HELP! The (failed) Assault on General Karador's Necro-Castle

[PHJF]

I corrected my leadership, it was 14000, not 24000.

I've got 21000 now at ~lvl26, having just defeated Baal... so that's 8 black dragons, 13 emerald, 10 fire, 12 archdemons, and ~140 Shamans.

If you're going to play something other than mage, you really really need to have higher stats then you do. I almost always took leadership when leveling up (hence 21000) but from items I have 28 int, 15 attack, 15 defense. I've had 20+ int for a long time.

[Quellist]

Originally Posted by Palinius

I propose that you make a game and we will see....

That is a bullshit response, you don't tell people that have been mistreated
by their doctors that they should have studied medicine. Or that crime victims should have become cops when the real cops can't solve the crime.
You don't need to do something better to tell when something isn't right.

Originally Posted by Palinius

About the wife bugs that you dont like...there is a fix for mirabella if it crashes for you. Dont know about the Elven wife as i never tried her due to her regalia slots. Personally i found 2 regalia items in my whole game and 2 of them were crappy.

That is a pretty bad bug that should have been caught in Q&A and it should
be patched asap. (I'm assuming the fix you are talking about isn't official?)

Originally Posted by Palinius

About the randomnes... tbh that makes the game interresting.
...
Randomnes is supposed to make you play all the 3 characters and thats to the time spent on the game to simply love it and buy the next expansion.

It adds some replay value, but since the story ark/missions isn't random... and most people seem to get the same stuff, sooner or later.

The game was very good until the elves, then it just loses focus and becomes somewhat of a resource optimization simulator mostly with regard to the crystals(?). I haven't finished the game yet though, so maybe the end can save it.

Right now I would say its a 3.5/5 game.

[Antiga]

Originally Posted by Quellist

That is a bullshit response, you don't tell people that have been mistreated
by their doctors that they should have studied medicine. Or that crime victims should have become cops when the real cops can't solve the crime.
You don't need to do something better to tell when something isn't right.

Thank you, I did not want to respond to it myself because I could not think of a proper way to make clear to him/her what nonsense he/she typed.

Edit: PHJF, I see now... But you are still quite alot stronger.

[Ikarius]

You want to talk randomness... I'm now level 15, and I've been offered stat gains on only *2* levelups. Rest of the times it was choices between leadership, rage, and mana. Some of the randomness in this game is utter crap.

[Antiga]

I got offered a choice of Rage or Mana more than any other. This is the primary reason my rage is 118 and my mana is 70(lvl 22 knight, I need no more than 50 mana, 70 rage for my current build). The randomness makes it interesting but can really ruin one's game. Some people have an awesome experience with this, due to getting the good stuff on every corner.. Some people get pure trash.

[Palinius]

Originally Posted by Antiga

The randomness makes it interesting but can really ruin one's game. Some people have an awesome experience with this, due to getting the good stuff on every corner.. Some people get pure trash.

It is true that sometimes you get better units and and better items , or that is at least what you think. for Example i play on impossible now, in any other game i would say that pirates sux, but i have boots that make pirates +1 move and initiative, Wife Rina +1 move and initiative for pirates. Thats why i choose to use pirates in my game. Due to items i have now i have completly other units than the few times before and thats make the game interesting as im exploring the game and units heavilly depend on even as 1 might think crappy items.
Im at lvl 8 Paladin and i have 9 att 18 def, 4 int. No kids as they sux hard with the randomness (FOR ME) Normally my pirates move 2, with bonuses they go 4 , they got a reload skill that hits 3 targets. On lvl 8 on islands with Overpowering opponent they can save the day.
Everytime more or less the game makes you play random and thats simply wonderfull. But if you really love a certain item, when you start a game with other char or other diff level you can simply start the game many times untill you dont get your dream item in the caste or the church.

Btw Antiga sorry for that crappy comment few msgs up about the "Make a game yourself and we will see" . But such a lovely game and my heart cried when you attacked the game
But someone gave reply even stranger to my reply. As his reply was connected to some things that you cant change. When you go to a docter you need to accpet his opinion or consult with another , ofc you wont go study for a doctor to make a better opinion. But if its a game made for entertaining, and someone states that it really sux, i simply answaer dont play it, or do better game i would like to play it and comment Same like with music, one say that the music sux, no need to listen to it, or make a better song and we will see Or even make a song yourself So tbh my comment wasnt crappy / bulshit but simply wasnt polite enough.

[Antiga]

Yes, I agree. I had 2 thorn crowns which in total gave my thorns 300% damage. These are the things that enable you to try different things each game, as the game pretty much forces you to depending on the items you can find. I had alot of physical resistance items for example. I equipped those over potentially better items so all my troops would have 50% base physical resistance(or something close), dragons would be pretty much immune to anything cept poison.

I would most likely start a new game as a mage, if it weren't for the pure fact that each quest is going to end the same. With the few quests you can do in several ways i've pretty much always tested each way and each time the longer/harder way is the more rewarding one. There'd be no reason to do those different as it would only hurt me.

I'm just patiently waiting in hope a game expanding(not changing.. I do love most of the game's systems) mod will be released which may enhance my experience.

And don't worry about it Palinius, I don't like it when people are 'attacking' a game I love either.

[Kolorabi]

Just thought I'd add my strategy to the list here. I did it with sprites, dryads, demonesses, horsemen and elven archers. My wife was the demon one, so and I placed that sword which gives 30% extra attack against undeads in one of her sword slots. I also used the ring which made the female fighters better.

Basically, on my first attempt, it was the necromancers and all the resurrection of enemy troops that killed me, so this time I decided to kill the necromancers first. The demonesses have a skill that allows them to swap the position of any two units on the arena, which I used to swap the necromancers with some bone dragons which had flown down to my area of the screen.

This ensured that the necromancers were kept busy, and was unable to use any ranged magic. They also died fairly quickly, and like others here, I necro-called them immediately to prevent them from being resurrected by the enemy. Same thing with the black knights - the first time I played they were resurrected to what seemed to be full strength three times, this time I only had to kill them once.

During the fight, I mostly concentrated on destroying the troops. I used the dryads to create plants, and used the reflection spell to get an extra set of sprites (I had over 2000 of them, so the summoned group was quite large).

I also found the ice orb extremely useful. It basically bounced back and forth between the obelisk and enemy units down in my area, dealing extreme amounts of damage (as the rolling-distance was so long). It took out more than half of the obelisk's health that way, and certainly helped thinning out the enemy ranks as well.

[ahh]

You can use rage chest/magic same round :p I can as a mage

[Quellist]

Originally Posted by Palinius

But someone gave reply even stranger to my reply. As his reply was connected to some things that you cant change. When you go to a docter you need to accpet his opinion or consult with another , ofc you wont go study for a doctor to make a better opinion.

I was talking about after the fact when someone is mistreated, to late for second opinions then...

But if its a game made for entertaining, and someone states that it really sux, i simply answaer dont play it, or do better game i would like to play it and comment Same like with music, one say that the music sux, no need to listen to it, or make a better song and we will see Or even make a song yourself So tbh my comment wasnt crappy / bulshit but simply wasnt polite enough.

Still more of the same junk. When you get bad food at the restaurant your answer is to not eat and still accept the cost? Usually you send food back when it's bad. And by your logic you would have to love every game ever made since you are not a gamedev yourself and thus can't criticize any game.
Maybe it is so, but that makes your opinion worthless for discussion since it's always constant.

If you keep telling people to do better themselves I guess we will just have to ignore you because then you have proved that you are a simpleton...