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The Rise of Wesnoth 17b - Lizard Beach

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
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Post by SmokemJags »

1. 112a hard
2. 4, not that bad though it depends on what the AI recruits
3. kill enemy leaders, clear as day
4. more errands, its fine
5. the saurians are almost 60% to dodge everywhere, rather annoying, but good thing for their terrible hp
6. 5, it's alright, don't get to see the saurians often
7. Fine by me.

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None.
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Post by Peidu »

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Easy, 1.1.2a

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
5/10, not many losses, but those skirmishers are a pain.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear enough.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Well it made sense I guess... Though... once I completed the scenario the first time, and the camera panned to Haldric so he could say his winning speech, the game crashed.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Not losing my Shock Trooper.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
6/10, the marshes are a pain.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
Dunno... Take out the marshes, stop them from being able to recruit Naga... Just have a small detachment of Naga at the start.

EDIT - It's happened again, I loaded the autosave from the previous turn and it crashed once it moved over to Haldric. Hmm...
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Post by scott »

Peidu wrote:(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Easy, 1.1.2a

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
5/10, not many losses, but those skirmishers are a pain.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear enough.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Well it made sense I guess... Though... once I completed the scenario the first time, and the camera panned to Haldric so he could say his winning speech, the game crashed.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Not losing my Shock Trooper.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
6/10, the marshes are a pain.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
Dunno... Take out the marshes, stop them from being able to recruit Naga... Just have a small detachment of Naga at the start.

EDIT - It's happened again, I loaded the autosave from the previous turn and it crashed once it moved over to Haldric. Hmm...
Can you send me a saved game before it happens or your error output?
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Post by Peidu »

I believe this is the save you want... I think it's saved at teh beginning of the turn, so you might have to kill the Saurian leader, but that only needs 2 or 3 units, nice and quick.


Tell me if it's the wrong one! :)
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Medium difficulty, version 1.1.5

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
4/10 - Silver mages whoop on that level. Took me awhile to think of it though.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear as day. Ho-hum

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the
scenario?
Perfectly, slightly amusing

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Keeping mages alive from skirmishing Saurians

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
7/10 - The Saurians made a nice change

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
I find the idea of Saurians recuiting scorpians a bit weird. Do they really need to be there?
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Post by Lord Jevyan »

(1) 1.0.2 medium level
(2) 6. Seems easy in the beginning but lizards are smart.
(3) Very clear
(4) Nothing interesting. The storyline stops in these four tests.
(5) Keeping heal mages alive. Hard to defend them from lizards
(6) 6. Sometimes this level becomes frustrating...
(7) More villages.
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Post by Isen »

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Hard, 1.2.3

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
7/10

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Rather entertaining.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Keeping injured units alive against skirmishers = pain.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
5/10

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
A larger starting castle to reduce recruiting time.
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Post by LipeR »

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Medium, 1.3.14

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
10


(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Nice. Reference to last mission was amused me.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Almost everything. There is just too many challenges in this scenario. Nagas and saurians which can reach you almost everywhere. Mudglobes - they won't hurt much, but they can be annoying. The enemies were just swarming my poor troops. Sand hexes next to enemy castles and marshes in the middle won't help either. And when I finally managed to kill the green leader, five nagas appeared and blue saurian were given a colossal amount of gold. I could fend off the second swarm if not the turn limit.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
2. Never more.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
(1) Change the mudglobes for some other monster.
(2) Don't give the saurian leaders more money, when beach is attacked.
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

Post by allblue_dream »

1) 1.4 hard
2) 10 (haven't beaten yet)
3) Clear
4) Interesting
5) Not enough gold. This is a general problem with this campaign, no gold, and lots, lots of enemies! I got only the 100 starting gold, so you are talking about keeping units alive by formation? You don't have a formation. :twisted:
Also, time is not enough. This point is connected with gold. I have this problem all through the campaign. Even if I S/L every move I make, I am forever surrounded by enemy units that I never have enough time to make it to their leaders. Rush is a strategy. I succeeded with Clearwater Port, where if you don't rush, you'll get overwhelmed in a ridiculous way. But with this map, I only succeeded in rushing (not nearly fast as RUSH may suggest, but anyway) the leader in the South with a company of Haldric, Jessica, two grand knights, one mage of light and a slow-as-hell dwarf lord Burin the Lost. I also recalled two mermen Hoplites (one with the storm attack) as a bate for the Northern enemy--barely got them back alive. AND I haven't succeeded in reaching the Northern leader yet...
6) 1? It's not fun to see those Nagas appearing from nowhere when you try to finish off a Saurian leader. Neither is it fun (generally) to fight against an enemy 10 times or 20 times stronger than yours.
7) At least give me more money so I can bring my advanced units into action. Any change is welcome, since this scenario is not fun...
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

Post by F50 »

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?

1.4 medium

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)

I think 6-7. Couldn't prevent my merman Tritan from dying. Otherwise not that hard. I needed the gold it gave me.

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?

very.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?

funny.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?

keeping units alive.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)

I give it 6-7, the saurians are a nice change.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?

