First Human Book of Arkain (Patch 1.29.2 or newer!)

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Moderator: StoPCampinGn00b version 1.01 Legends of Arkain First Human Book by Shar Dundred RATINGS [COLOR=white [COLOR=white Scores[/COLOR]] Gameplay: 27/30 Terrain & Aesthetics: 13/20 Total Score: 40/50 Explanation[/COLOR]]5 Stars: 47+ 4 Stars: 40-47 3 Stars: 25-39 2 Stars: 10-24 1 Stars: 1-9 CRITIQUE Gameplay: (No spoilers included!) This campaign resembles Warcraft III campaigns but with more emphasis on RTS and slightly bigger battles. It's not short at all, missions can take around an hour. Many units, buildings, and abilities are basically customized versions of default units, buildings, and abilities, but it helps add some familiarity and ease in getting used to this campaign. It isn't only build an army and fight, there numerous side quests that are fun tasks including catching that damn emissary! The AI was really fun to fight against and fight along with, I had no problems with them. Story wise, it's quite interesting! I've only played three chapters plus the prologue, but so far the dialogue has minimal grammar and spelling mistakes (besides a few out of place commas) and they capture the players attention. It is a little funny to see words like whatever, moron, and totally in this medieval themed campaign. Overall, you've put together polished blizzard themed gameplay with your own twist, gameplay and story wise. 27/30 ​ Terrain & Aesthetics: The terrain isn't anything special in this map. The pathways looked great as they complemented the environments around it, but there are a few plain areas that can use a little more tile mixing and a little more height leveling. Cliff usage was nicely executed, it doesn't look excessive and out of place. The map doesn't look scarce, there are a few doodads and decorations across the entirety of the maps. The cinematics aren't decorative enough, at least make them look prettier than the regular maps. 13/20 ​ VERDICT The only way a map can be approved is if it follows the map submission rules that apply to the map type. - All rules followed, map approved! ​ NOTES Feel free to contact me about this review on this map page OR message me about anything. (+2) reputation points for taking your time to upload this map to Hive.

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[Shar Dundred]

Cheats in this campaign are not disabled, but they aren't supported. If you cheat and encounter any bugs because of that, I won't fix that. There are no known major issues so far, this is just an ordinary announcement.

Tips

Some tips from Kasrkin, the Chief Development Tester of this campaign, for the harder chapters.

Tips

Chapter Five

-You don't have to clear the forest right away, you can come back with more troops.
-Build more towers immediately.
-Build a town hall at the forest mine as soon as you can and build more towers, air units will attack.
-Choose an ally right away and help that ally but keep in mind that they're an excellent distraction as well.
-This mission is going to take a while so remember to save a lot, grab some snacks, go make yourself a hot meal, grab a couple of drinks do any of these things really. Like I said it's going to take a while so don't go crazy over it.
-You are fighting three armies at once so don't expect to make progress every time you attack.
-Prioritize targets: Heroes come first then their armies, next aim for castles and every worker you see, then you can focus on unit production buildings. Of course this depends on the situation.
-When you destroy a traitor faction completely move in and build a base, their mines have more gold than yours.
-Be careful the AI has a tendency to rebuild if you'll let them and on this mission that will drive you crazy.
-Orange has a very spread out base destroy it all
-Green likes to train heavy cavalry prepare accordingly
-Yellow trains mostly demons have spellbreakers to counter them

Chapter Nine

-Ivory towers are your friend
-Spam workers with auto repair
-Build a satellite base as soon as you can, and build more workers and towers
-Don't cut down too many of the trees near your base
-Always have troops near the main base
-As soon as an AI is killed build a town hall for more gold DO IT
-Help the elves when they attack even if it might kill you
-Use the spy drones, don't ignore the hint they're your early warning system.

Author's Notes

Some of my thoughts and plans. (includes spoilers)

Plans

Kasrkin Mode

This is a mode that will be added later. It's supposed to be an additional difficulty for all, who think that Hard is too easy.
The name comes from Kasrkin (who would have guessed that?) who tested the campaign. The idea came when he said that Had was too easy.
I'm not COMPLETELY sure how it will look like later, but it's planned to make the campaign really hard.

