Posts from The fifth stage of the "Van Kanigem" Tournaments Auto-translated

Kamikaze;99448So, here's what we have. Twelve participants completed the tournament. Pretty good. :) Now we're waiting for the results.
For some reason, no one is bragging about their achievements.

:) There's nothing to brag about. I played Heroes 5 for two days, and it was only the second time I've played it. We need to wait for descriptions from the leaders. It's really cool that it took only 9 days. :)

The tournament is over... On the one hand, it's a joy, but on the other, it's sad... My performance was a complete disaster... :( :smile16:

Want to be in ninth place???
Well, let's see.

No... I was talking about the participant table... where Adelaide is first, and I'm second!!!

Added 8 minutes later
I think Alan checked the "fair play" Walkthrough, and regarding the strategy, I'll say that I immediately advanced with two Necromancers (I leveled up both Orson and Kaspar) with Kifrah's support... by day 3-4, I reached and took the Necropolis Castle (in the north) and the portal... in the castle, I upgraded skeletons into skeleton archers...
I jumped into the portal, and here the paths of the Necromancers diverged.
Kaspar with skeleton archers, ghosts, and a full set (Ballista, Tent, Ammunition) went to Inferno, while Orson, with advanced logistics and pathfinding, quickly rode across the desert (bottom of the map) to the Academy.
Both battles with the Djinns were difficult, and there were a couple of battles where it was necessary not only to avoid losing anyone but also to drain mana from the victims.
P.S. It could have been done in 8 days, but it takes too long to replay to save one turn + to achieve a different move from the computer heroes!!! In short, I didn't bother:smile33:

Congratulations to Lord Vampire on the victory.

I would like to add that besides Deleb and Kaspar, I also had Kifra and Orson, but I didn't describe their actions because they didn't fight anyone; they just collected resources and other junk. Orson collected for Deleb, and Kifra for Kaspar. Here is my Walkthrough: Day 1 I bought Kifra and Orson in the Castle, gave all their army to Kaspar, except for the skeletons, which I left in the Castle with Orson. Kaspar destroys the Goblins, then the peasants, and targets the Swordsmen. Day 2 On this day, I get Deleb in the tavern. She takes the zombies that were sold in the Castle and goes with them to attack the Imps near the witch's hut. Kaspar destroys the Swordsmen, and his turn ends before the Knights guarding the mine. Day 3 Deleb destroys the Imps near the hut, then the skeletons at the passage, then more Imps guarding the clover. Kaspar destroys the Knights, then the Fairies, and stops near the Imps next to the sawmill. Day 4 Deleb destroys the Imps near the mine, then the Scouts, then the Beasts, and stops before the Djinns guarding the portal. Kaspar destroys the Demons (I didn't touch the Imps near the sawmill), and then the Elven Archers. Day 5 Deleb destroys the Djinns on both sides of the portal and runs west towards the Academy Castle. Kaspar replenishes mana at the top of the arena and attacks the Cerberuses, takes the arena (stats increase). He then targets the same portal. Day 6 Deleb destroys the Djinns guarding the Dwarven Boots (I don't remember their exact name) and stops near the Djinns next to the other portal. In front of her stands Nurah, who will attack on the next turn. Kaspar enters the Portal, destroys the Dark Knights, and goes to the Sphinx, then targets the same portal from which he just came. Day 7 Deleb destroys Nurah and the Archers behind her, targets the flag. Kaspar runs back through the portal, losing precious time, in pursuit of Grok, who just ran in there. He destroys him and goes back, stopping near the dogs guarding the ring. Day 8 Deleb intercepts Naval and goes to the main Academy Castle, stopping near the Temple of Magic. (one turn left to the enemy Castle). Kaspar doesn't touch the dogs; he goes straight to the Inferno Castle, stopping at the Observatory (tall tree). (one turn left to the enemy Castle). Day 9 Deleb destroys the hero standing in front of the Castle, and then the Castle itself. Kaspar does the same. The game is over. I would like to thank Alan for the wonderful map and for the wonderful faction he created, and for the no less wonderful hero he gave us. It was very interesting to play. I played for only two days. On the first day, I completed the map in 10 days. Then, about a week passed, and I decided that I could improve the result, and I spent another day improving it, improving it by one day. I would like to say that if it were possible to destroy the 6 Phoenixes on the fifth day, which prevented me from reaching the Academy Castle (with Kaspar), I didn't try this option because it's too difficult and requires a lot of work, then it would be possible to complete the map in 7 days.

On the fifth day, it might have been possible to eliminate 6 Phoenixes that were blocking the way to the Academy Castle (using Kaspar). I didn't try this option because it's too complex and requires a lot of work, but if I had, I could have completed the map in 7 days.
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Although I had a little more evening to complete the map, I immediately went after the Phoenixes and eliminated both groups (6 and 8) on the 5th day, but there were no resources left to capture both castles, and I wasn't allowed to get Deleb. With her, it would have been a completely different story. But I had to abandon this option and, in order to achieve at least some result, simply went through the portals, almost in real

I AM HAPPY WITH THE RESULT!!!! I played Heroes 5 for the first time... by the way, I think they overdid it with the 3D graphics... my computer was barely running. But overall, it's good!

The walkthrough description will be available a bit later. For now, I'll note that my gameplay is similar to Alex Rogov's, with the only difference being that Kaspar, with his logistics and pathfinding, headed west towards the Academy, while Orson (who wasn't leveled up at all) went to the Dungeon.

Yes, I only played for a few hours, and I finished the walkthrough about 10 minutes before the deadline. I know exactly where I messed up, but there was absolutely no time to fix it. I recruited Kaspar, Kifru, and Orson (the first one was the best, the others were just okay). I went through the portals, using Kaspar to attack the Academy and Kifru to attack Inferno.
Thank you, Alan, for the wonderful map.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
the ranking of Clans has been calculated and updated based on the results of this tournament.
Topic: [INFORMATION] Clan Ranking for 2007

P.S. Congratulations to the members of the clan "Man is a wolf to man" on taking first place in the Heroes 5 category. :smile49:

Sincerely.

Could you please explain how the number of days was calculated? I didn't understand it at all.

Could you please explain how the number of days was calculated? I didn't understand anything.

When you sent the save file, what day was it?
And what needed to be done to win?

I just needed to finish the quest, but I don't remember which day it was.

I should have finished the companion quest, but I don't remember the day.

How did you make daily saves then? Or are there so many that you can't count them?:smile51:

I should have finished the campaign, but I don't remember which day.

Well, take a look... :smile01:
and let me know...