This is certainly living up to it's reputation for me
I can't get the Verona map on Bola as my army is weak. I have level 3 order magic and can cast an ancient phoenix and also a lvl1 phantom. My Mage is lvl 12 3/3/11 stats and any army is lethal basically lol
EDIT
Did it! 150 odd R Snakes and 4 packs of 75 Ancient Bears were the problem, but no more. I had over 100k of gold so bought the +20mana painting and R Snakes. Killed the zombie hero on Scarlet in the cave and got a mythrill shield! +8 defense and I was lvl 12 and he was lvl 20 then the fight was still very difficult but with my Magic Eggs and Ancient Phoenix I managed the crowd of Bears and chipped away at them with phantom on the snakes.
Happy Days