"To defeat evil, all you need is to conjure a more sinister evil"
The king has been assassinated.The northern lords each have declared the crown and the throne for themselves. You are the Queen's last hope. Defeat the northern lords, unite the realm and find out who is behind the king's death.
Author: ks, 23-09-2016 20:54 Like back previous version - The Ninth Circle This version is much easy than older 2.0, but its buggy also.. see the screenshots. And teal was weaker, and never met red :)
You probably did serious changes.
Set older 2.0 version, was really good. Dont makes many new changes before u carefully tested
Author: Lauri (Finland), 23-09-2016 00:03 Updated - The Ninth Circle Alright, updated and pretty much ready I guess.
Author: Lauri (Finland), 22-09-2016 21:17 Ok - The Ninth Circle Alright, thanks for the input.
Yes, there's no doubt my knowledge of the map helps me.
I postponed the red invasion by three weeks to give the player more time. I guess you're a lot better than an average player so this should give more room for everyone.
However, in next update should you reach the second inferno before the invasion you're in for some very nice surprises. I dare you to try defeat it before that... on the other hand, be too slow and you're in for a great surprise as well. :)
I think the map is now in the sweet spot and pretty much finished.
That being said, I'll let you know when the map is uploaded.
Author: Ks, 21-09-2016 23:49 Hi - The Ninth Circle You moveing so fast cos you know very well all map details. Red invasion started when i reached first inferno town and 2 weeks latter i finished, cos i already was woth very big army and almost max stats - near 100. But i had very very big troubles with teal player - 3months and more unstopable fights and tricks with him... this was most interesting part of the map
Author: Lauri (Finland), 21-09-2016 20:34 A question - The Ninth Circle At which day do you usually reach the second Inferno town guarded by Darian? Had the red invasion already began by then and should I make it a bit later?
I always reach it before the red invasion, which is why in this next version I'm planning a very deadly surprise should you reach it "too quickly". And should you not reach it quickly enough, it and the end-boss will grow a lot stronger. I just try to determine which would be a nice turn for this turning point, because I think I play this map through a bit quicker than other players.
P.S. Oh and seems like my record was only 492 points.
Author: ks, 21-09-2016 18:41 hi - The Ninth Circle on this map 488, not 499 (my mistake)
For future update on this map - be careful, the map is very hard and I think at least 50% of players cant finish it. Give it more time and bonuses
Author: Lauri (Finland), 21-09-2016 17:50 Thanks again - The Ninth Circle Yes, this is my first map greatly inspired by the Lone Knight map. After playing it, I just wanted to create something that has similar timed events.
That being said, I've improved the map even further. Currently you might have a nice surprise coming from the red in the end, but in the next version it is guaranteed no matter whether it takes you longer than 40 weeks. It's quite hard to make timed events in this game, you really have to improvise :D
I will continue tweaking the map. I still have a lot to do, mostly to add fun quests and artifacts - currently random artifacts and blackmarkets make it game of luck, which may not be a bad idea, but I'd like to add a guaranteed way to craft the supreme artifacts before going against red.
P.S. You broke my record of 497 points. Damnit!!!
Author: ks, 20-09-2016 21:12 Like ops - The Ninth Circle My wrong (499sc) 488score again, if important hah :))
Author: ks, 20-09-2016 21:09 Like super - The Ninth Circle Can I give here another 10 :))))
Is this your first map, really!!
You have awesome talent man!
This time was better, 323days 499score. My harder was teal player, very hard. Everything working perfect, all AI, red also had awesome final turn. And again - PERFECT balance!
10x man!
Author: Lauri (Finland), 18-09-2016 21:53 Done - The Ninth Circle It is now updated. Have fun.
Played through it myself again and like always, a small bug occurred.
For some reason the first inferno didn't have enough gold to buy all the troops. I've fixed it, but can't be arsed to re-upload the map for that tiny fix. To fix it, go to map editor and give red extra gold and mercury every day... 50-100k and 10 mercury everyday should be more than enough to ensure it won't break.
Author: Lauri (Finland), 18-09-2016 16:53 Thanks for the tip - The Ninth Circle Oh, I see. Thanks! For the love of god I couldn't figure out why this happens. I'll get right into it. That being said, you should not play this map before it is updated.
