

Went out with a center creature on turn 124, forgot to buy a book, Grand Order Archangels killed half my army, then broke through again without mana, more losses, and again and again. Lost all my melee units. Surrendered)
Thanks for the game.

12.09.2015 Gravitat (red, Castle, Turis, Turis) def Bolotnik (blue, Fortress, Vistan, Vistan) diamond 127
Gold and resources were distributed well. At the respawn there were windmills, max-level Crypt, built cavalry in Castle without trouble. Had a Stable, all guards were fairly easy to clear despite the fact that few shooters arrived at the start.
On 116, I heavily blundered in the underground on the artifact pile, lost many Marksmen and 1 cavalry. I was already sure it was a disaster, but behind the Pegasi in the box, 60 Archers dropped, which ultimately decided the game.
On 127, I found the enemy army, which was sitting with a scout hero in a secondary town. In the end, I turned the battle in my favor with a bunch of Marksmen, since I had nothing else to sacrifice them to.
I thank my opponent for the game :)

09/12/2015 JoanFo (red, Haven, Craig, Craig) Draw DBAT (blue, Inferno, Marusya, Marusya) SoD, 8mm6a 122 Something went wrong during the game; it crashed 3-4 times on the opponent's turn. Twice, his skills disappeared because he was in battles; we don't understand what bug caused this. We provided screenshots to the HW admins. I'm not sure what the communication problem was; maybe something was wrong on my end – a conflict between Hamachi and TeamViewer running simultaneously. However, after looking at the game saves, I can say that both players started well...