It's impossible to play on Hard

[Elwin]

not realy, you wont get dragons from this eggs its fake

[eXeel]

Yeah, read that. But also read they sell for more than they cost, so bought them. Hope that is for all the eggs, not just the black!

I managed to earn the Submarine by mastering the instruments. That gave me 2 level ups in a row, now I'm lvl 12! So things are changing...

EDIT: Gray Mendel, in the canals under Tekran, sold me the ressurection spell!! Wee...

EDIT #2: Okay, now it almost got too easy. I found Teleport, Blind and Phantom, got lots of runes and gold. And found three more maps. Umkar, Reha and Nameless island. Think I won't investigate those islands, before I get back and see how well I fight in my current islands

EDIT #3: My 1 Green Dragon, 2 Cyclops, 62 Royal Snakes, 30 or so Inqs and 72 or so Bowmen are doing very well at the moment. Two fights versus ranged and magicians, with no losses. Ressurection and mana regen to be thanked

[jake21]

I played a bit more this weekend. What I am finding is that on normal the game is too easy and on hard I'm sort of stuck (this is for mage). I'll probably check the maps again with my mage on hard and see if it can make any more progress. I think it is level 16 but unable to kill the orc @ rusty anchor. It has a full set of troups (but not much in extra coins); BUT every group on rusty anchor and verona is either lethal or invincibal (scarlet island and bola are 100% cleared). So this is a problem

[eXeel]

Annoying... What skills have you chosen? How is your mana and mana regeneration + what spells do you have, that you use?
I found that I just met a milestone, where as a mage I can actually cast some spells that make a difference. Not just slow!

Try to kite away one of the groups guarding a map, so you can progress a few more islands, just gathering stuff.

[jake21]

Mana regen is very good (i forget but i dont' run out); spell selection is poor (fireball, phantom, call of nature, slow are the best ones). My mage (hard) has 20 assins; 24 inquistors; 44 royal snake; 9 royal griffons and 2 cyclops. I'm totally stuck at this point (i think).

I do not understand how archmage shield spell keeps the enemy busy. As far as I can tell that spell has little effect on my buffer (they still suffer large losses).

Originally Posted by eXeel

Annoying... What skills have you chosen? How is your mana and mana regeneration + what spells do you have, that you use?
I found that I just met a milestone, where as a mage I can actually cast some spells that make a difference. Not just slow!

Try to kite away one of the groups guarding a map, so you can progress a few more islands, just gathering stuff.

[cabal2k]

I forgot a Unit Tipp:

No One can say thats a unit is best or perfect, its all about what items you have and what skills you skill, but the most important thing is what enemies you fight against!

But for me the important Units Ingame are
- Inquisitors (95% never missed them cause resurrect and rage are strong partners for DragonPetfightstyle)
- Demonlogist (can resurrect every unit ingame except black dragons and summon demons or executeners....very strong later ingame)
- Tirex (can cause fear after bite and eat the dead to fill up own life...and you can resurrect them with the 2 above...strongest lvl 5 unit i found)

[Urbz]

Originally Posted by jake21

I do not understand how archmage shield spell keeps the enemy busy. As far as I can tell that spell has little effect on my buffer (they still suffer large losses).

it gives 50% to all damage reduction. ( apart from astral maybe? )
Anyhow tihs is quite alot i'd say + the magic shield couts for the damage reduce medal.

[Zechnophobe]

I am fairly certain Magic Shield is a 'halving' effect AFTER damage resistance, so it isn't as awesome as it could be. That is to say that for physical resistance on a knight (30%) the calculation is:

total damage = base damage * (.7 for resistance) * (.5 for shield)

which is different from

total damage = base damage * (.2)... .7-.5

The former is not as strong as the later, but still nice.

[jake21]

Anyways if anyone has any suggestions how I can continue this game please express them My guess at this point is that if hte game can be continue the only options are switching troups (but to what?) or trying to kilt the dersu map on rusty anchor; any other options ?

Originally Posted by jake21

Mana regen is very good (i forget but i dont' run out); spell selection is poor (fireball, phantom, call of nature, slow are the best ones). My mage (hard) has 20 assins; 24 inquistors; 44 royal snake; 9 royal griffons and 2 cyclops. I'm totally stuck at this point (i think).

I do not understand how archmage shield spell keeps the enemy busy. As far as I can tell that spell has little effect on my buffer (they still suffer large losses).

[Zechnophobe]

So, you have phantom, and Royal Griffons. This is generally a good combination. Try phantoming out some griffons, and have the phantom summon some Guard griffons.

Use your cyclopses as tanks. Run them out into combat, and use their melee skills when you can. Put stone skin on them if you have to, and they'll soak up a lot.

A good question though... have you pillaged Verona well? There is a lot of stuff you should be able to pick up there. If you win ONE fight, it would be with the stack guarding the bridge to Montero. It isn't too big, is on an easy arena, and will unlock another huge continent to loot (which will also unlock at least 3 no-fight battles).

It is almost always worth it to sneak around enemies and pick up loot when you can't fight them. A good way to 'catch up' if you are falling behind.

Lastly, make sure in combat that you are developing a good plan. Who is the enemy going to attack? How are you going to keep that unit alive? How do you control stacks that are too strong? Get good answers to these (especially as a mage) and you'll start doing a lot better.