Inferno – “A fitting image for you” [Campaign 5, Mission 2] — Walkthrough

Гвирду

2/21/2016 5:50 AM UTC

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Hi everyone. I've loved and respected the series of games for a long time. I'm currently playing Heroes 6 for the second time (I didn't finish it the first time because of bugs, and the first mission of the Demon Campaign annoyed me). However, the current situation has forced me to register because it's impossible to continue playing. So, as I understand it, this mission is impossible to complete? I can't see any other explanation. Basically, at the beginning of the first week, I captured a Castle and slowly developed. At the beginning of the second week, I ventured into enemy territory because there were no decent resources for development, and with great difficulty, losing almost all my dogs, I captured a town with Rosalind. At the end of the second week, a second Light Alliance mage hero arrives. I don't know how, but I somehow managed to hold on. Only one Lilim and 8 Fanatics remained alive. Otherwise, there was no way; the level 12 mage was simply mowing down my troops with his spells, and I couldn't do anything about it. What else could I do? Sit in the first town without resources and wait for him to attack the town? That would also be a disaster, just a week later. So, at the beginning of the third week, a Necromancer hero appears with an army posing a deadly threat. And now I feel that the end is near because, with my army, considering the previous losses, I can't resist. And is this normal? I've been playing Heroes for 8 years, and I've completed all the previous missions in Heroes 6, but I haven't seen this problem before. In Heroes 3, if you rush, you could easily capture several enemy towns at the beginning, even on a difficult level in the Campaigns (although I don't like doing that). Because he couldn't quickly gather troops, which is logical. But here? Is it impossible to do that? Are there huge armies with mega-super-duper level 12 heroes right from the start, and I can't do anything about them? Well, thank you very much. In general, maybe someone can suggest what to do here. I don't see any prospects in this mission, even if I try my best. Sorry for the long text, but this really annoyed me. I wanted to relax after work, but this isn't relaxing; it's just a constant source of stress

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Adagio

2/21/2016 12:26 PM UTC

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Gvirdu

Hello everyone. I've loved and respected the series of games for a long time. I'm currently playing Heroes 6 for the second time (I didn't finish it the first time because of bugs, and the first mission of the Demon campaign annoyed me). However, the current situation has forced me to register because it's impossible to continue playing.

So, as I understand it, this mission is impossible to complete? I don't see any other explanation. Basically, at the beginning of the first week, I captured a Castle and slowly developed. At the beginning of the second week, I ventured into enemy territory because there were no good resources for development, and with great difficulty, losing almost all my dogs, I captured a town with Rosalind. By the end of the second week, a second hero-mage from the Haven faction arrives. I don't know how, but I somehow managed to hold on. Only one Lilim and 8 Fanatics remained alive. Otherwise, it was impossible; the level 12 mage simply mowed down my troops with his spells, and I couldn't do anything about it. What else could I do? Sit in the first town without resources and wait for him to attack the town? Then it would be over too, just a week later.
So, at the beginning of the third week, a Necropolis hero appears with an army that poses a deadly threat. And I feel that the end is near because, with my army, considering the previous losses, I can't resist. And is this normal? I've been playing Heroes for 8 years, and I've completed all the previous missions in Heroes 6, but I haven't seen this problem before. In Heroes 3, if you rush, you could easily capture several towns from the enemy at the beginning, even on a difficult level in the Campaigns (although I don't like doing that). Because he couldn't quickly raise troops, which is logical. But here? Is it impossible to do that? Are there strong armies from the very beginning with mega-super-duper level 12 heroes, with whom I can't do anything? Well, thank you very much.

In general, maybe someone can suggest what to do here. I don't see any prospects in this mission, even if I try my best. I apologize for the long text, but it really annoyed me. I wanted to relax after work, but this isn't relaxation; it's just constant stress(((

Hello!
Unfortunately, the entire development and subsequent support process for the sixth installment was very chaotic. The game underwent a number of changes since its release, and fixing bugs often led to the emergence of others, and therefore, in the final version of the product (2.1.1), under the influence of all of the above, the original campaign turned into something impossible, as you have already written.
I can only advise you to use offline mode and revert the game version to 1.2.1. Yes, you will lose many of the advantages of online play, but from my own experience, I can say that in 1.2.1 the campaign is still more or less adequate and passable. In fact, my own copy of Heroes 6 is only updated to 1.2.1; I log in from time to time and don't complain.

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Гвирду

2/22/2016 1:42 PM UTC

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Adagio

Hello!
Unfortunately, the entire development and subsequent support process for the sixth installment was very chaotic. The game underwent a number of changes since its release, and fixing bugs often led to the emergence of others. As a result, in the final version of the product (2.1.1), all of the above turned the original campaign, as you have already written, into something completely unplayable.
I can only advise you to use offline mode and revert the game version to 1.2.1. Yes, you will lose many of the benefits of online play, but from my own experience, I can say that in 1.2.1 the campaign is still more or less adequate and passable. In fact, I only updated my own copy of the sixth game to 1.2.1, and I occasionally play it without any complaints.

