Two Things

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Originally Posted by Jokubas

I really like King's Bounty: The Legend, but there are a couple of things that drive me so crazy, I'm ready to give up on the game. Before I consider buying Armored Princess, I want to know if these things have been addressed.

1. No Constant, Guaranteed Supply of Troops
I was afraid to fight pretty much anything in The Legend, because I knew I'd inevitably lose troops. At first I didn't think anything of it, until I realized the vendors I was buying from had a limited supply. After that point, I resorted to using weaker, more easily replaceable units and started avoiding every possible battle I could to conserve troops.

2. Major Jumps in Difficulty in Main Quest
I think this one might be partially as a result of my first concern, but it's the main reason I'm stuck in The Legend. Every time I finally start to make progress in the story, they send me to a new area where everything is suddenly "Overpowering" or "Impossible" and I'm left wondering what I need to do to catch up. I'm definitely going to play Armored Princess on easy if I get it, that's for sure.

By the way, if anyone has advice for those problems in The Legend, I'd appreciate it.

To be frank, your problem is your own tactics, not the game being too hard. The game isn't that hard, as others have said. Try clicking autobattle once in a while and see how badly the AI does. What happens? The AI sucks. It will lose far more of your units than you should be able to do yourself. Why? Because the AI plunges straight forward, engaging with the enemy in the style of the film 'Braveheart.' You don't want to do that, unless you have an overwhelming advantage in troops. To cut down on troop losses, there are a number of things you can do:

1. Create cannon fodder

- the Phantom spell, Royal Thorns spawning Thorns, Royal Griffins (in Armored Princess) spawning Griffins, and many more. Use these summoned troops to slow the enemy while you pick them off with your real army.

2. Have a super tough 'tank' stack, and other ranged stacks.

- Choose one type of unit that is suited to melee combat. Griffins were good for this in The Legend, but I also used Horsemen a lot because of their speed. You want to 'buff' this unit as much as possible using spells like Stone Skin or Magic Spring. You could use Target instead if you want to draw the enemy's attention, but I usually didn't do this. Apparently Giants + Target is an awesome combination. You can also use other units to supplement this unit, e.g. Archmage's Magic Shield ability. Then you have a super strong tank that absorbs hits for you with a minimum of losses. Glot's Armor is your friend too in The Legend.

3. Slow the enemy

Trap is great for this, because the enemy loses all action points and takes damage too. Great for grids where there are chokepoints. I didn't use Slow much, but there's always that. Anything that freezes the enemy can be useful here. Basically, you don't want the enemy engaging your troops en masse in melee fighting. Every time you lose 1 unit from 1 stack you should regard this as a failure that needs to be fixed next time.