Beating the game without any unit losses (Paladin)

[Ryder]

I finished an impossible Paladin game with no losses last night. You can complete a stack of quests before you even start fighting. On another thread I named 22 quests you can do with only fighting the Robbers and the Turtle.

Dismissing units doesnt count, only losses in battles count. I had some evlins eat some of my army and they didnt count.

Because I dont start fighting until I'm about level 6 it makes the battles alot easier as my army is pretty good. You should go to the Alchemist guy in the Marshan Swamp and get some Alchemists off him, they are great for early in the game. Also, when you recieve the potion from the witch to blow up his little chemistry set, make sure you 'use it', the result is quite funny. (If you havent done so before).

My army for most of the early part of the game was Archers, Inquisitors, Griffins, Alchemists and Evil Beholders (from Western Islands).

[Zuvio]

Just make sure that after each battle you do not have any units in the losses screen. So sacrifice + resurrection does not give you unit losses.

[Razorflame]

aren't there alot of thread already about games without unit losses?

first thing u need is ALOT of patience

if you do the sacri+resu+magic spring trick

and by not killling the dragon u lose alot of XP

and besides do the trials work on the actual game?

since it's a tutorial

[Chase]

@ Ryder: Thanks for the starter advices. Initially I had some problems around lvl 1-2 so I just went around and did quests until I was level 4. Then I started picking off the weaker units. So your advice helped alot. I will also pick up alchemists, but Im unsure where to sub them in to my current setup .

@ Zuvio: Yeah I am currently. Res have helped me alot and Im unsure if I could do it this "easily" as a mage or a warrior .

@ Razorflame: Yes I noticed a few of them after I made my post. Im still new to the forums so I had a hard time navigating as all the information is a bit spread out . Im also not sure if losses in the tutorial count, but even tho the dragon is a good chunk og xp it would be horrible to beat the rest of the game without any losses only to find that those 2 units you lost on the dragon did count. As for patience Ive had to reload a few times. Especially on the werewolf "boss" as they managed to rush me and infect my archers. But I got there in the end .

Progress:
Im now level 5 and Ive cleared out 1/3rd of the continent and completed 15 quests. I currently use Horsemen, Griffins, Archers, Priests and Archmages. I found a tactic that works well for me now and its sending the the Horsemen with Priest bless and Archmage shield in for soaking. The Griffin is support in the back and my casters buff the Horsemen or dps the closest target. I havent been able to find Royal Snakes yet as they arent in any of the normal locations, so Ive had a bit of bad luck there. But I found 300 griffins at the guy who keep the frogs as slaves so I hit some luck there.

I really enjoy playing my paladin this way and I would advice more people to try it out. Probably the most fun Ive had with a character initially, but it does require alot of thinking and some reloading .

I also found the +1 speed snake boots so I wish I had some luck with the royal snakes soon. But Im not sure where I would fit them in my current setup. Same goes with Alchemists. I HAVE to fit the Royal snakes tho as they are my mid game strategy with the frog wife and especially now that I found the boots.

Im also going for Inq's in the mind tree by puting 1 point into everything and Im only a few levels off. I have so many viable strategies to try out that I just cant wait to get home and play more .

Btw could the frog wife be bugged for me? She doesnt want to talk to me except to say "quack quack". Or do I have to trigger her somehow? I dont think I had to do that in any of my previous games, but I dunno.

Anyhow Ill keep posting about my progress if people are interested . Thanks for all the advice so far!

[Razorflame]

a bad unit choice if u ask me

furthermore before the frog wife talks to you, you need to go to the arlania castle and start the quest there

[Chase]

How is it a bad unit choice? Im very open for input

[Ryder]

I hate Archmages, I feel they offer nothing. I dont think you get 'bang for your buck' so to speak.

You might be able to get some Royal Snakes in the cave in Arlania (Snakes Underground). See witch Helga, I reckon she'll sort you out. It's the first right passed the Magic Range.