Hoards of invading socialists surround your lands seeking resources found within. Your mission is to solve the economic crisis, restore spellcasting (banned), then conquor all. No human has any advantage over other humans. AI players have (equally good) continual resource and creature boosts.
Author: myth (Romania), 06-02-2021 19:13 Like nice - Invasion of the Socialists I enjoy this map. Thanks to the creator!
Fewerlaws (US) writes:
06-02-2021 23:27
map - Invasion of the Socialists
Thanks myth! Did you play v1 or v2 of this map? v2 is harder I think.
myth writes:
08-02-2021 12:34
v1 - Invasion of the Socialists
i played v1. u changed the map here to v2? ima gonna play it this weekend
Author: Kir (Russia), 26-01-2021 18:37 map - Invasion of the Socialists I didn't play the card. Such conditions are not to my taste. I just want to say that if it is passable, then such a low rating is undeserved.
fewerlaws (USA) writes:
26-01-2021 20:24
Agreed. - Invasion of the Socialists
The guy who rated my map a 2/10 did it within hours of it showing up on the site. He clearly didn't even play it through because the time at which he posted his 2/10 rating, was only hours after the map was even uploaded to this website! He probably just hated the map because he is a socialist sympathizer, or he doesn't like extra hard challenges like a -5000GP/day penalty, or no magic for most of the game. Overcoming these two challenges really makes you appreciate higher earned income and earned spellcasting ability that you can achieve later in the game on this map!
Author: syu77 (korea), 26-01-2021 08:26 4-2-4 .. end - Invasion of the Socialists good game
Author: Corwin, 21-01-2021 18:53 Like Interesting concept - Invasion of the Socialists The concept of the map is interesting - but it gets really boring.
I managed to get through my starting area after like 3 reastarts and beat the AIs in the overworld. Then to reach the underground, I needed to get 2000 Fangrams and 2000 Power Liches. The thing is, I spent like an hour irl trying to kill so many mobs in the suburbs of the map for me to just trade them in and finish the rest of the map - which was absolutely a breeze after the start (because the AI didn't know what to do, it didn't even get Azure Dragons). I think you should lower the required amount of units to progress. It was just terribly boring to farm them.
Quite hard map though, for that initial challenge, I vote 6.
Fewerlaws (US) writes:
21-01-2021 22:00
Thanks for the review - Invasion of the Socialists
Hi Corwin, thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it and hope you enjoyed the map. In the map description on this website, there is a walkthrough if you're having trouble. You're right about the AI in opposite area to where you start (underworld if you start in the overworld, or overworld if you start in the underworld) -- it doesn't know what to do, so once you conquer your 3 opponents, it is easy. I will have to think about how to remedy that. I think this map is probably more fun if you play 2 human players, 1 in the overworld and 1 in the underworld. Then let the epic battle begin once 1 human steps through the portal with his big army...
To get the 2000 Fangrams and the 200 Power Liches, it shouldn't take very long if you have the Horn of the Abyss and the Cloak of the Undead king. Just fly or waterwalk over to the outskirts of the lands and start taking them out.
Author: totila (Ireland), 21-01-2021 02:40 hmm - Invasion of the Socialists the concept is new and great in my opinion. I tried to play it but only in month 2 got max heroes and able to pass the 5000 g/day, in first week of month 2, an AI came with pack of angels and archangels and that was it. I will try it few more times, maybe i missed something. I also play on impossible, dunno if it affects or not.
Fewerlaws (US) writes:
21-01-2021 22:03
tips - Invasion of the Socialists
the trick is to save 1 Pandora's box (which contains 6000xp) per hero. Trade creatures for money, then use the money to recruit heroes, train them in basic estates, then run them over to open just 1 of the 6 pandoras boxes. That way you can get 6 heroes early on each with expert estates. Combine that with 2000GP from your towns, and you're at 8000GP per day, with a profit of 3000GP after the -5000GP penalty. Now use your profits to rebuild your army quickly before the enemy overruns you. It can be done and by the end of month 1, you should be starting to take over one of your enemy's lands.
Fewerlaws (US) writes:
21-01-2021 22:06
impossible difficulty - Invasion of the Socialists
Also, I only play this map on Impossible difficulty, so it is totally possible to win.
Author: msv, 17-01-2021 10:01 s**t - Invasion of the Socialists totaly stupid
Did you even play it through? - Invasion of the Socialists
You probably hated it because it pokes fun at socialism and its effects. Either that, or you couldn't deal with the lack of magic during the 1st half of the map, or the fact that you have to plan in order to overcome the -5000GP/day penalty. Am I right? It gets more exciting once you get the Titans Set, and start building an army to attack the other half of the map. This map is for players who like resource management and who appreciate the challenge of overcoming economic hardship...
Invasion of the Socialists walkthrough
This map is called "Invasion of the Socialists", is Extra Large, Expert Difficulty, and has
Has some funny events and messages...
This is 0 an 8 player Extra Large map. Four players start in the Underworld, and the remaining 4 start in the Overworld. Each human player has the same number of resources, hero upgrades, creature generators, etc as every other human player. I tried to make it as fair and balanced as possible, except AI players get a boost in terms of resources and creature generation in Towns. Don't waste your time with Diplomacy since the monsters are almost all Savages.
Here is a walkthrough for how to win...
Each turn every player (except the AI) suffers a -5000gold and -1 resource penalty, so you before you pick up any gold, be ready to spend it immediately. At the start of the game, you should only spend your gold on stuff that will give you more gold, i.e. heroes who can learn Estates, and the Endless Purse of Gold artifact from the Seer. Otherwise, the gold will be gone the next day unless you're earning more than 5000GP/day.
Before the end of week 1, you should be making a profit to negate the effect of the "economic crisis" and daily "tax payment". You should capture all 4 of your towns during week 1. Train all your (junk) heroes with Expert estates as soon as you can. Garrison them in towns so you can get 4 more heroes (for 12 heroes total). You should avoid visiting non-Estates witch huts until after you train up Expert estates, in order to get Expert estates as early as possible on your (junk) heroes. Trade your level 1 creatures from the creature generators for resources to build town upgrades, get gold to spend on capital investment, and to recruit level4+ monsters (which you can't do in towns until late game).
By the end of week 2 you should have captured all the creature generators in your starting area, including the level 7 one.
By the end of week 3 you should be forming an army with two level 7 creatures, and four level 6 creatures.
At the start of week 4 you should attack the first stack of 55 level 6 creatures located just outside the gate. Then pickup the 2 angels in front of the mansion. Defeat the Vampires in the Mansion, then upgrade the Angels to Arch angels.
By the end of week 4 you should start taking over your opponents area and make sure you capture his level 6 and level 7 creatures from his generators at the start of week 5.
By the end of month 2 you should have captured all 16 towns in the Overworld, or the 16 towns in the underworld if you started there. Now focus on upgrading all your heroes, and building an army to defeat the 1 legion of elementals that guard the way into the Government District (center of the map). You should be earning around 17000 GP per day.
By the end of month 3 you should have built a large enough army to defeat each of the four sets of 1 legion elementals. Assemble the Titan's set, and equip it on each of your heroes in order to give them a spellbook. Assemble the Wizard's well. Trade it for the Angel Wings from the seer in the Government District. Gather the component artifacts to build the Cornucopia, which you can use to get resources, but you will later have to give it up in exchange for another artifact! Also, build the Golden Goose artifact to boost your gold generation. You should be earning around 22000GP per day at this point.
Fly to all the scholars hidden around the mountains to learn these spells: armageddon, resurrection, town portal, clone, precision. Defeat the legion of gold golems hidden northwest of the town located just northwest of the government district. Don't visit any scholars until AFTER your hero gets a Spellbook from the Titan's set. Pick up the 1 million gold by defeating the legion of gold golems controlled by the Enchanter who has discovered Transmutation.
Learn Fly or DD by defeating the 350 Angels or Devils guarding the portal in the Government District.
Gather all the artifacts hidden in mountain valleys, which are only accessible with the Fly spell or Angel Wings. If in the Underworld, use DD to access hidden rock cavities. Assemble all the artifact sets, then trade them for the Cloak of Undead King components. Now assemble the Cloak and go rescue the necro in the prison in the mountains (or by the volcano if in the Underworld). Equip him with the wings you get by trading the Wizards Well, so he can fly over the mountains, or have him cast DD to get out. Now gather up creatures to trade for the horn of the abyss. while you are doing this, have your necro run all over the map in a zig-zag pattern picking up all the primary skill upgrades. You should also take over the Government Rampart Town, and build a Treasury to get 10% interest on your savings. Save up + invest your gold and trade it for resources like mercury to recruit Azure dragons.
By the end of month 4 you should have a fully upgraded Necromancer or Death Knight ready to massacre all the "socialists" (random stacks of mobs) surrounding your land. You should also have obtained by this point the 12 Azure Dragons, 500 skeleton warriors, 12 Ghost Dragons (use skeleton transformer to make these), and 100 Fangarms needed for the Seer in the Government District. Trade these mobs for the Horn of the Abyss. Equip one hero with the horn, and then equip your rescued Necromancer/ Death Knight with the Cloak of the Undead king. Now have both of these heroes use Fly, Waterwalk, or DD both to travel over to the outskirts of your lands. Now start slaughtering the "socialists" in order to make Liches and Fangarms. You will need to create at least 2000 Lich Kings, and 2000 Fangarms to get past the portal to the Underworld/Overworld depending on where you start.
Enter the portal to the Underworld if you started in the Overworld, or the portal to the Overworld if you started in the Underworld. Now hunt down everything in sight to gain Victory. Beware, the other dominant player may have prepared just like you did and will be waiting for you once you arrive. Also, whoever steps through the portal first is at a disadvantage because he has to give up 2000 Lich Kings and 2000 Fangarms to even get through the portal.
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