Getting past the bloody spider.

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Originally Posted by namad

@everyone talking about warrior maidens... darnit darnit... my game I didn't have any! although I think it may even be due to some sort of bug because one of the shops in the game spawned them, but with 1 and only 1 maiden for sale? which made them unusable... thats one thing I don't like about wotn... first four islands don't have a done of random troop variety... difficult boss for which you don't have many choices of troops to bring? not fun! I might give it another try tho with jotun/berzerker/polar bear/bear/royalsnake the only problem is... the first four islands combine to give me ONE CASTLE, with THREE garrison slots... so I don't have enough space to really store my entire old army that easily

also no trolls either... strategies that only work with specfic troops are usually fine for bosses in king's bounty games because usually you can bypass the boss explore a ton... have so many places to recruit from that eventually randomly you'll find what you need... but in wotn half the shops on teh first 4islands have basic vikings troops... I'm really sad I couldn't get warrior maidens in my playthrough ... by the time they become available in my playthrough I'll probably have something better like paladins or something..



actually wait nevermind: here is flat out the one and only flaw with this boss fight! the first time you fight this boss you will probably lose, at least depending on random happenstance, what's the problem? well you can't do go anything else! you realize frenzy would be a great ability to use against the boss? oh well too bad by the time you first encounter the boss there aren't enough enemies left in the game to fight to gain even 1 level, so if you don't already have exactly what you need, it's just not fun! typically in king's bounty you can fight a boss, lose, think about strategy, go acquire a different army, maybe level up once or twice, get what you think you might need, and then try again!!!

for example I went for learning rank 3 early because it can pay off in the long run, I could've had glory rank 3 instead but I didn't realize that the bosses weren't things you could come back for later, crossworlds campaign is 90-95% all about skipping every boss and coming back for it later?!!?!!!!!!!!

Most of your grievances are quite justified. But I am pretty sure there are 2 castles - on on Nordlig, one on Fastlands. (Yes, you can go back to Nordling - it's a weird thing but Runolv actually goes back to his house and you can enter the town. The smith Grunorm will have moved into the Castle (so you lose access to his sales - buy them before this event)

Also, the three Houses of Jotun (one in Vestlig, one in Isterreg, one in Nordlig) accessible after you get the winged horse) sell Trolls with a good chance. They are hard to find unless you check your maps... another weirdness with the designs.

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

Skald, hard. I did all previous content before fighting him, and was level 20 or 21 when I fought him, with 22/22 Jarls (for comparison)

I used Jarls, Soothsayers, Royal Snakes, Battle Maidens, Jotun's.

I used Valkyrie to give more leadership (900) and stomped the spider fast enough to get the achievement.

I think the problem you have is that your troops look very weak. Axe throwers and Berserkers really don't cut it that far into the game. Need some stuff with higher damage and health.

Axethrowers are some of the worst Viking units - due to the 120 Leadership. I mean, cannoneers have the same leadership, have more HP and can attack at any range and without melee penalty. The "nimble" skill is not worth it for that... As I noticed, their damage output is fairly low since you can only get a few. In comparison, other Level 3 units with 90 HP have much lower leadership (Cerberi, Griffins, etc.)