That probably won't work. As I understand it, in this case, I will have to start the game from the beginning? I won't go through it a third time))).
I didn't expect this from the game; I thought it was fully completed with the final patch. Personally, I still see a lot of bugs while playing, even though I haven't played it since its release.
Yes, it's a lost cause(((. But I will still have to somehow complete this mission; in the worst case, I will replay it on easy mode. Maybe that will be possible? The problem is that Kirill is only level 10, which is too weak. And the enemy mage is level 12, which is very, very dangerous, especially at the beginning of the game, when any losses can be fatal. I remember struggling with Anton in the same way, but at least he could resurrect troops, and later he could build a building where half of the army could be restored for free. And with demons, as I understand it, can you only use restoration and draining spells?
Hmm, that's not good; the losses will be significant in the future((

By the way, why is this topic highlighted in bold in the forum? Does that mean it's very important? Perhaps there are some bugs here that I will have to watch out for later? I haven't looked at the topic myself, as I'm afraid of spoilers.

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No, this is unacceptable. Whoever did THIS is definitely mentally ill. At the end of the second week, I finally repelled the enemy necromancer-mage, because, having spent all my resources, I built a building that deals fire damage to the enemy's troops at the beginning of the turn during a siege. Now, in the third week, the same hero-mage attacks THREE TIMES a week, because, after dying at the castle walls, he is immediately hired in the tavern with the same IMPRESSIVE army!!!!! And his army is very impressive; each time he has only upgraded Lamas from 12 to 15, not to mention the smaller units. In the fourth week, he already has 20 Lamas, and accordingly more smaller units. I managed to capture the third city by any means necessary, but I cannot hold both cities on the banks of the abyss. In the next turn, I lose one city, and since the gates are open, I feel that I will soon lose the second one as well. This is the end(((

Just for fun, I launched the game on easy mode and quickly went through it on auto-battle up to the second castle. Nothing has changed. The enemy heroes have impressive armies, and the necromancer still attacks three times a week and destroys my troops with his spells.

And what should I do now? Should I go away, according to that inadequate person who did this? BUT I'm not going to give up, because I've spent a lot of time on this. No, I've never seen anything like this before, that it's impossible to pass even on easy mode... this is the end...

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The question is resolved; by any means necessary, and almost by chance, I managed to hold the captured cities, using all sorts of tricks in the process.
I've exhausted all my nerves, and I no longer want to play; this is not a game, but some kind of perversion, in my opinion((

Adagio

2/22/2016 2:43 PM UTC

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You managed the impossible!) But there's still "Barbarian Seven" ahead, and it was unrealistically difficult even in the early versions, and in the final version, it's completely out of this world...

By the way, why is this topic highlighted in bold on the forum? Does that mean it's very important? Are there any bugs here that we should be wary of later? I haven't looked at the topic myself, as I'm afraid of spoilers.

I don't see the highlighting you're talking about; the topic looks standard...

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Гвирду

2/23/2016 6:09 AM UTC

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Adagio

You managed the impossible!) But there's still "The Barbarian Seven" ahead, and it was incredibly difficult even in the early versions, and in the final version, it's almost beyond imagination...

I don't see the highlighting you're talking about; the theme looks standard...

It's strange; when I'm not logged in, the theme is highlighted in bold, but when I log in under my name, there's no highlighting at all.
By the way, I briefly saw a discussion in this thread about someone having problems with the moonstone crystals obtained when capturing cities, but I didn't read it carefully because of spoilers. I don't seem to have that problem. I've captured three Necropolis cities, but I only have two crystals so far... but I'll keep playing.
I'm just tired of constantly worrying that there might be some bug later on, and it's really exhausting. Besides, the bugs during battles are constantly annoying; sometimes spells and abilities are removed for some reason during a turn, and sometimes they work normally. You can't rely on anything(((.

Or maybe the constant appearance of the enemy hero is explained by the fact that the Necropolis has built the Halls of Eternal Enslavement, and he is constantly resurrecting his armies? I just had that thought. Then, perhaps, there won't be problems at the very end, when capturing the last city. We'll see; I'm already playing cautiously, expecting trouble from everywhere.

bobchik

2/29/2016 8:44 AM UTC

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Honestly, I don't know if there were any problems with completing the game in Heroes 6. I played on hard difficulty, and everything went smoothly...

As for dynasty weapons like the Sword of Compulsion or the Staff of Dragonbone, I can recommend using them because they either give you Destroyers or dragons, which can be used as cannon fodder. And battles are completed with almost no losses.
You also need to choose the right skills for your hero... tactics, regeneration, pushing back the enemy, freezing...

Are you playing the Book version or the Steam version? I haven't played the Steam version, but the Book version works fine, without any bugs or anything.

Мои и прочие рекорды в прохождении кампаний Героев 6

SuperGuru

2/4/2017 4:53 PM UTC

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My computer's video card failed, and as a result, I didn't finish the campaigns in the 6th installment. And running this game on a laptop is quite a challenge. By the way, I've read several times that it doesn't work on Windows 8, but it does, even without setting compatibility with XP or running it as an administrator. But that's not the point; the issue is that I've forgotten over the past year what was even happening, and I've already completed half of the campaigns.

Просто мне нравятся брюнетки...Поэтому и - Лукреция :rolleyes: Асха всё обращает во благо (с).:cool: