No loss without kiting - advice plz

[Heroe]

why you guys always emphasize the no loss gameplay? Does the game becomes not interesting if you loose a couple of units in each battle? Whats the big deal???

[loreangelicus]

Originally Posted by Heroe

why you guys always emphasize the no loss gameplay? Does the game becomes not interesting if you loose a couple of units in each battle? Whats the big deal???

To each his own I guess. But you have to admit that it is quite beneficial not to lose any units since:

1) you get to save money to spend on other units and items

2) you get to achieve the no-loss medal quicker

On impossible the advantage of no-loss is even more evident, especially if you are going for a quick game as well (around 7 days) since you really don't have time to be running around replenishing your troop stacks even if you did have money to spend.

[Zechnophobe]

So, assuming 'kiting' means to actually pull immobile troops away from maps, and not like, running around an island grabbing loot willy - nilly:

Royal thorns are great, as are Inquisitors and paladins. This probably isn't news to you. Most of my early game will be something like:

Bowmen,
Royal Snakes
Paladins
Inquisitors
Royal Thorns

Depending on how things go. Your best friend is, as usual, the EGD on Rusty Anchor. A lot of the strategy you will employ is based, however, on the spells and items you have early on. Target? Super helpful. Blind or PHantom? Also quite powerful.

Also, be very careful with how you level up your dragon. You may be able to use Mystic Egg + Ball lightning to win some pretty stupid battles against all melee forces. (Egg summons troops, troops that die and deal damage to generate rage, rage you use to summon more eggs).

[kcwong]

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

So, assuming 'kiting' means to actually pull immobile troops away from maps, and not like, running around an island grabbing loot willy - nilly:

Royal thorns are great, as are Inquisitors and paladins. This probably isn't news to you. Most of my early game will be something like:

Bowmen,
Royal Snakes
Paladins
Inquisitors
Royal Thorns

But not all of those are early units...

Royal snakes require you to beat enemy snakes
Royal thorns is out of reach until you get some more leadership
Paladin is usually only available after you return the amulet from Bolo, some nasty roaming stacks and a big bad boss have to be dealt with.

If you don't kite at all, it will be quite difficult to get that army lineup with no loss.

Bad luck can also contribute to this, I've seen archmage and demonologist stacks even on first few islands. Without kiting to get more leadership and troops you will be in a very difficult position to fight them without loss.

I recently started my first impossible game as a paladin. I am trying to clear the first three islands, but I lost 2 inquisitors in a fight with werewolves. I had to hide away my swordsman and bowman because of the werewolves, and the enemy has one assassin, 2 robbers and 1 pirate. I had 4 royal thorns, 27 or so royal snakes and inquisitors. Sadly Bolo only has ancient bears, berserkers and barbarians.

[mare911]

Originally Posted by kcwong

But not all of those are early units...

Royal snakes require you to beat enemy snakes
Royal thorns is out of reach until you get some more leadership
Paladin is usually only available after you return the amulet from Bolo, some nasty roaming stacks and a big bad boss have to be dealt with.

If you don't kite at all, it will be quite difficult to get that army lineup with no loss.

Royal snakes are pretty easy fight even with stock troops except if you rush to it too soon
Royal thorns/cyclops are too expensive to start with (from my experience so far)
Paladins are out of picture early on because with no kiting you cant get stone from Bolo (on early lvls)

I am trying with repair/guard droids now and so far battles are manageable (well, maybe with few tries per battle)