My experience on Impossible

[dli2k3]

Finally finished on Impossible last weekend, first time I finish the game as well. Pretty low score due to the fact I took too many days switching between regions. But, I killed everything that could be killed and completed every quest that I believe can be found. Was surprised I still didn't achieve lvl 30 : ( I have 1 point into "Learning" and put it as soon as possible in the game to maximize the effect.

Money wasn't an issue in my game, finished with more than 2.5 millions even after I bought most of the artifacts from stores. Basically I bought anything that was part of a set. I had 1 point in trophy and trade.

As for magic crystals, it wasn't possible to upgrade all spells to lvl 3 even with alchemy at lvl 3 before scribing any spells. Also, it might be luck, but I found at least one scroll for every spell in the game. Maybe the random generator always generate a scroll of a spell in the game?

As for strategy, maybe someone else already thought of this, but I found that in the later part of the game. A good strategy for mage is to go into battle with only 1 set of unit and use the armageddon/ressurection combo with glot armor on whenever possible. With only 1 set of unit, it's easy to res them and minimize losses. I used knights, because there was a horde available and they are highly resistant to physical attack. With this strategy, I lost like 6 knights fighting all 7 incarnation of Haas in the labyrinth and it's quite fun to play since sometimes it can be challenging to keep the knights alive. In order for this to work, you'll need to prioritize intellect over anything else and have a large pool of mana (fenora wife with 30% mana child really helps). If towards the end of a battle, there's no more mana and the knights are not fully resed, I would used rage draining and chargers rage skills to replenish mana while evading enemies (I always keep some melee enemies with speed of 2 alive).

Anyway, this game has been the best I played in a long long time and I think I'll restart another game and improve my score this time. Does anyone have tips to minimize the number of expiring days?