Backgrounds

Aedale's Corruption

Some of you may have played the Secret Chapter and have seen something about this. Others haven't and don't know a thing. This is the complete truth about Aedale's past - whether you like it or not.
Aedale grew up in a noble family as the youngest child with both some brothers and sisters. Her father is a proud officer of the Imperial Army and her mother a popular noble woman. Her brothers and sisters are all either mages or soldiers. They all managed to become officers and she has always been under pressure and was compared to her siblings - and since she had potential but didn't find a way to use it, she never got the attention her parents gave to their other children. She was considered to be too weak to be useful for the army and was supposed to marry some noble and become his faithful wife.
Only because of her teachers, she wasn't called back from her studies. When she volunteered to join the Imperial Army in the kingdoms, her parents were quite upset. They wanted her to stay behind and let her siblings do the fighting - so that their legacy would survive in case the other children would die. After a long - and LOUD - conversation, Aedale left her parents and joined the Imperial Army - she didn't want to come back.
On the journey to the kingdoms, she had to realize that the soldiers were skeptical of the young mage who joined the army only some weeks ago. She became possessed by the wish to show them what she was capable of - if not her parents, the army should be the ones who see how she unfolds her potential.
The following part is only for those who played the Secret Chapter.

Spoiler

Lisara perverted Aedale's memories and made it look even worse. She made Aedale think that only together she'd be able to prove herself. A corrupted Aedale would even kill her very own father if he showed up - Lisara's influence filled Aedale with hatred towards her whole family.

Rebirth

Rebirth

It was a clear night. The wind was picking up, making the leaves rustle while the light of the moon revealed everything on the ground. Everything, especially the remains of those who were fighting at this place days ago. Betrayed by their own king, these brave soldiers of humanity were sent to their deaths because their king became paranoid.
King Uras the Fifth of Rendar, the richest realm of the Seven Kingdoms, called "Defender of Mankind". He sent two thousand soldiers to their deaths because he thought that their leader was plotting against him, because his advisors told him to get rid of him, because this one leader, who was more loyal than the whole council of the king, was more popular than he himself. The moonlight showed who this "Defender of Mankind" really was: A murderer, a madman. A traitor.
The troops had hold their position for several days before they were overwhelmed by the Demons who inhabited this place. Demons, the most wicked and vile creatures that ever existed. There has been no month without a battle against these creatures, no week without waiting for them to attack, no day without being reminded of their trickery and their evil sorcery. They say, a single Demon might be capable of destroying a whole village if not opposed by true warriors. But what are the Demons compared to the schemes of humanity? The intrigues of mankind are already destroying the whole race from the inside, even without the Demons attacking the Kingdoms. The next real invasion of any other race would destroy humanity easily at its current state. Luckily, for the survivors of the clashes that take place before that happens, it might still take centuries before the next real invasion occurs. The Demons have a strange way of acting and the other races have other problems to deal with. Humanity is lucky. That's the only reason why it still exists.
A heavy breath. One of the fighters has survived the battle, heavily wounded. He can feel as life forsakes his body and as he slowly leaves this plane of existence. Only thanks to him and the healers, the soldiers managed to survive that long in this god-forsaken place. He looks around at his fallen comrades, feeling both endless shame and rage at the same time. When that big Demon's strike hit him, he realized that he had been a fool.
The king whose orders he obeyed, let him run into death. The man knew that the king became obsessed with the thought that he was to be replaced, but he didn’t think that it would make him even consider such actions. He was too blind to see what his king had become. That's at least what he wished to be the reason. Actually, he knew the truth: He didn't WANT TO see it! He didn't want to believe that the fear of the king would get the better of him. This was the punishment. Death. Ironic that it wasn't too long ago that he saved the life of the king himself. Now, so many had to die because of the madness of this king. The man had known these soldiers for years, he fought at their side countless times. Now, thanks to the king, they were dead. The man wouldn't have been surprised if some evil god with a twisted sense of humor was laughing right now, while watching him, suffering the pain and waiting for the end.
No, it wouldn't end like this! The man wouldn't ALLOW himself to die just like that! He would return to his king, spit in his face and kill him the most slow and painful way he could think of! This "Defender of Mankind" would suffer for the betrayal of his own kind! His family and advisors would be annihilated, just like the king annihilated all the soldiers here for his mere envy! No one would be able to escape revenge!
The man gathered the tiny bit of magic that still remained in his body and tried to give himself the power to stand up. He didn't care about the consequences, he just wanted to stand up and take revenge! He screamed in pure rage and bitterness. The magic exploded. The man could feel the life abandon his life, leaving him for good, but he was still there. He could feel new strength, his might returning to him, making him even more powerful than he was before. The man stood up, slowly walking away from this place of death. The king shall regret the day, he decided to betray his own kind. For from now on, his time would be over.

