Some tips for newbie warrior?

[Calinda]

Gatts' tips are awesome, but only for newbies who play on some low difficulty, they simply won't work on impossible. I am still waiting for him to beat my score

[Gatts]

Originally Posted by Calinda

Gatts' tips are awesome, but only for newbies who play on some low difficulty, they simply won't work on impossible. I am still waiting for him to beat my score

I am now level 15 (not a single time I took Leadership, even if according my own tips, I should - " If you have Mana/Leadership, take leadership", but this race is about no Leadership till lvl 15... I am little bit late (finishing freedom islands, day 3) ) some battles were tough... but not tough enough ... I am playing impossible a lot, I just never "rushed" for top score (I enjoyed playing the game)... so after weekend I will come and smash Calindas score...muahahahaha... first time I play for score and I like it...

To BAL Hawk:
1. get the FAN MANUAL (translated to ENG, if you can't read russian ) - be the fan manual you bible (all spells/atrefacts/skills and rage skills are there)
2. Save a lot (not only QUICKSAVE, but da real save... )
3. Try to experience with army combinations, not to be afraid of morale loss, find the most fitting units for your strategy... by this you will also determine your KB strategy...(if you have a lot of HOMM experience, try to ignore all knowledge you have from HOMM, it messed my playstyle in KB, as there are small, but many differences in logic/units/spells etc.)
4. If you don't go for SCORE (my play style) you may search all areas/ land and sea avoiding overpowering or Impossible enemies and STEAL all free lying stuff. (you can use "catch me" tactic, you provoke enemy stack/army to follow you, you are always faster, so you may MANIPULATE their trajectory. By this you can "take" them out of their places, and if you go far away from them, they will stand there with ??? above their heads for few seconds... and slowly return... you can use this time for stealing them blindly)
5. Do learn all skills of your units, as warrior you lack on spells/mana, but many units have usefull skills, learn them, use them
6. Go for BERSERK spell, it will greatly improve the ATT of your units, is cheap (on mana) and will have much more effect than any damage spell (at least if your INT is below 15)... know that even BERSERK rises with your INT thus ... this spell will not make your unit to attack your other units... so if you place BERSERK on your archers, the archers will still attack ENEMY (but you can't choose whom) you can combine this with Dragon Arrows, Precision, Bless and get such amount of damage as you would never dream of.
7. Check for MODS

[Fandango]

Now this is exciting! Who's taking the bets?? I'm putting 175 000 gold and two Might Runes for Gatts!

...and also children, remember to play nice.

[Amiable]

Originally Posted by Gatts

7. Check for MODS

I think its innapropriate to take this challenge with MODS. If you are going to do it it should be unmodded.

[Fandango]

Originally Posted by Amiable

I think its innapropriate to take this challenge with MODS. If you are going to do it it should be unmodded.

If you're referring to the Gatts' top score challenge, no one have said that Gatts is using MODS in his attempt... or maybe I missed something?

[Calinda]

LOL behind my score is some serious theorycrafting, and that is the highest possible score without some form of cheating / modding So his score will be equal in the best case ...

[Gatts]

If I would have level 31, I should get some more points... isn't that right?

[Calinda]

That's right but lvl 30 -> lvl 31 is like 1 mln XP, stilll haven't seen someone finishing at 31, simply there aren't enough battles/XP in the game, even if you try to degrade items and suppress as much as possible.

[Gatts]

Originally Posted by Amiable

I think its innapropriate to take this challenge with MODS. If you are going to do it it should be unmodded.

If you would know there is a MOD that allows you to move your adventure camera further away from target point, you would not go for it?

I would and I was sorry I did not have this MOD from the beginning... there are MODs that REPAIR BUGs for instance... it is handy to have these... so: check the MODS... and decide rather or not use them, but CHECK THEM. My strong advise.

And of course I do not use any MODs in this challenge... not even the camera one... as well I am not using cheats...

[BAL_Hawk]

Originally Posted by Gatts

I am now level 15 (not a single time I took Leadership, even if according my own tips, I should - " If you have Mana/Leadership, take leadership", but this race is about no Leadership till lvl 15... I am little bit late (finishing freedom islands, day 3) ) some battles were tough... but not tough enough ... I am playing impossible a lot, I just never "rushed" for top score (I enjoyed playing the game)... so after weekend I will come and smash Calindas score...muahahahaha... first time I play for score and I like it...

To BAL Hawk:
1. get the FAN MANUAL (translated to ENG, if you can't read russian ) - be the fan manual you bible (all spells/atrefacts/skills and rage skills are there)
2. Save a lot (not only QUICKSAVE, but da real save... )
3. Try to experience with army combinations, not to be afraid of morale loss, find the most fitting units for your strategy... by this you will also determine your KB strategy...(if you have a lot of HOMM experience, try to ignore all knowledge you have from HOMM, it messed my playstyle in KB, as there are small, but many differences in logic/units/spells etc.)
4. If you don't go for SCORE (my play style) you may search all areas/ land and sea avoiding overpowering or Impossible enemies and STEAL all free lying stuff. (you can use "catch me" tactic, you provoke enemy stack/army to follow you, you are always faster, so you may MANIPULATE their trajectory. By this you can "take" them out of their places, and if you go far away from them, they will stand there with ??? above their heads for few seconds... and slowly return... you can use this time for stealing them blindly)
5. Do learn all skills of your units, as warrior you lack on spells/mana, but many units have usefull skills, learn them, use them
6. Go for BERSERK spell, it will greatly improve the ATT of your units, is cheap (on mana) and will have much more effect than any damage spell (at least if your INT is below 15)... know that even BERSERK rises with your INT thus ... this spell will not make your unit to attack your other units... so if you place BERSERK on your archers, the archers will still attack ENEMY (but you can't choose whom) you can combine this with Dragon Arrows, Precision, Bless and get such amount of damage as you would never dream of.
7. Check for MODS

Awesome! I actually played all weekend using your tips. I'm not much of a gamer and am taking it slow. I'm now at level 10 with the warrior. It has been tough not taking leadership, but I've held on.

I've got a question. I just fought the turtle boss and beat him. When I got back to the castle, "guardsman" became available at the knight's temple. What are they good for? Their stats aren't much better than swordsman. Is the morale bonus big? I love my archers (dragon arrows!), and I thought that the morale bonus from guardsman might help them. I just don’t know exactly what it does.

Thanks for the tips Gatts! They really helped!