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Last Stand Before Destruction
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| Author |
File Description |
| Queen Elquein |
Posted on 04/17/01 @ 12:00 AM
| File Details |
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| Ruleset: |
TS Standard Rules |
| Map Size: |
X-Large |
| Playable Races: |
One |
| Surface Levels: |
1 |
| Difficulty: |
Impossible |
Playable races: Elves
This map is hard, most likely you will get defeated several times before you can actually come out as a winner.
But sometimes we need these hard maps to remind that we are never unbeatable, so it is time for heroic acts. :) |
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| Angel Draco |
Posted on 04/19/01 @ 12:00 AM
I loaded up this map last night and the game was over before it began! I had "simultaneous" turns on and before I knew what was happening I was being attacked (oops, I mean "slaughtered) by dragons and other powerful troops.
You begin the game with several Level 4 cities across the map. Immediately, you are attacked (and killed) by powerful armies from all sides in several locations.
Those heroes put up a good fight, but they didn't last long. My only question is, are they supposed to die right away, and then your main hero is supposed to go around and redeem them? Or is it possible to win those fights?
Also, the game begins with a poor lone hero on a tower that is surrounded on all sides by wraiths (literally, every hex). He has no spell casting and no magical weapons. He dies immediately. I haven't checked to see if one of my other heroes could cast enchanted weapon on him or not. I will check tonight.
Other than handing me my ass on a platter, this map is great. I used the "no fog" cheat to take a gander at it after the third time I died on the first turn and it looks beautiful!
If you want a challenge, try this map! |
| Magog |
Posted on 05/06/01 @ 12:00 AM
After playing almost 100 turns, I have 4 heroes, some level 4 units and ONE city!
I don't know if you can beat this map, but here are a few hints of how to get started :
1. One of your starting heroes has Grass Concealment.
2. Move all your troops to a Dark Elf city to the southwest.
3. Loot one or two of your own cities to get gold.
4. Don't count on any help from the Dwarfs...
/M |
| Tekk Zero |
Posted on 05/12/01 @ 12:00 AM |
| TheWeedMan |
Posted on 07/11/01 @ 12:00 AM |
| Sir Reyald |
Posted on 07/11/01 @ 12:00 AM
But a great map anyhow that everyone should play at least once. |
| wchilde |
Posted on 07/26/01 @ 12:00 AM |
| Zarathustra |
Posted on 08/08/01 @ 12:00 AM
1. You will need to hang on to your main resource area (the circle of land immediately surrounding your central city) in the begining, and it will be a seat's-edge effort for quite some time. The key is to put tower forts filled with ballistas at the bridges that control the access (for the first 50-75 turns the only units I produced were builders and ballistas), but you will find that there simply aren't enough gold resources in the area you are securing to support even this economical method of defense. Fortunately, there is a good deal of mana available, so the obvious solution is Gold Rush. As valuable as air spells can be, I honestly don't see any way of surviving without earth magic.
2. It will take time to secure all of the bridges. While you are doing this, use your heroes and high movement units (scouts and unicorns) as a mobile reserve that can quickly move to trouble points as they develop, possibly going on brief expeditions outside the perimeter to destroy enemy forces and temporarily capture resources (the Dark Elf city to the southwest with the power node and the arena is a particularly valuable target, even if you can't hold it for long).
3. The efficacy of your mobile reserve will be exponentially increased if you greatly improve the road network in your central area. Your goal should be a ring of roads connecting the bridges, as well as radial spokes from each bridge into the central city. Building them is expensive, but it is well worth the investment. Roads are another reason for getting earth rather than air magic, since the Level Terrain and Enchanted Roads spells are obviously invaluable in this respect.
4. It may seem like you have mana to spare, but you will need every bit of it before the crisis passes, so husband it carefully. Also, Spellward is absolutely essential, so don't neglect the Cosmos reasearch path that leads to it, filled as it is with less than usefull spells.
5. Once you have each of the bridges nice and secure, you have essentially won the game, although there will still be much hard fighting ahead. You will now be free to use your central reserve on an extended offensive in the next outward circle of land. Once that area is secure (you can move your inner garrisons out to hold the bridges that control access to it, when the time comes) it is a pretty straight-foward matter to move from island to island untill the entire domain of the Elves is free once more. |
| TekkaZeroX |
Posted on 09/29/01 @ 12:00 AM |
| jstarkweather |
Posted on 11/25/01 @ 12:00 AM
Ok.. So it was made to be challenging. I get it. But really. If the Elves were ever caught this unawares they would certainly be obliterated. They don't even have the aid of any gold dragons!?!!! The enemey has scores of reds and blacks. Geeesh. :)
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| Oidar |
Posted on 12/27/02 @ 12:00 AM |
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HGDL v0.8.2 |
| Rating |
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| 4.0 | | Breakdown |
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| Playability | 3.9 | | Balance | 3.5 | | Creativity | 4.6 | | Map Design | 4.4 | | Story/Instructions | 3.7 |
| Statistics |
| Downloads: | 5,315 |
| Favorites: [] | 2 |
| Size: | 85.29 KB |
| Added: | 04/17/01 |
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