For days, the man walked through the forests and mountains that separated him from his target. He knew every route in the Seven Kingdoms, but no one was supposed to see him. Most likely, they already heard that his men were slain and thought him being dead. The king might even have celebrated this day with one of his concubines. He was everything but faithful. His wife was either too ignorant to see it or just looked the other way, not wanting to feel the agony of being cheated. It didn’t matter. Soon, she'd be dead along with her husband and the bastards who dare calling themselves advisors while they're actually just trying to gain more power. Sadly, this was how politics work. It would never change, but the man didn’t care anymore. He wanted to take care of those who wanted his death. Everything else didn't matter at all.
It was a dark, windy night when the man reached side entrance of the capital city. Three men were guarding it. The king, in all his wisdom, had decided that everyone who tried to enter the capital after midnight, was to be granted no entrance. If they still tried to enter, though, the soldiers were allowed to execute them. According to their banners, the guards were part of the king's personal army. That meant that they were more than ready to just kill anyone trying to enter. They were cruel bastards, but effective in battle. Making them guards instead of sending them to fight in the first line was just another proof of the king's stupidity and another reason why the people hated their king.
After the man left the forest and entered the street to continue his way, it didn't take the guards too long to notice them and prepare for a fight. They could be heard laughing, most likely already looking forward killing someone. The hood of the man hid his face, disabling them to see who he actually was. Just a few more steps and the man would've passed the gate, but the men surrounded him.
"See what we got here, boys. Some old fella trying to get through the gate." laughed the guy in front of the man, who also blocked the path to the gate.
"Never heard of the rules of the king, old man? No one is allowed to enter the cities after midnight. Midnight passed one hour ago, we are allowed to kill you right now. If I were you, I'd be begging for mercy!" another one said. The third man grinned and grabbed the hood of the man.
"Let us see your face before we kill you. Just so we know whose ugly face will never be seen again." he claimed. Then he removed the hood and fell to the ground, screaming both shocked and scared of what he just saw. It must've been the most terrifying thing he has ever seen in his whole life, a living nightmare.
"By the gods, what-" One move with the hand and both he and the first guard turned into ice. Another move. The ice melted in mere seconds. The second guard was about to beg for mercy – the man wondered if that simple minded moron was even capable of understanding the irony of this – but the man just moved his hand again and the guard exploded from the inside. Then he placed his hood back and entered the city. The few in the city, who were still not asleep, didn’t care about the sounds. They got used to the screams of those who were slain by the guards. The man continued his journey, unaffected by the gruesome deaths of these guards, and entered the dirty streets of the city.
No one minded the hooded man who was wandering through the streets, the few people who were still up were either had something illegal in mind, were too busy with their own business or just left the brothels and taverns and were on their way home. No one cared about one more hooded figure in the night.
It didn't take him long to arrive at the royal palace of the king. The man knew the palace like no one else – not even the king knew about all the secret passages that lead inside. The man only had to touch the stone walls. They still reacted to his touch, they opened and revealed the secret way. Only the man could open this secret door. He entered and the walls closed behind him again, as if the secret gate never had been there.