I also finally figured a way to make red act the way I wanted. You all got a nice surprise coming up... that is should you ever reach the end. :)
I'll let you all know when it's updated.
Author: Valery (Lyon, France), 18-09-2016 15:53 + - The Ninth Circle lauri, the AI flying is a bug concerning water walk, when is used by AI, it can convert remaining points into fly. So if you want AI to never fly, either remove any water areas or prohibit AI access to both water walk or water cross boots.
Author: Lauri (Finland), 18-09-2016 12:28 Updated - The Ninth Circle The map is now updated, but let me know if you run in to following issues:
1. Enemy heroes having fly. For some reason pink was able to fly against teal. No idea why. Both fly and angelic wings are disabled.
2. Orange finding its way to Purple even though it shouldn't get the black key in early game.
Also, my master plan of Darian's death leading to red's invasion didn't work out. Bah.
Anyway, enemies -should- mainly focus fighting on the middle ground.
Author: Lauri (Finland), 18-09-2016 00:57 Updating - The Ninth Circle I decided to play through it again myself as well. Finished on day 270.
I noticed the red ran from my hero, went underground and defeated Purple, gained town portal and received some troops from the "super" castles. That was not supposed to happen. Orange also had somehow gained fly. Possibly from a pyramid.
That said, I've now fixed the map. Blocked the red from getting to purple. At least not before the end game. Removed town portal from purple and blocked fly and dimensional door. Added few artifacts to certain heroes to prevent abusing blind/resurrection.
The new version of the map should be a lot harder forcing all enemies to focus mainly on the center of the map in the beginning (the castle that produces champions). Also fixed Pink which was extremely weak due to not getting strong enough heroes to actually be a threat at any point.
The red invasion is still late game, because I believe with the changes done you will have a lot more trouble and the invasion will trigger before you're ready. Additionally I did make a small chance that the red invasion will begin either at week 40 or the moment you defeat Darian. The main-boss will also be released upon her death.
I will let you know when the new version of the map is uploaded.
Author: ks, 17-09-2016 21:10 hi - The Ninth Circle impossible level, 350days 488score. red player was in his castle to the end.
my suggestion is to grow up little army in red and..i dont know - the balance is just fine, from the beginning to the end, maybe you could set up red invasion to be little earlier
Author: Lauri (Finland), 17-09-2016 16:17 Thank you - The Ninth Circle Thank you for the perfect score and reply. Were you playing it on impossible setting and did you finish it before the teal or red began its conquer?
Also, do you have any improvement suggestions?
Author: ks, 16-09-2016 22:48 Like 10 - The Ninth Circle Hard and PERFECT balance!
Jim (Malaysia) writes:
26-09-2016 12:03
Tavern - The Ninth Circle
Why cant i buy any Hero from Tavern? is it meant to be like that?
Lauri (Finland) writes:
26-09-2016 22:04
Yes - The Ninth Circle
Yes, you can only use the heroes you find from prisons.
ks writes:
28-09-2016 16:26
hi - The Ninth Circle
Finished the latest version. Little easy but for 4turns its normal :) (184days 444points) Very good, awesome red final turn, excellent!
Recommend to remove blue two way monolith, will be most interesting without it
10x again, waiting for new map :)
Lauri (Finland) writes:
28-09-2016 18:41
Thanks - The Ninth Circle
I already have an idea for a next map. Already began working on it, but it somehow crashed and corrupted the file.
You made it pretty quickly it seems and yeah, for your fourth run it should feel pretty easy already. Did you use the secrets or tried it the 'honest' way?
ks writes:
28-09-2016 21:12
:) - The Ninth Circle
I used, of course :)
Author: Lauri (Finland), 23-08-2016 23:04 The map - The Ninth Circle This map is still under construction, especially the story part as well as artifacts and quests. Other than that, the map is mostly done.
The longer it takes you, the harder it gets.
After uploading, I realized Grail is also misplaced. O'well, please give your feedback and be gentle for my first map. :)
Lauri (Finland) writes:
23-08-2016 23:05
Names - The Ninth Circle
You may also notice quite many familiar names. Those are subject to change and are only for place-holders.
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