OvidiuG said:

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There are more than 100 pages of strategies in this thread and in the older version one , which can be checked via a link in the 1st page of this one.

basically it depends on your general pace and faction, also on the difficulty chosen and your general experience on dealing with these kind of maps.

I finished the map as Master of Wealth once, around month 12 with a huge army, something like the one posted by master, and twice as master of speed.

Now what I do as MoS

-Move fast, invest constantly in movement points at royal stables
- use secondary heroes for bank clears or some neutral legions clear-ups
-populate mines with guarding Arch Devils because gold is scarce for MoS in the begining
- clear banks, all, before every reset, and utopias, also go for max number of fights (fights won mean more special level ups)
- mithril goes into devils (take atack and return , immunity 3 and fire immunity asap, also reduce defense, convert first 6 towns asap,  when devils require protection take efreets with ya having resurrect and additional casts. Genies can be very handy , especially in the first fights.
once I have these abilities I start investing in damage for Arch Devils, as much as possible as fast as possible. my aim is to have devils on 120 dmg by the time I reach Zydar, otherwise he is trouble.
clear cave of gods , always and aim for water bonus asap. once you have water bonus MoS will shine on linking many bank clears in same day, which will lead to 1500+ mithril taken in that day. My personal best is up to 77mithril (71 banks in 1 day) in month 6 , I am sure it can be better.
-once you get more than 7k demons and devils are close to dmg cap I start investing in demons dmg.They will be weak 1st as they will require additional abilities, like Haste enchant, double dmg , fear etc..(Fear can be usefull early on on Devils) also some speed but they will be decoy and will eat some dmg out of Arch devils , make sure you have enough mana to get em up. by the time you pass 15 k demons and 50 dmg they will become a force , by the end of the map they will be unstoppable
-there are side quests during your progress who can provide a hefty amount of mithril (Serena death, Angel Gabriel quest or answering the sphinx questions), you might wanna check for those

Imo, this map is about controlling its 1st half. Once you beat Aine you're powerful enough not to worry to much, but this is like 60% to completion. I won fights also by playing Chinese style (reload if not morale in 1st round) (I speak for Zydar here, Serena or Risa) Also I speak as someone who finished this 3 times, so I know it's secrets (even tough I discovered some new details in my last play ), I will let you discover the strategies. It's well worth it.

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master_learn said:

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[sidenote]Well,you continue to post 3 times in a row and your post count is already negative,congrats!
And you could use post reply insted of quoting.[/end of sidenote]

When your imps have 16 health and in the meantime your have air bonus,every imp becomes a demon.(the rings of vitality and health play a role in that)

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toolan said:

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I found out that by giving the Familiars 22hp and have Ring of Vitality & Ring of Life equipped I don't even have to train my Familiars to rank 1 for a perfect 1 to 1 ratio..

Tried alot of combos, 20hp I have to train them to rank 2 for 1/1
21hp rank 1 for 1/1..but am sure y'all pobably know all this

Just had to blow a good hour + on this, instead of advancing the game,
but I sure am glad to have found it out right in the get go
could have wasted alot of gold on this!!

I think this is very important, and am not sure if there is any info about it somewhere, all I remember reading in the help section is to set the HP on Familiars on 16!! BAH have to rank'em up to ACE level if HP is on 16.

Sometimes it pays of to be a perfectionist! but it sure takes so much longer to advance

One question though? Can Vail of lifeblood be found on this map? and how far in game if so?

btw, would be insteresting to hear how you guys farm? Is there a better way to farm to minimize gold loss?

happy gaming y'all

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toolan said:

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Mithril is very scarce you are probably right, but I remember last time I played this map (2years ago) there was a cave. Am not sure if it's called dragon cave, but it's to the right side of Ignatius. I just used to put a teleport shrine next to it and one next to an oasis and keep battling them, and then sell the artefacts to artefact market.
I thought it was a grate place for boosting up mithril, but it was very time consuming

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OvidiuG said:

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use quick battle resolve in game options or press auto combat and "yes" when you're asked to resolve it instantly

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