It took the man mere minutes to reach the king’s quarters. He knew this place all too well. He used to wander through these passages almost every week for years. He knew every candle, every guardian, every door, everyone and everything inside this palace. Another move with his arm and the door opened silently, allowing the man to enter. The room was filled with gold, almost everything was made out of it. Even the bed. The man could see that someone lied in the bed, but it was only one person – the queen. The first target. One move would be enough to make her suffer the same fate as the guards, but the man wanted to take revenge and suffer like he did. Some movements and magic surrounded her. She woke up, most likely feeling how her feet started to ache. She looked at the man with horror. He didn't wear his hood anymore and she looked into his dead eyes. She tried to say something, but she couldn't talk anymore. The man had used his magic to silence her. She wouldn't be able to scream as the ache became real pain. She wasn't able to scream when the pain became even worse. Little, summoned insects fed upon her body, eating it from the feet up to her stomach. She still tried to scream when the insects reached her head. The magic also didn’t allow her to die and made her feel through every second of her torment. This was nothing but a tiny bit of the pain the man had to go through. He watched every second of her torment and felt nothing. No happiness, no pleasure, just nothing. It took hours until it ended and the man was quite sure that, very close to the end, the queen realized who he was. In the end, the summoned insects disappeared after they had eaten all flesh, all bones, nothing was left, no trace that she had ever even existed. The man left, unmoved by the cruelty he just commited. He felt no guilt. She was among those who were responsible for his betrayal, there could've been no doubt about it.
The advisors shared a similar fate as the queen, they died, one after another. In the end, only the king himself remained. The man knew exactly where to find the "Defender of Mankind". The quest rooms, one particular guest room. The man could hear laugher, the king had more pleasure in bedding his most exotic guest than his wife. Soon, all three would be united again - in death. He entered the room the same way he entered the others. Nine people had died tonight, soon it’d be eleven. The man closed the door behind him and then broke the king and his lover apart with his magic. They looked at him, both confused and shocked. The king of Rendar and his "company" – the elven queen. It was rumoured that, soon, she'd allow her daughter to take over so she could enjoy her immortal life without ruling the Elven Kingdom. That day would come sooner than she thought. She was a vile woman who only used the Humans to fight her battles for her. The man had many good friends among the Elves, her daughter was said to be more popular than her mother but not to be trusted. The man had met her once. He didn't like her back then. Only time would show, but tonight, the Elves would lose their queen and the people of Rendar would lose their king. The man rose his hand to gather his magic and then pointed at her. A loud crushing. An ice meteor had fell from the sky – it landed directly on the elf and crushed her body completely. The king stared at her, not believing what he just saw. He tried to call the guards, but he was silenced by the same spell the man used on his wife.
This king would die a slow, gruesome death, he would suffer the same pain as the man did. First, the man entangled the king in this bed. Then, he froze the arms of the king while also burning them at the same, creating a magical symbiosis that was both effective and really painful. The king tried to scream but the spell prevented him from doing so. The man removed the insects once they were done eating the feet and used dark magic to make the king feel pain from both the inside and the outside. Feeling endless waves of pain, the king didn’t realize how his blood became corrupted by the dark magic – he was too busy fighting the pain. He had no chance. The man opened his mouth and an unnatural, strange sound, that made the king look at him filled with even more fear than pain, was the last thing, the king would ever hear. His blood began to burn in black flames, slowly killing the king in agony. The deed had been done.
The king and everyone else responsible for the betrayal of the soldiers were dead. Still, the man felt nothing. He left the palace the same way he entered it and also left the city. In a few hours, the people would realize that their king is dead and since he didn't have any heirs, chaos would reign for the next few years. It didn't matter. Nothing mattered anymore. The man disappeared in the forest and, for the first time since days without rest, he stayed at one place. His journey was over, but the man somehow knew that his story wasn't over. This thought was confirmed sooner than he had expected.
"I've been watching your progress with great interest. We should meet, in person." A voice said inside his mind.
"Who are you?" asked the man, his voice sounded strange, not human at all.
"My name is Aridon, I am the guardian of this world. Come to me, Rahandir Drakeskull, and hear me out. You won't regret it."

