Posts from Ranger – “Emerald” [5th campaign, 2nd mission]

I tested my memory – it’s actually possible. Although when I played this mission, I had version 1.1.

Yes, it’s possible! I built them with my version 1.0, but first, you need to completely eliminate all the demons, and then you can calmly stay in the city and recruit strong units.
Otherwise, too many undead accumulate, preventing you from gathering dragons, those pesky creatures!:D

That's absolutely correct, dragons can be hired. After capturing all the "demonic" castles, it becomes possible to build a "dragon hatchery" in the elven one. :rolleyes:

I think that the goal is not to collect 20 dragons (for example, I only collected 19), but to visit all the obelisks.

Well, this is just... I'm in shock. "I think"! Thinking is good, of course, but you also need to look at the mission objectives. It clearly says there that you need to collect 20 dragons in one army. And below it indicates how many you have already collected (for example: 17 out of 20 collected).
By the way, my mission ended when there were 22 dragons in the army (in one stack!)... I didn't need to split them into 20 and 2. :confused:

Hey guys! I'm quickly clearing my island, but I'm having a problem with the obelisks: for some reason, something like "Cold stone blocks the shining obelisk" is written on them. In general, something along those lines. Also, by the way, I failed a mission around the 2nd month – Grol came and killed me easily!

There, by the end of the second week, you need to capture the demon castle in the upper right corner of the map; that's when you'll receive the quest about the obelisks. Then, transfer your troops by sea and quickly sail to the lower left corner to defeat Deleb. (Sail in a circle through the top of the map – there's no passage at the bottom.) After that, pick up your own troops and head through the dungeon to the central castle.

Thanks, I'll try it now. :smile33:

And I sent my second hero to the Dungeon. Faiadena was first sent to the upper right Castle, and then to the lower one. And while he was capturing them, the second hired hero captured the central Castle with all the mines.

The mission is quite simple! I completed it on the first try! The map is extremely linear!

I struggled with this mission. My city was captured a couple of times while Faidaen was on an expedition. It worked on the third try, after I had time to learn the map.

There are 3 enemy cities on the map. One has no hero, the second has two strong ones, and the third has only one, Delaeb.

I immediately sent a support hero to the sea to collect everything floating and scout the area (I always do this). Therefore, there were almost no problems with wood. First, I captured an unoccupied city. It can be reached through a Dungeon. After capturing this city, I rushed back. I didn't touch anything near this city. In this city, I built a Capitol.

Then I went to the island with two heroes. After significant losses, I defeated both of them and captured the city. This is where the most difficult moment came. My transport ships with reinforcements and Delaeb were racing to this island. Delaeb arrived first. After the battle with her, Faidaen's army was reduced to only a few ents. After receiving reinforcements, Faidaen rushed to Delaeb's island. Fortunately, the city was defended by a hero who had fled from another island, and Delaeb was wandering nearby without an army. After taking the city, she came herself. All that remains is to search the entire area for upgrades and gather dragons. I don't think there will be any problems with that.

In my opinion, this is the most difficult mission of all the ones I have completed. Who knows what's next...

In the first week, we clear our entire island, except for the passage downwards, WITHOUT any losses.
Then we buy troops (preferably already having ents in the castle).

Are we playing on easy or with cheats?
and giving advice, giving advice...
Neither with subjugation nor with resurrection could I defeat 18 Overlords with 17 elves in the first week.
On the generally accepted maximum difficulty, ents are built with difficulty in the second week (if you build elves).
I started the mission ten times - I can't pass it.

I managed to capture the northern city, and then a demon attacked my starting town, but I managed to kill it. Well, technically, it fled, leaving me with a tiny army! But it had an army that was truly a DEMON'S DREAM – commanding SUCH AN ARMY!:smile19:

Should we play on Easy or with cheats?
And give advice, give advice...
I couldn't defeat 18 Overlords with 17 Elves in the first week, neither with Subjugation nor with Resurrection.
On the standard maximum difficulty, Ents are built with difficulty in the second week (if you build Elves).
I started the mission ten times - I can't complete it. When the opportunity to build a boat appears, while having at least a small army or defeating the Overlords - it's the fourth week - Deleb arrives, and our armies are annihilated, leaving me with a small remnant.
Then - a slow end...

On Veteran, if you read the topic, I mentioned it. The last time I completed it in 1.5 with a Ballista and Chaos, following the described scheme, and it was even easier (after capturing the central 1-3-2, since there was no logistics, we returned home. And Deleb landed on the upper island, and after a short thought, I sailed there and killed Deleb and another demon, but lost almost everything. As it turned out, it didn't matter; the last Castle with zero heroes and an army was defeated with a weekly increase, with a surplus). But where did you find Subjugation in the first week? How are you doing with cheats? Besides, there are not 17 Elves, Ossir will help us... If you're interested, the Overlords, with a certain arrangement, don't attack with spells, but use a destructive beam. And a Ballista with triple Ice easily takes out 4-6 of them per turn, depending on luck.

If I'm not mistaken, there's a treasure trove of mages in the first mission. If you're lucky and have a high level of Dark Magic (why would an elf need it?), you can get the "Enchant" spell there. If you quickly capture a castle without heroes and manage to return, you can build a Capitol there. Mine stood there for the entire game without a hero. The AI didn't bother with it, and the extra 4000 gold per turn was a good bonus. Plus, there are floating debris with gold and wood. I managed to collect them before the AI ships went out to sea.

Are we playing on easy mode or with cheats?
And we're giving advice, giving advice...
I couldn't defeat 18 Dungeon lords with 17 Elves in the first week, even with subjugation or resurrection.

You're not reading carefully. The Dungeon lords guard the entrance to the dungeon. You don't even need to fight them in the first week...

You're not reading carefully. The Fortress guards the entrance to the Dungeon. On the first week, you don't even need to bother with them...

Actually, thanks for the castle placement. I was posting it out of spite because of the Ents on the first week, in a hurry, and used to the advice "on the first day, buy both heroes and build...", when you only have five thousand (Demon-3 campaign, CRPG playthrough).
After the rearrangement (or castle placement), it became easier - and I passed it right away.
All I had to do was freeze the hero with the Elves on the first week.

I completed the mission and had nothing to do on the "Hero" difficulty level! The main thing on this difficulty is speed. You need to quickly eliminate the demons and capture their castles!:smile13: