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Davo
Davo

Tavern Dweller
posted March 03, 2004 08:35 AM



The Way I defeated Hexis was;


Agraynel always seems to go first, so summons some phoenix to move into the middle of the battlefield to act as cannon fodder in case hexis has the next few moves;

Alita Eventide casts vampiric touch on Dogwoggle

Either Bohb of Kozus then teleports Dogwoggle right next to Hexis.

This tends to attract the attention of most of the enemy troops. Dogwoggle should be able to kill Hexis in the first round or two before he can create too much havoc.

From there its just a matter of everyone casting supporting spells for Dogwoggle.

Confusion is a good one to cast to get the large stacks attacking themselves. Don't forget Stoneskin, Giant Strength, Spiritual Armour, Bless, Bloodlust, Cat Reflexes et al


Hope this helps

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Tiny
Tiny

Tavern Dweller
posted March 03, 2004 09:04 PM

Battle of Hexis

Thanks so much - that really helped, and I was able to go through and beat him!
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DonJohnson
DonJohnson

Tavern Dweller
posted May 19, 2004 05:50 PM

Gathering Storm Opposites Attract campaign

In the into the jungle -scenario i've visited all the 6 oracles and seen the puzzlemap, but there's no cross where to dig. I heard that there should be a summon ship scroll but there's no point where to dig
I have installed winds of war too so should it update the game straight to 3.0 so it wouldn't be because of an old version. Any hints come in need.
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Lich
Lich


Adventuring Hero
posted May 19, 2004 05:55 PM
Edited By: Lich on 19 May 2004

Try searching, and randomly dig in the volcanic area. The cross is sometimes "hidden" near or beyond trees, mountains and other obstacles.
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Thorin
Thorin


Adventuring Hero
posted September 08, 2005 01:36 PM

3 episoade

There's a portal that will take you right in front of the castle somewere around there. It was for me to find it, because the AI were wiping me out.So, I went trough the portal, and conquered the castle.
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GirlieMutant
GirlieMutant

Tavern Dweller
posted December 29, 2009 09:21 PM

I have the same problem as DonJohnson! I can't just dig, because I have the AI right behind me..
That is just annoying! o.O
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Invictus
Invictus


Adventuring Hero
posted December 29, 2009 10:09 PM

Then wipe out the AI!
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Daxora
Daxora

Tavern Dweller
posted January 04, 2010 07:14 PM

Hy!

I'm playing the gathering storm barbarian campaign (Might Makes Right), but i'm stuck on the first level.
I captured the natural dwellings and the town in the south-east corner and gathered a little army, but red has several armies at least 2 times outnumbering me. When (with lots of time) i finally eliminated red, blue appeared with such an army i can't hope to defeat.

What should I do?
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Invictus
Invictus


Adventuring Hero
posted January 04, 2010 08:48 PM

What difficulty setting, what's the current month/week and what skills do your heroes have?
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Daxora
Daxora

Tavern Dweller
posted January 04, 2010 09:24 PM

I play on novice.
Its month 3, week3 day 7 when blue appeared near me.
Dogwoggle is lvl13 general with:
advanced tactics , master defense, basic leadership.
Advanced combat, advanced meele, advanced magic res.
basic scouting
basic noblity

And i have a second hero she's: lvl11 General with:
basic tactics, basic attack, basic defense
grandmaster combat, basic meele, master archery, basic magic res.

And now i'm confused. novice writes computer starts with nothing...well it didnt look like it from here.
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Invictus
Invictus


Adventuring Hero
posted January 05, 2010 03:15 AM
Edited by Invictus at 03:17, 05 Jan 2010.

Where it says the computer starts with nothing, that's only for the starting resources. Changing the difficulty level doesn't affect the number of towns that you or the computer starts with--which is the main problem here, since blue starts with 3 towns and you don't. The main effect of the difficulty level is adjusting how many monsters are on the map, and the amount of xp it takes to level.

In your case, there are probably two main issues:

1. Hero build. You want to make Dogwoggle a combat hero, so he can eventually solo all of his battles. Max out all of his combat skills. Don't get tactics skills (tactics, defense, offense, leadership), because tactics skills only affect monsters and not heroes, so it is useless for a hero that will eventually work alone in this map and the next maps. Of course, you might want to make a secondary hero that specializes in tactics skills to accompany him initially. When building a combat hero, archery is usually more important than melee in the beginning (when he's not yet solo), and magic resistance isn't as important as archery. Eventually, you'd want to make Dogwoggle a ranger (Combat skills + scouting skills), and among the scouting skills, pathfinding is the most important (but stealth will be very useful later on for gaining xp).

2. You're probably not expanding efficiently enough. At the novice difficulty level, you'd probably want to take the neutral town to the north-east as soon as possible. Then, just wipe out the red AI. In general, try to expand fast. So you'd want to build up your town fast, gather the resources quickly (flagging the mines), and attack when you can win battles without waiting too long to build up.
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daxora
daxora

Tavern Dweller
posted January 05, 2010 09:56 AM
Edited by daxora at 09:58, 05 Jan 2010.

Tactics doesn't effect heroes??? Good to know. Thx.

"Then just whipe out red AI."

