rusty island all very strong and lethal

[Ahira_Bln]

im playing a mage lvl9 and leadership 1787 actually. except 2 enemies at Bola and some at Bola (none at Debir), i killed all.

i already have grand strategy medal II (+500 leadership), so i expected to have a realy good leadership for that stage of the game.

did i miss something, because for a "normal" game it looked a bit to hard at the moment.

[Elwin]

You have been in scarlet island right ? i bet you did not miss much the game at this point is not that easy for a mage even on normal, But kinda that shouldnt be all very stong i think .. there are some realy powerful stacks there, but casual patrols on island shouldnt be that strong.

[Metathron]

I have to say the game is not evenly balanced, at least on normal. Adventuring on the first four islands is a bit tedious and getting to Verona is a pain, but after that the game gets much easier. It's quite annoying, really.

Also, in my last game, I could find no paladins anywhere on the first four. How's that for a slap in the face?

[Elwin]

Thats normal, i always get them in verona .. not counting mage tower after geting stone

[joasoz]

I found four assassins on the second island (scarlet?) where the drunk guy is camped on the beach outside. That is really helpful for me (mage - hard).
Does this drunk guy have any point to him. I get no quest conserning him

[Elwin]

yep he does. If you talk to him, you can force parrot on rusty to tell you a pasword to taking doors

[alpinar]

Im in the same boat as you ahira..got a lv 11 mage (on normal)and i have the Axe pack and robot boss in the cave on bola..and on rusty island i found the packs of enemys pretty hard..i always make it just on the edge ..after that i have to spend shietloads of money to rebuild my army again ..tnx god for lvl 3 chaos magic..but i hope its getting easyer as the most ppl says after the first 4 islands
PS: sorry for my english ..its not my homelanguage