Group D/4
Ayenara (Sorcerer) vs Fjordus (Sorcerer)
Report by Ayenara:
Fjordus surrendered on turn 29.
This was almost a complete mirror match with both sides favoring the Draconians. The only difference found was that I had Destruction Adept instead of Water Adept, while we both shared Fire and Creation.
We started opposite eachother on the North/South axis, with me in the south. Immediately north of me I had two Brigand Hideouts with a Berserker in each. These gave me some trouble, and the two closest cities remained neutral and didn’t give me any quests for a long time. Meanwhile we had some minor clashes with various scouts and small sneak attacks, and eventually I managed to get an outpost from a quest.
Fjordus had better treasure sites and an Orc village south of him that he quickly integrated into his empire. This gave him an economic boost that allowed him to field 3 full stacks of various t1 units, Elders, Flamers, Hell Hounds, Phantom Warriors, and two heroes, together with his leader. He found me in the middle of the map right as I was about to squash a scouting wisp of his. Fortunately I manage to see his army before I engaged and quickly retreated, but lost my outpost in the process.
At the time I had one fort and my cap, and my forces amounted to two stacks consisting mostly of my starting army and reinforced with wisps and elders. He followed me to my cap but I managed to build a flamer and two rams, joining my capitols guard force of two chargers. When he arrived inside my domain I had managed to equal atleast the quantity of troops, while he still had the better quality.
He started to contain me and block my treasure sites. This left him exposed as he left a lone wisp next to his stacks. This made it possible for me to deliberately split his forces, leaving his strongest stack, including his leader, out of the larger fight.
The two battles that followed left me with one and a half stack while he lost everything except a wisp that he used to raze my fort. I rounded up my forces and headed to the river, finishing another quest on the way which gave me an elvish village. As fast as I could sail I went for his Orc town. He had 2 stacks, but mine were better leveled and led by my leader and a hero, while his forces were without a commander present.
My two rams quickly opened up his wooden walls while my ranged forces threw fire and lightning. Towards the end, one of my wisps phased in the middle of his four remaining troops and managed to stun them all as they tried to get rid of it. Facing that kind of luck, Fjordus saw that the Age of Wonders gods were not with him today and resigned.
Ayenara (Sorcerer) vs Fjordus (Sorcerer)
Report by Ayenara:
Fjordus surrendered on turn 29.
This was almost a complete mirror match with both sides favoring the Draconians. The only difference found was that I had Destruction Adept instead of Water Adept, while we both shared Fire and Creation.
We started opposite eachother on the North/South axis, with me in the south. Immediately north of me I had two Brigand Hideouts with a Berserker in each. These gave me some trouble, and the two closest cities remained neutral and didn’t give me any quests for a long time. Meanwhile we had some minor clashes with various scouts and small sneak attacks, and eventually I managed to get an outpost from a quest.
Fjordus had better treasure sites and an Orc village south of him that he quickly integrated into his empire. This gave him an economic boost that allowed him to field 3 full stacks of various t1 units, Elders, Flamers, Hell Hounds, Phantom Warriors, and two heroes, together with his leader. He found me in the middle of the map right as I was about to squash a scouting wisp of his. Fortunately I manage to see his army before I engaged and quickly retreated, but lost my outpost in the process.
At the time I had one fort and my cap, and my forces amounted to two stacks consisting mostly of my starting army and reinforced with wisps and elders. He followed me to my cap but I managed to build a flamer and two rams, joining my capitols guard force of two chargers. When he arrived inside my domain I had managed to equal atleast the quantity of troops, while he still had the better quality.
He started to contain me and block my treasure sites. This left him exposed as he left a lone wisp next to his stacks. This made it possible for me to deliberately split his forces, leaving his strongest stack, including his leader, out of the larger fight.
The two battles that followed left me with one and a half stack while he lost everything except a wisp that he used to raze my fort. I rounded up my forces and headed to the river, finishing another quest on the way which gave me an elvish village. As fast as I could sail I went for his Orc town. He had 2 stacks, but mine were better leveled and led by my leader and a hero, while his forces were without a commander present.
My two rams quickly opened up his wooden walls while my ranged forces threw fire and lightning. Towards the end, one of my wisps phased in the middle of his four remaining troops and managed to stun them all as they tried to get rid of it. Facing that kind of luck, Fjordus saw that the Age of Wonders gods were not with him today and resigned.