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Originally Posted by Zuvio
Spells are found random, you may find sacrifice + ressurection + hypnotize in swamp area or you may not find it anywhere in your game. Same with units. Starting out with no inquisitors means no free resses for you. Then you have to revert to zerg tactics and other, reducing your score because you have to go back for troops more often. Calinda's score is so high in part because of his/her luck with found spells (sacrifice) and items (tactics treatise, 2xdragon slayer sword), but still mostly because he/she just knows the game the best. Not having sacrifice and inquisitors in the starting areas probably would hurt the score though.
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It's a bit extreme to say he knows the game the best because it did the best high score. But he certainly know it a lot better than most that is sure.
It's not obvious that there's so many requirements to do this score:
- It's very very rare to not have any inquisitors, is this ever happen in first 4 area? Also you don't need them during character low levels.
- For Treatise well reading Calinda comments it's perhaps one of the rare items required but starting the isles level 10, well I suspect this would not change the final score for players like him. Ok it doesn't only mean start isles level 10 but to do stuff with one level less at some points of the game until the islands or later in the game.
- Resurrect is certainly not required just a good plus.
- I wonder if Gift isn't required too and when, clearly you don't need it until fights get stronger.
- I doubt any other items are required.
But yes, a lot of tactical knowledge is a requirement, as is certainly a lot of patience and dedication.
And yes sacrifice to save walking time is perhaps also a requirement to do the same high score. Inquisitor are clearly required later in the game. I had in mind Gift was more important to have asap in the game but now I realize that Sacrifice could be more important as you'll get enough inquisitors during first part of the game. But with a warrior this is more true because Inquisitor stack will be bigger than for a mage.