Posts from Ector

Name: Hector
Number of players: 4
Size: XL
Difficulty: Expert
Map author: Navkratis
Map description: Knight Hector received an order to bring all the vast northern barbarian lands under control. But rumors have it that some new, powerful enemy has recently appeared in these snowy wastelands.

Good evening, all Heroes fans! I'm glad to see that even the map section for the second game continues to grow, so I decided to upload one of my old maps, which I slightly edited the other day. First of all, appreciate the thoroughness of the landscape design and the amount of time spent on it

As for the map itself, there is one feature that may not appeal to everyone - more than half of the towns here cannot be built, but there are quite a lot of resources. Why is it done this way? Firstly, I like to create maps that focus not on rapid expansion and capturing enemy castles, but rather on "exploration" with an emphasis on exploring the area and gradually leveling up the hero (I leveled him up to level 46, and that's not the limit). And secondly, the neutral troops, considering that you won't reach the first buildable castle soon, pose a significant problem here, and the best way to solve it is by leveling up the diplomacy skill, and in this case, resources are exchanged for gold to bribe enemy troops.

In general, I look forward to your feedback and impressions and wish you a pleasant game) Or you can simply open the map with cheats and explore the area for a long time

Is there any way to play the English version of Gold without any glitches?

I have the version from Buki. Just in case, to win, you need to defeat the hero Sandro, and you will lose if you lose your starting hero.

Completed with a "High Elf" rating, hero level 36.

Thank you to everyone who downloaded and played the map; I spent a lot of time creating it.

The beginning of the "Hector" map walkthrough allows you to get a general impression of the scenario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVXm1kTnojc

Hello,
Author, thank you for the map. But I couldn't complete it. Maybe it's a bug? Here's what happened:
I fully explored the continent I started on, and then the one on the right. I didn't understand how to get to the continent at the top (the largest one). I didn't find a teleport, and summoning a boat doesn't work.

Cons:
1. Too many mines and resources. Why? If you can't build anything.
2. Too much running around. You could have come up with a starting point with a hero who would help carry the army for the main hero. A portal near the city, etc. Half a year of pointless running around for resources.
3. I attacked, let's say, archers, killed them, and an event popped up saying that I need to kill archers to proceed. Events are often located in the wrong places.
4. You can't build a boat in the city of Erlikuim.

Pros:
1. It's quite beautifully drawn.
2. There is some kind of story, plot, which is nice.
3. Interesting and challenging battles. But there are many of them, and they are monotonous. I don't remember how many swordsmen I killed - a lot...

I believe the author tried their best. But before publishing, they should have played through it themselves 5 times.

No offense. I've attached a save file. I played on a laptop, Gold version. If you have any comments, you can reach me at astradyne@mail.ru, but I'm not here often.

event incorrectly placed:
1st arc
you cannot train units in this fortress...
nearby, you see a ranger's house...
another band of bandits stands in your way...
under a sprawling canopy...
2nd arc
it seems you are on your way to another lair...

-it's unclear how to get to the northern continent. I used DD.
thank you for the map. the artwork is really cool.

astradyne, dll, good afternoon. Unfortunately, I only saw this thread now. I looked at the attached save file, and it seems that in your case, two rare situations coincided: 1) sometimes there is a bug in cities with the boat; it is not nearby, but it is displayed in the shipyard window, and therefore it cannot be built; 2) by opening the map with a cheat, I realized that the reason why it is impossible to summon the boat is that it is not on the map; none of the computer players created ships or sailed at the time of the save.

In my defense, I can say that I completed this scenario twice, and there were no problems. As proof, I am attaching a save file before the final battle. Regarding the excess of resources, it is advisable to follow the following algorithm when completing the map: you upgrade the starting hero's diplomacy as soon as possible, and then focus all resources on gold to recruit suitable neutral stacks. With this strategy, troops in cities become not so necessary at a certain stage 🙂

Regarding the events, by opening the map in the editor, you can see that they are located in front of the units standing nearby. But often, when entering the event cell, the nearby units are provoked first, a battle with them takes place, and only then the message from the event is played. Apparently, they should have been placed a little further from the units)

In any case, thank you for playing; it's a pity that you couldn't complete it.

Decided to play this scenario again, and personally, I didn't encounter any problems. In the attached save file, "998," in the southeastern corner of the map, you'll find our occupied ship. Consequently, the hero can be disembarked onto the shore at any time, and then Ector can summon the ship to the riverbank. The "Ector" save file represents a much earlier stage of this playthrough, for those who want to continue playing on their own.

I also played this map. Yes, it's for those who enjoy long journeys. There were a couple of challenges with difficult enemy heroes in the first half of the game, and then I selectively recruited Archdruids, Archmages, then once Vampire Lords, and a second time Vampire Lords. With them, things went very quickly. When I reached the Academy on the north of the second continent, there was a Portal. The Wizard's Eye had already shown me where Sandro was. After jumping around in that direction, I stumbled upon a group of about 200 Vampire Lords. After gathering some strength, I was able to recruit them, and Sandro fell because 300 vampires are unstoppable, even against 100 dragon skeletons. Therefore, I didn't have to explore the third continent... And that exploration would have just been a walk in the park. I won in 137 days, and the rating was Crusader.

Due to the identified issue with summoning ships, I have edited the scenario. The new version includes:

- Several neutral ships have been added to the map; there should now be enough for everyone 🙂;
- A scroll for summoning ships has been added south of the settlement of Erlikium;
- Some neutral stacks have been replaced to provide greater visual variety;
- In several cases, the terrain and objects on it have been slightly adjusted;
- The starting armies of the heroes Silas Zhan and Dark Lord have been strengthened;
- The range of troops available for hire has been expanded in the settlements of Shar-Karroks, Lankshir, and As-Venon;
- The order of display for a couple of text messages on the map has been corrected.

Enjoy the game 🙂

Walkthrough of the "Hector" scenario (old version): part one
P.S. The continuation is in the link in the attached comment.