How do you feel about doing the medals all over again on each playthrough?

[ckdamascus]

Originally Posted by john_crapper

Is it something you look forward to? Is it something you think "pfff not again" as you think about having to prolong the battle to cast as many spells as possible, but still be wary that a trap needs to deliver the finish, while maintaining no losses?

Me, I dont like it. The no losses medal is entertaining to obtain, and the requirement is not obscenely high, but the spells are absolute horror. As a warrior because of low mana in the first place, but even more so as a mage, because you rely on your spells to win, and you must use them. Which leaves less turns to spam the crappy ones. And you really cant afford to goof around too much on Impossible. And the trap medal is even more vexing to obtain, for reasons obvious to anyone who's done it.

What is I dislike most is that these things prolong battles beyond an unreasonable time. A single battle where you attempt to utilize all you can for the first 10 turns may take a very long time, and there's always the chance that you will hav to redo the whole thing anyway, became, one unit died, your trap was misplaced, you cast a goofy spell, when you should've gone with a more appropriate one.

Thankfully the medals are not required for a highscore, so you may skip them, although their bonuses are helpful to have.

I play my games with the mindset of "best return on my investment in time."

If my game play requires tanking units, I push heavily to get the guardian angel level 3 medal.

If my game play requires traps, I'll max out traps asap. There are ways to facilitate maxing of medals, you just need to plan ahead. e.g. archmages and the dragon push are great ways to force weakened enemies into traps.

There really is NO point in maxing out if you gain zero utility from it.

For example, in my current play through, I don't rely on traps for damage, so I have no trap medals.