 

[kakuzu]

Great Shar , you finaly released your campaign , and for your work and dedication you deserve a champagne ! To Shar Dundred !

 

[Heinvers]

Nice, this was a fast release :O'

 

[kakuzu]

Also as i said before , it would be nice if someone would create the Arkain world map

 

[Kasrkin]

Woo, it's done!

And now, I'll have nothing to do... and you didn't use the screenshot... cmon man.

The waiting game until approval begins...

 

[kakuzu]

Woo, it's done!

And now, I'll have nothing to do... and you didn't use the screenshot... cmon man.

The waiting game until approval begins...

Yeah , i hope this will be aproved soon

 

[Deleted member 238589]

Great, it's finally released. I'll get my hands on it as soon as I can, and review it afterwards, as I promised.

 

[istvan921]

Yay it's finally released so good

 

[istvan921]

Originally Posted by Kasrkin View Post
Woo, it's done!

And now, I'll have nothing to do... and you didn't use the screenshot... cmon man.

The waiting game until approval begins...

I hope it aswell that it will be aprroved.

 

[Theoden of KoMe]

Downloading and testing right now mate.I know it's gonna be amazing but i really want to see it with my own eyes.....

 

[youness]

good to release the campaigne faster.

 

[Yrk]

Yehey !, Its release

By the way , Congrats for the fast release

 

[Deleted member 237964]

That campaign gave me chills.It was more than awesome.The choices were awesome and i think i will play this for second time just to see what happens if i chose something different.

5/5 and madly awaiting next book.

Just one suggestion......

Terrain at mission with outpost was pretty bad in my opinion but i bealieve that it can be still fixed.Other things? None.Just awesome! Keep making good work.

Edit: 04.11.14

SPOILER ALERT!


After playing this character for the second time...i've notice two really different bugs.

-In first mission where Demonic artifact shard appeares if i decide not to let Aedale pick the shard...she and other hero will speak dialogues from both choices.Good and bad one.

-In a third mission wit unknown human forces .... i chose not to destroy their base and still the Dreadlord in epilogue chapter said that i've destroyed them without even checking who they used to be.Not sure if it's bug or not.

 

[Shar Dundred]

Surprise

 

[istvan921]

This is a pleasant surprise

 

[Justas]

This campaign is great , only one slight problem, few maps looks empty , not the units empty but with doodles( at few places to much ) , but the story is great and interesting.
4/5

 

[Galles]

Very good campaing, 5/5

 

[Shar Dundred]

I added the first backstory to the first post. Might add more at some point.

@Admiral Proudmoore: I'll take a look at this, thanks for reporting.

@Kasrkin: Yeah, I know. You reported that Epilogue issue as well.

Map updated.

Version 1.01

Epilogue:
- Fixed cache issue

 

[Dreadwing]

Look nice
Gonna test it out

I have a suggestions. Maybe use something from :
-http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/scars-conflict-681/resource-pack-version-1-6-a-195143/
-http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/spells-569/simple-spell-pack-v1-3-a-125407/

 

[Dragunov]

I love the style of the AI. I play this campaign like blizzard campaign.

 

[Skitoritto]

I don't remember when was the last time I had so much fun figuring out how to beat the enemy, good job mate! Finished the first chapter, it was well pretty hard and fun to play. It's pretty scary attacking Orc encampments, as they do not really give a damn about your "pokes", it's bring catapults and footman or you are dead! Looking forward to play the second chapter, once I do I shall post here my thoughts on it, so far it looks and feels pretty amazing .

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

Review finished

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Moderator: StoPCampinGn00b version 1.01 Legends of Arkain First Human Book by Shar Dundred RATINGS Scores Explanation Gameplay: 27/30 Terrain & Aesthetics: 13/20 Total Score: 40/50 5 Stars: 47+ 4 Stars: 40-47 3 Stars: 25-39 2 Stars: 10-24 1 Stars: 1-9 CRITIQUE Gameplay: (No spoilers included!) This campaign resembles Warcraft III campaigns but with more emphasis on RTS and slightly bigger battles. It's not short at all, missions can take around an hour. Many units, buildings, and abilities are basically customized versions of default units, buildings, and abilities, but it helps add some familiarity and ease in getting used to this campaign. It isn't only build an army and fight, there numerous side quests that are fun tasks including catching that damn emissary! The AI was really fun to fight against and fight along with, I had no problems with them. Story wise, it's quite interesting! I've only played three chapters plus the prologue, but so far the dialogue has minimal grammar and spelling mistakes (besides a few out of place commas) and they capture the players attention. It is a little funny to see words like whatever, moron, and totally in this medieval themed campaign. Overall, you've put together polished blizzard themed gameplay with your own twist, gameplay and story wise. 27/30 ​ Terrain & Aesthetics: The terrain isn't anything special in this map. The pathways looked great as they complemented the environments around it, but there are a few plain areas that can use a little more tile mixing and a little more height leveling. Cliff usage was nicely executed, it doesn't look excessive and out of place. The map doesn't look scarce, there are a few doodads and decorations across the entirety of the maps. The cinematics aren't decorative enough, at least make them look prettier than the regular maps. 13/20 ​ VERDICT The only way a map can be approved is if it follows the map submission rules[/URL] that apply to the map type. - All rules followed, map approved! ​ NOTES Feel free to contact me about this review on this map page OR message me about anything. (+2) reputation points for taking your time to upload this map to Hive.

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[Kasrkin]

OH MY GOD EMPEROR IT'S BEEN APPROVED!!!

-Ehm- Yes, yes, don't mind me at all.... *Walks away slowly.*

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

OH MY GOD EMPEROR IT'S BEEN APPROVED!!!

-Ehm- Yes, yes, don't mind me at all.... *Walks away slowly.*

lol

 

[Shar Dundred]

OH MY GOD EMPEROR IT'S BEEN APPROVED!!!

-Ehm- Yes, yes, don't mind me at all.... *Walks away slowly.*

Hehehe.


@SCN: Thanks for the review.

 

[kakuzu]

Another great job of the trial moderator !

 

[tulee]

Shar Dundred, Thank you for keeping Warcraft alive for us who love playing custom campaigns DD

Good job!

 

[istvan921]

Finally it's aprroved yay

 

[Deleted member 237964]

Congrats on map approval.

 

[ga_xjnk]

nice campaign
maybe you want to edit "Demon Hunter" to "Gardon"

 

[Kasrkin]

nice campaign
maybe you want to edit "Demon Hunter" to "Gardon"

*Cries in a very dramatic fashion.*

I'm the worst tester ever!

Thank you for noticing this.

 

[ngxkhoi]

Mission 5 hard mode is impossible to win. The "hired" ally is absolutely good at shitting around, the only new unit is the magical hawks which can easily countered by a few archers or Doomguards, the catapult used to destroy building has the worst "siege damage" of all, and the very poor resources available make the Elven force no chance against countless wave of Infernal, Doom guards, another hot chick just like u and those flying "angry birds" spamming.

Was able to wipe out the first camp (orange one) but the second (green) was always backup by the powerful lev7 Kael'thas and his gang of Golem & dooms, just as the ranger alone wasn't bad enough I kept the war go on until running out of gold even when that mine was the third.

So is it just me the only one who has this matter?

 

[Kasrkin]

Mission 5 is rather annoying, I've only had the patience to complete it normally a few times. The only thing I can say is patience.... cause nothing else is going to work.

I usually made a wall of towers as I advanced and constructed new bases it helped but in the end everything burns the same.

This mission was the one I talked to Shar about most during testing and he still won't add a beneficial unit to the elven roster.

