My 1st island imp. no loss playthrough - some thoughts and a few tips

[Avo]

First time posting to the forum (long time lurker), so first-hi!

So. I finally did the first island on impossible with no loss. - Even though I were 40 hours in the game with my first char, and had killed everything up to the spider boss I decided to start over, because I had lost units to Arhiman and the necromancer (I thought it was impossible not to). But after reading a bit on the forum, I could see that it was possible (but hard). So I rolled another character, and discovered that only 2 soothseers had spawned. Bummer. Then I made a new character. Woohoo 3 soothseers, but by the time I arrived at Arhiman I had no call of nature scrolls
So I started over again a couple of times. This time I saved, skipped tutorial and ran and looked if 3 soothseers was there. And I think at my 3th or 4th try I got lucky. And before Ahriman I also found 3 call of nature. (I used 2 call of nature for Ahriman, and 1 for the necromancer).

I've seen a lot of people complaining about RNG in regards to no loss. But I actually think it's okay, since it IS called impossible (but I can definately understand why people hate it).

This time I'm doing everything as good as I possible can. I had 24 units killed with rage from the tutorial alone, and 116 units destroyed with rage after the first island. I'm hoping getting the XP boost early will help me in the long run. Also, as soon as I find a god damn "trap" scroll, I'll be getting those alot, to get the awards for those.

Another tip for people trying to beat first island on imp/no loss, is to just constantly try to find the best slot for your units. If you shuffle around, then the opponent will typically open up with other spells etc.

And yes, I absolutely LOVE no-loss even if it means not using all units/etc. - because I think it's really fun finding and improving upon the no-loss strategies.

Also, big love for the steam-save function, since it meant I could start the game at home and continue at my gf's place