In his own words...
It was a difficult 2 day game (we had to save and continue later on) for me and hopefully for Melciar. (tl;dr version down below)
My Draconian warlord was just starting to get his forces together when at day 20 Melciar’s orcish hordes invaded the only city he had. Having significant problems with mana income, without even basic walls he repelled the early advance of Orc Theocrat taking heavy casualties.
Despite that he managed to make a quick territorial advance and with little gold that he saved he built another city, close to his capital within the reach to some resources.
As things were seemingly starting to get better another wave of Shamans, Forge Priests and Cherubs invaded his tiny kingdom. He made a tactical decision to retreat to the capital leaving the newly built outpost to Melciar’s fate recruiting militia on the way. This time Draconian Warlord was prepared slightly better, amassing some troops (berserkers, flamers and hatchlings). Though mana income was still a problem a newly built wooden wall proved to be vital in this battle.
Over and over joined forces of orc and dwarf clerics tried to breach the wall (with the help of giant beetles) to no avail until the enemy hero was slain in one of the more riskier advances and the rest of Melciar troops retreated, only proving that good tactics and some luck can overturn even bad odds.
Quickly counterattacking battered Draconian forces defeated the attackers and advanced to the bottleneck leading to their domain. With the only passage relatively secured, they had enough time to build truly remarkable (size-wised) army while taking a risky expedition to Dragon Dwelling in hope to acquire some Dragon volunteers to their army. The risky expedition turned successful and 2 dragons joined draconian ever-growing army.
With huge army and 2 dragons it was only a matter of time when they showed up near the enemy’s capital.
But Melciar wasn’t going to make it easy and in turn brought Giant to assist him.
But now the size was on Draconians side and this time it mattered.
After this victory the Zealous Orc’s fate was sealed.
Marcus (Draconian Warlord) vs. Melciar (Orc Theocrat).
Victory: Marcus
tl;dr
I found myself at disadvantage too often (lacking mana, scouts or any way to affect forge priest’s fire resistance) and won mostly due to the in-combat tactics (twice) and some luck. Melciar showed serious tactic skills and pity I wasn’t able to record our first 2 major battles that literally lasted for hours.
Definitely one of the best games I had so far.
P.S.
AoW3 needs working print-screen button.
Some screens I managed to take if someone interested:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b86rblonnw6m6c9/AABqF-sZbeBiM0Cw37TN5hdFa
My Draconian warlord was just starting to get his forces together when at day 20 Melciar’s orcish hordes invaded the only city he had. Having significant problems with mana income, without even basic walls he repelled the early advance of Orc Theocrat taking heavy casualties.
Despite that he managed to make a quick territorial advance and with little gold that he saved he built another city, close to his capital within the reach to some resources.
As things were seemingly starting to get better another wave of Shamans, Forge Priests and Cherubs invaded his tiny kingdom. He made a tactical decision to retreat to the capital leaving the newly built outpost to Melciar’s fate recruiting militia on the way. This time Draconian Warlord was prepared slightly better, amassing some troops (berserkers, flamers and hatchlings). Though mana income was still a problem a newly built wooden wall proved to be vital in this battle.
Over and over joined forces of orc and dwarf clerics tried to breach the wall (with the help of giant beetles) to no avail until the enemy hero was slain in one of the more riskier advances and the rest of Melciar troops retreated, only proving that good tactics and some luck can overturn even bad odds.
Quickly counterattacking battered Draconian forces defeated the attackers and advanced to the bottleneck leading to their domain. With the only passage relatively secured, they had enough time to build truly remarkable (size-wised) army while taking a risky expedition to Dragon Dwelling in hope to acquire some Dragon volunteers to their army. The risky expedition turned successful and 2 dragons joined draconian ever-growing army.
With huge army and 2 dragons it was only a matter of time when they showed up near the enemy’s capital.
But Melciar wasn’t going to make it easy and in turn brought Giant to assist him.
But now the size was on Draconians side and this time it mattered.
After this victory the Zealous Orc’s fate was sealed.
Marcus (Draconian Warlord) vs. Melciar (Orc Theocrat).
Victory: Marcus
tl;dr
I found myself at disadvantage too often (lacking mana, scouts or any way to affect forge priest’s fire resistance) and won mostly due to the in-combat tactics (twice) and some luck. Melciar showed serious tactic skills and pity I wasn’t able to record our first 2 major battles that literally lasted for hours.
Definitely one of the best games I had so far.
P.S.
AoW3 needs working print-screen button.
Some screens I managed to take if someone interested:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b86rblonnw6m6c9/AABqF-sZbeBiM0Cw37TN5hdFa