I meant before Freedom isles.. oops
Yep, I wanted to play the perfect game, fastest game smallest losses.
I needed mana spring to make that dream a reality, which I didn't get

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I like trying to play with 0 losses, in fact I started playing the game on impossible with 0 losses, so this is first time I've ever played it where I've accepted taking losses to attempt to get a high score.
It's a lot easier game when you can send your troops to there death willy-nilly. I think cursed ghosts make it easier to beat with 0 units lost, as with proper management you don't need to live in fear of them dying and not being able to res em.
Anyway, up to freedom isles and I headed straight for kraken quest doing all quests along the way.
In Darion I had shooting units and swapped horsemen/royal snakes.