Surviving on Impossible

[Dorkus]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

Okay, the game is finally getting quite challenging at around level 25/26. I am finding that there are lots of enemies listed as Overwhelming or Impossible. This is with 19,000 leadership. I haven't been able to fully clear out the Land of the Dead or Demonis as yet for this reason, even though I have completed the main quests there. It's actually a bit sad that the main quest fights are easier than the ordinary ones.

In Haas' Labyrinth, the 7 dragons are listed as Impossible. I just beat one fairly easily though using my 'all elf' team (Hunters, Elves, Lake Fairies, Sprites, Dryads). Unfortunately, there are no hordes of Lake Fairies or Dryads so I am having to use Sacrifice in the Gremlin castle to replenish my stacks. This is going to be quite boring and time consuming. I spend a lot of time waiting for mana to regenerate...

It would be better if I had the dwarven telescope for the archers and the elf wife, but no matter. One of Haas' dragons had two stacks of 360 Knights each. But they were easily killed with slow/Sprites etc. I had wanted to finish the game in around 30 days but all the stuffing around trying to clear out Demonis and the Land of the Dead has meant it's day 34 already.

Oh and I have 2.2 million gold, so it's just a matter of time....

I think it's always a good idea to leave some random enemies wandering around in the early stages. 20 exp ultimately means nothing in the scheme of things, and those initial weak enemy stacks are invaluable for sacrificing, building rage for tournament or item battles, and running the table on items that have some battle requirements (pain skull, ancient amulet, etc)

I share the completionist instinct, but in this game it's an instinct that does not serve you well.

[Zhuangzi]

I win.

I got bored by level 28, so I rushed through to the end. It's pretty funny that the 'boss fights' are very easy compared to the Overwhelming and Impossible stacks wandering around, but there it is.

I finished on day 36 with over 2 million gold. Score of 1274. However, there were HEAPS of things I didn't do this time, like close the Demon portal, completely clear out the Land of the Dead and the Gremlin Castle, and I virtually didn't touch anything in Murock at all. So I probably would have finished on level 30 at about day 40-42 if I could have been bothered.

Looking at the stats, it is no surprise that I killed stuff with spells (51%), troops (46%) and rage only 3% I barely used the ragebox at all towards the end, only Soul Drain. My best unit was Sprites with a massive 21.3% of total kills! When you consider I only reached Ellinia at level 19, you can see how overpowered a big stack of Sprites/Lake Fairies with Anga' Ring equipped is.

For the final fight I had red, green and black dragons, Sprites and Horsemen. I nuked them on turn 1 and finished on turn 2. Talk about anticlimax.

I think this thread has proved that not only is this game possible on Impossible as a Mage, it's not even that hard. I thought I would struggle with money but I had over 2 million gold at the end, and I wasted a lot on Armageddon when I couldn't be bothered to fight properly. So money just isn't an issue for a Mage, period.

I've really had enough of King's Bounty for now. I need a rest.

[Eldritch]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

I've really had enough of King's Bounty for now. I need a rest.

Now go play some heroes3+wog! I sense it's time for a replay in your case. It could result in an overdose though... A turn-based overdose.

[Zhuangzi]

I've got The Witcher: Enhanced Edition which I bought FOUR WEEKS AGO and I'm still in the prologue. Also Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. So I think it's RPG time.

[Eldritch]

Don't forget to get wesp's fan patch for bloodlines. That is one awesome but rushed game with millions of bugs and unfinished features.(Especially the clan perks/histories a la fallout) The tragic death knell of the holy Troika. Still, they pulled through an amazing writing and atmosphere under Brian Mitsoda.

I'm plannin on gettin TW too. Too much hype with that game Can't resist it...

[ThyrsaM]

Great going...

[bman654]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

I've got The Witcher: Enhanced Edition which I bought FOUR WEEKS AGO and I'm still in the prologue. Also Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. So I think it's RPG time.

heh I am alternating between TWEE and KBtL. I just made it to chapter 2 of TWEE.

[kennec]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

I've got The Witcher: Enhanced Edition which I bought FOUR WEEKS AGO and I'm still in the prologue. Also Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. So I think it's RPG time.

i am still suck in land of death with my paladin at lvl 22. havent been motivated to play when fights takes 20 min at least to finish.

[laffwis]

i've a question. do you have any problems to reach a higher level since you need far more xp on "impossible mode". i'm playing with a mage now and am still in darion, everything is going smooth but i think i get too little xp to reach level 10 before going to freedom islands which i used to have when playing on "normal mode".

and also a question to leadership. when should i start to go for leadership when leveling up? i'm at level 7 now and have only about 1700 including the flag which gives me 800. so my base leadership is only about 900 and thats really very little.

thanks for any suggestions

[Zhuangzi]

Thanks Eldritch for the tip re: Bloodlines patch. Got it now.

Laffwis, no it scales appropriately. Enemy stacks are 170% bigger and levels take 170% more experience, so it balances out. From memory, I am always around level 9, not 10, when reaching Freedom Isles so you are doing the right thing.

I would go for leadership all the time. IMO Attack and Defense modifiers are somewhat overrated. My order of preference (as a Mage) would be:

1. Leadership
2. Intellect
3. Mana
4. Attack
5. Defense
6. Rage