Oh yeah, I usually stopped making swordsmen as the mission went on because they become pretty much useless after orange is killed... also if you still have the elite bodyguards, or got them in the first place, keep them alive they're your heaviest hitters.

 

[Shar Dundred]

This mission was the one I talked to Shar about most during testing and he still won't add a beneficial unit to the elven roster.

Exactly, I won't. ;P


I added the tips Kasrkin provided for the harder chapters to the first post. Perhaps they can help:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/legends-arkain-first-human-book-258996/#post2609791

 

[Nightmare2077]

I've completed mission 1 so far.
No bugs/typos encountered, gameplay is fairly interesting, so good job!

Couple suggestions:
1. Make heroes get less XP from kills. Kinda silly to see them level up instantly and then walk around at current lvl cap.
2. In some cinematics, the black map edge can be seen. Should you decide to fix it, this can to be easily done by enlarging the map.

GL

 

[Joiss9090]

Mission 5 hard mode is impossible to win. The "hired" ally is absolutely good at shitting around, the only new unit is the magical hawks which can easily countered by a few archers or Doomguards, the catapult used to destroy building has the worst "siege damage" of all, and the very poor resources available make the Elven force no chance against countless wave of Infernal, Doom guards, another hot chick just like u and those flying "angry birds" spamming.

Was able to wipe out the first camp (orange one) but the second (green) was always backup by the powerful lev7 Kael'thas and his gang of Golem & dooms, just as the ranger alone wasn't bad enough I kept the war go on until running out of gold even when that mine was the third.

So is it just me the only one who has this matter?

Well I struggled on that one as well... it took me like forever and eventually I got tired of it and just towered up one side of the main base and places some catapults behind the towers then I just used a group of fliers and flew in hit the portal and then I killed defenders if only 1 doomguard or 1 dragonhawk or something like that
if not I just flew down to the towers and Catapults (on the other side of the ledge) and repeat until all the portals/enough of the base is destroyed
Really slow and annoying method but I at least finished it eventually

And the dwarf one I also found pretty difficult (Chapter 9) and darn that AoE spell from that blue Orc hero was strong (and the invisible bat riders was annoying)

 

[Shar Dundred]

I've completed mission 1 so far.
No bugs/typos encountered, gameplay is fairly interesting, so good job!

Thanks!

1. Make heroes get less XP from kills. Kinda silly to see them level up instantly and then walk around at current lvl cap.

Heroes already gain less XP, depending on difficulty:
70% Easy
50% Normal
30% Hard

(and the invisible bat riders was annoying)

Invisible Bat Riders?

 

[Kasrkin]

Invisible Bat Riders?

I think 'e means the non existent not clickable hitbox.

 

[ngxkhoi]

Finally got through mission 5 in 4hs 8 min with some luck, Idk why when I used the Catapult to slowly destroy the building the AI didn't send any troop to defend it (maybe because I took down most of the Farm before so it limited their troop number?), also avoid the buildings which are close to the last base cuz surely they'll send out their army to help.

Mission 9: How can we even launch any attack on the enemies while the only thing we could do is to defend our base?

 

[tiger123]

best custom I have played, great characters great story cool choices, everything i wanted in a campaign and more

 

[Kasrkin]

Finally got through mission 5 in 4hs 8 min with some luck, Idk why when I used the Catapult to slowly destroy the building the AI didn't send any troop to defend it (maybe because I took down most of the Farm before so it limited their troop number?), also avoid the buildings which are close to the last base cuz surely they'll send out their army to help.

Mission 9: How can we even launch any attack on the enemies while the only thing we could do is to defend our base?

With a lot of defenses at your base to weather the storm of enemies, maybe keep a few units at base to kill enemy demos.

Just don't let blue's hero use his ult near your base, everything will die.

 

[Shar Dundred]

Finally got through mission 5 in 4hs 8 min with some luck, Idk why when I used the Catapult to slowly destroy the building the AI didn't send any troop to defend it (maybe because I took down most of the Farm before so it limited their troop number?), also avoid the buildings which are close to the last base cuz surely they'll send out their army to help.