I concur with not giving the other leader more gold. When I realized that the blue leader got gold, I went back to the previous turn and killed both leaders simultaneously. Netted me 300+ gold. This was sorely needed.

My main problem with this campaign as a whole is that your gold from one scenario only (visibly) carries over to the scenario immediately after. There are so few villages that upkeep drains all your gold, so the best strategy (that I've found) is to over-recruit and kill the enemies quickly for the bonus (I don't think you have to pay upkeep if you finish early).
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

Post by Joram »

(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Hard 1.6.0

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)

8- Rather difficult (again, partly because I just have this urge to not recruit more than 3-4 loads of troops; even if I have the capability)

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Not much dialogue.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?

Keeping my mages alive. Saurians are a PAIN to fight. Not only do they have skirmish, they are super fast (especially when you run into quick ones). Plus, the entire map is designed to favor them and hurt the loyalists.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
4- Not too fun. I ended up just bashing through the lower part while some footpads and my two remaining mermen held off the northern part in the forests. I ended up not recalling any lvl 3s (other than my MoLs, my Merman, and my Loyal HI) and using only lvl 1s and 2s, which I didn’t mind losing. I ended up with a whole bunch of leveled pikemen.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?

I’m not sure. This level probably would have been more fun for me if I’d had more mermen. Them leaving caught me a bit by surprise (quit possibly because I don’t pay very much attention to hints).
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

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(1) What difficulty level and version of Wesnoth have you played the scenario on?
1.8.4, Commander (Normal)

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
6 if you want to avoid losses, 3 if you don’t care how many of your units die

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Good.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Avoiding losses.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
6 – nice rehearsal before facing the dragon and his saurians.

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
I think it is fine as it is – at least as long as you have enough gold and level 3s.

(8) Was there any event that caused you to lose the game and forced you to reload or restart the scenario?
Once I left Haldric in swamp (20% def) and within reach of 3 enemy units. Unsurprisingly he got killed. After replaying that turn I left him in the range of two enemy units – this time he survived (barely).
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

Post by fenny »

1) 1.8.2 medium difficulty
2) 5-7, depends on the amount of money at start. If you killed the vampirella quick enough in the previous scenario it's not so hard.
3) clear
4) ok
5) don't loose to many units
6) 3, it's more a hard work scenario, and i don't like fighting saurians
7) i don't know
8 ) yes, i got a major character killed
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Re: The Rise of Wesnoth: A Beach

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(1) What difficulty levels and game versions have you played the scenario on?
Lord (challenging/hardest); 1.9.3; 233 starting gold (minimum is 200)

(2) How difficult did you find the scenario? (1-10)
7

(3) How clear did you find the scenario objectives?
Clear.

(4) How clear and interesting did you find the dialog and storyline of the scenario?
Good.

(5) What were your major challenges in meeting the objectives of the scenario?
Not losing any loyals was very difficult.

(6) How fun do you think the scenario is? (1-10)
9

(7) What, if any, are changes you would have made to the scenario to make it more fun?
Great as is.

(8) Restarts?
I played it several times before I was able to win without losing any loyals. No save-reloads, though.

(9) WML?
There is just one comment.

(10) Replay?
Attached.

This is a fairly chaotic replay. Other times, I maintained a more disciplined line, but I had learned that it wasn't necessary and I could steamroller the Saurians by being more aggressive, though then the problem is making sure no loyals die. One time I moved my raw recruit Horseman into harm's way to protect my loyal Triton, and miraculously the Horseman survived three attacks. Unlike my other attempts, this time there was a protracted and uncomfortable showdown at the second bridge, with my troops being pinned in the swamp by Nagas initially. My troops were only semi-swamp-worthy, with three Mermen, a Huntsman, and Lady Jessene. At the very end, I held the last leader hostage for XP for my level 1 troops. The early finish bonus was identical to my income per turn, since I had all the villages.
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Edit: Oh my. It's now 4 years later and nobody else has reviewed this scenario in the meantime. To avoid a dreaded "double post," I am editing my old post.

(1) Level and version? hard, 1.11.15 save file but 1.11.16 program, 314 starting gold (minimum is 200.)
(2) Difficult? 6 with this much gold.
(3) Objectives? Clear.
(4) Dialog? I don't get it when Lady Jessene says, "(sigh) I bet he sees none of the irony in that." Due to the sigh, I infer that the "he" refers to Haldric. Haldric is offended that monsters called him a monster, and wants to put them to the blade as a result. So is Jessene saying that because Haldric wants to wage war out of anger, he is a monster?
(5) Challenges? I decided to try the advice from an earlier reviewer and go with a nearly all Mage and Peasant force. I did recall my two loyal Mermen, but otherwise, I only recruited Mages and Peasants and only recalled Mage line units. I recalled two Mages of Light, one White Mage, and two Red Mages, plus I had my loyal Mage of Light. It worked, but sometimes I was forced to use L1 Mages as line holding units on open ground, which often resulted in the death of a Mage. So, this approach would work better with a few Spearmen or Bowmen added in.
(6) Fun? 9, all sorts of strategies are viable, so it's interesting in that way.
(7) Changes? Nobody likes the gold boost to the second leader after the first dies.
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