That's the part i'm in trouble with. About the end of month 1 after killing neutral stacks, capturing mines and the town, i tried to attack red but he's got bigger army, he's got cyclops while i only have ogre magi, he's got a high lvl lord, and he's defending the town. So it seems to me, red is stronger in every possible areas. How can i defeat him this way?

Edit.: I used nomads. Should i try harpies for no retaliation?

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Invictus
Invictus


Adventuring Hero
posted January 05, 2010 07:50 PM

You don't have to take the red town right away, of course. Just wait a bit and build up. You have the town NE of your starting position, and another one to the SW. You can also capture resources and creature locations on the map, so eventually you'll outnumber red in terms of troops and resources.

In the beginning of H4 campaigns, you'll have to rely on troop numbers on some occasions since you don't have a strong hero yet.
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daxora
daxora

Tavern Dweller
posted January 05, 2010 07:59 PM

Oh, i see that little town now! not far from another gold mine. nice =)
So that's the part i missed out!
I'll try it. And just hope red doesn't attack me on the way.
Thanks a lot!

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tttttc


Hired Hero
posted October 03, 2010 06:47 PM
Edited by tttttc at 18:49, 03 Oct 2010.

Okay I admit I have only completed Bohh and am playing Kozuss campaign, but with 5 high level heroes it's hard for me to imagine a tough battle. My Bohh end up with summon devil, etc, so he should be kicking Hexis ass in the first round (with hand of death, shouldn't Bohh neglect all magic resistance)? And then Life hero sanctuary, and Bohh simply summon devils and (or the Bard) cast dragon strength/vampire touch on it, and dragon strengthed vampire-devil will simply kick ass. Correct me if I am wrong.

okay maybe if the enemy creatures are extremely numerous...

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Ugh!  I played through all the five scenarios in GS - to get to the final battle with Hexis... only to find myself completely overwhelmed.  

Okay, I'm handling the 80 Goblin Knights, and 30 evil sorceresses etc... but once I reach Hexis... the amounts of creatures he has are staggering and the level 40 AI is making a difficult battle seem impossible.  The only thing I can think to try is waiting and build up a few black and fairy dragons, but they seem like a waste of time and drop in the bucket compared to what I'm up against.  I fail to see how they will resolve the problem.

I have been searching and searching to find some sort of discussion or walkthrough about it, but all I can find are cheat lists, and that's not what I'm looking for.

Has anyone completed this?  Any tips, suggestions etc?

Thanks for any help!

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Invictus
Invictus


Adventuring Hero
posted October 03, 2010 08:47 PM
Edited by Invictus at 22:57, 03 Oct 2010.

I haven't played this in a while and no longer have it installed. I don't recall that the hand of death was a key part of the last battle (on Champion or any other difficulty), but my Bobh didn't have that spell. I mainly relied on hypnosis and order spells.

One thing that I do recall is that Hexis was not the top priority target for my offensive casters like Bohb.

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tttttc


Hired Hero
posted October 04, 2010 05:58 AM

Alright ... I just finished Kozuss (chaos) campaign. The last battle was quite painful without a lot of army. My Kozuss (lv 29, GM Chaos magic, M order magic, E life) with 3 black dragons facing that lv 30 shadow mage, 77 mage, 45 halfling, 16 evil sorceresses, 29 naga, 59 genie, 21 titan. The most annoying part is both evil sorceress and the enemy hero can cast cancellation, and my Kozuss doesn't have GM magic resistance.

But in the end, of course, human intelligence wins over AI. The key is to split black dragons into 3 stacks and use them as shield, and take out evil sorceress and enemy hero as soon as possible, and then cast blessing spells (regeneration) on yourself. With high defense, titans can't kill you in one shot, but implosion and poison hurt. Or if I will play again, I would definitely go for GM magic resistance before M order.


Quote:
Ugh!  I played through all the five scenarios in GS - to get to the final battle with Hexis... only to find myself completely overwhelmed.  

Okay, I'm handling the 80 Goblin Knights, and 30 evil sorceresses etc... but once I reach Hexis... the amounts of creatures he has are staggering and the level 40 AI is making a difficult battle seem impossible.  The only thing I can think to try is waiting and build up a few black and fairy dragons, but they seem like a waste of time and drop in the bucket compared to what I'm up against.  I fail to see how they will resolve the problem.

I have been searching and searching to find some sort of discussion or walkthrough about it, but all I can find are cheat lists, and that's not what I'm looking for.

Has anyone completed this?  Any tips, suggestions etc?

Thanks for any help!


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JJSawry
JJSawry

Tavern Dweller
posted October 27, 2012 07:36 AM

Bard summons Faerie Dragons, they keep the Gargantuans confused. Use one of the formations that keeps your frontline far enough from theirs so the knights don't get to kill anyone on the first run. Had Kozz use Displacement on the stack in front of Hexis, and Bohb desintegrates him with his set bonus Song of peace on the sorceresses from whichever hero you want. After that it's a matter of getting Dog in the middle of things. I also rushed for the Adamantite Shield from the Path of Might and went straight for Hexis cause his stacks keep increasing, probably trough scripts.
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MengTzu
MengTzu


Hired Hero
posted November 09, 2012 05:20 AM

Anyone know if there is a walkthrough for all the Gathering Storm campaigns?

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Ghost
Ghost


Undefeatable Hero
Therefore I am
posted November 09, 2012 05:36 AM

yeah I've played 5 times?!

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