Mission 9: How can we even launch any attack on the enemies while the only thing we could do is to defend our base?

With a lot of defenses at your base to weather the storm of enemies, maybe keep a few units at base to kill enemy demos.

Just don't let blue's hero use his ult near your base, everything will die.

What he said.
I'd also say that destroying the enemies' main buildings will be VERY helpful in this map if you do it the right way - even more helpful than usual.

@tiger123: Thanks, glad you liked it!

 

[MogulKahn]

Niceee, great job mate !

 

[ngxkhoi]

Some more tips I would like to add for the mission 9:

_Defend our base while attacking other camp, like u guys said: massive tower at base and leave some troop (the specific one I would like to recommend is the Gryphon to destroy the Catapult the enemy bring, about 2-3 should be enough & let the tower take care of other though it'll cost u a lot towers to bring them down)
_Tower should be upgraded to both canon & guard tower, 2-3 canon behind to deal with massive troops & guard tower at front
_Riffle-man is also your friend in this mission, cuz the enemies will send quite a lot air units, their light armor & piercing atk are best to counter them without spending too much on repairing & rebuilding towers). Also they're good to attack enemy's bases without getting inside the base like bear-riders.
_A mix of riffle-man (about 10-11), bear-rider (6-7), mortar team (3-4) & your hero, in my opinion, would be the best to attack and to keep yourself at normal upkeep (7 gold/each), this is important at the beginning when u have only 2 mines (the one to the left)
_How to attack: bring a group of worker, start to build an arcane vault, then a bunch of towers in front of enemy's base, the best time to do is after that base just launched an attack, then u will have finished a lot of towers without being attacked & forced to cancel. As the tip said as well, it's best to attack the same time with your Elven ally (with their hero). Let the bears do the tanking with riffle men behind, u can lose all your bears but try to finish most of enemy's units, then let the mortar team & riffle men finish the job, focus any unit that try to kill mortar team.
_I also find building 2 barracks behind the tower to keep training units is quite useful, cuz Dwarf force has no priest (too simple mind to learn complicated human's spells?)

I played quite a lot campaigns but this is the first to give me headache with never ending battle & never ending micro, that's why I'll give it a 4/5. Maybe next time Shar u should consider making something less..... difficult. Of course a challenging campaign is always good, but it should be hard enough for u to feel great after beating, not ..... stressful & exhausted. Jesus I felt like I was set freed after finishing the mission 5 & 9. Still thank you for the campaign, the plot & the choices are great. Your heroes make me feel like the first time playing WC original campaign with Arthas, Uther, Jaina... such a great time.

 

[ga_xjnk]

mission 5 only takes much time, it's not really hard. Only No Upkeep before 2 mines explode I built ~80 towers and they're easy to defend

Gardon is better than the mage (i don't remember her name). I'll try Teran and HighPriest later.
The magical hawks are very very helpful. i only use them and priest to attack (hero and balista to defend)

4h32m with Gardon and 6h10m with the mage... I need sleep lol zzz...

 

[ga_xjnk]

@ngxkhoi: if you have time, maybe you want to hire others in mission 5 (Save/Load before hiring to save time)

 

[ngxkhoi]

mission 5 only takes much time, it's not really hard. Only No Upkeep before 2 mines explode I built ~80 towers and they're easy to defend

Gardon is better than the mage (i don't remember her name). I'll try Teran and HighPriest later.
The magical hawks are very very helpful. i only use them and priest to attack (hero and balista to defend)

4h32m with Gardon and 6h10m with the mage... I need sleep lol zzz...

Taking that much time is the difficulty

Next time re-play, I'll just use the cheat (_ _"

 

[Kasrkin]

Taking that much time is the difficulty

Next time re-play, I'll just use the cheat (_ _"

Yeah, just play it normally once and just use cheats the next time (everyone did it anyways) cept me who had to play it normally a lot for the testing phase so it could be beatable..... still hate that mission Shar.