rusty island all very strong and lethal
 

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

Doesnt the parrot tell you the password anyhow? i'm farly sure he does.

THen what do we do with the password.. after talking to the parrot. FOr the life of me I cannot remember, but I do remember being asked a password somewhere, but can't remember where.

The is a talking door on Scarlet Wind island. Use the password and it will let you in. There is one tough fight there, but there are 2 guaranteed items in the cave.

AWESOME.. that'll save me alot more running around.

I'll check that door out... cheers,