Help with Orc Campaign Land of Knights

domze · #1 03-05-2008, 07:03 AM

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I just managed to get gold on normal difficulty (and take the side quest, but that was by luck - the guy simply stumbled upon my forces). I lost one unit, but that was because of my clumsiness (I risked him though I didn't have to). No special forces selected, just the guys that were tagging along all the time. The trick was to avoid the huge army in the middle, by going right with my whole army, through the woods. The first two fortresses are child's play. The last one has a lot of knights, BUT as you approach from the other direction they never get a chance to scramble before I kick the guard out of the fortress and sneak a goblin inside.

bigmit37 · #2 03-09-2008, 01:04 AM

Man the orc missions are kicking my butt! I think I am at the 4th mission...And I keep losing units...

I am afraid of the amount of trouble I am going to have with this mission.

domze · #3 03-10-2008, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by bigmit37

Man the orc missions are kicking my butt! I think I am at the 4th mission...And I keep losing units...

I am afraid of the amount of trouble I am going to have with this mission.

I regard losing more than one unit as a sign that I adapted a wrong strategy somewhere. The most common misstake I made in the Orc campaign was to split my forces. There was only one mission where splitting forces worked to my advantage, in all the others - keep them together or they'll die.

bigmit37 · #4 03-10-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by domze

I regard losing more than one unit as a sign that I adapted a wrong strategy somewhere. The most common misstake I made in the Orc campaign was to split my forces. There was only one mission where splitting forces worked to my advantage, in all the others - keep them together or they'll die.

Finally beat the mission and wow your right.
I never thought about not splitting my army. Going to try it out.

Thank you.

claudio6921 · #5 06-24-2008, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by domze

SPOILER WARNING

I just managed to get gold on normal difficulty (and take the side quest, but that was by luck - the guy simply stumbled upon my forces). I lost one unit, but that was because of my clumsiness (I risked him though I didn't have to). No special forces selected, just the guys that were tagging along all the time. The trick was to avoid the huge army in the middle, by going right with my whole army, through the woods. The first two fortresses are child's play. The last one has a lot of knights, BUT as you approach from the other direction they never get a chance to scramble before I kick the guard out of the fortress and sneak a goblin inside.

i took a different way.
attacked the main castle, put my heavy infantry supported by archers against the cavalry
followed by siege machines and zeppelins.
Once destroyed the cavalry units, i took the castle, and then went for the other two.
Got gold victory and the bonus quest.