Children of the Dust, S10 - Dawn of a Kingdom

[Konrad2]

All Scenarios of CotD

Scenario 9 - Witnesses of an End

(1) Wesnoth version:
(for example, 1.14.6)

(2) Version of CotD:
(for example, 1.2.5; as shown in the add-on manager unless you updated the campaign since playing this scenario; if you are unsure, write older than current version)

(3) Difficulty:
(for example, Hunter (Easy); shown by the Load dialog in-game)

(4) Modifications used:
(for example, Healer XP Mod or none; only Mods impacting gameplay are meant)

(5) How many times did you restart the scenario from the beginning:
(for example 5 or I don't remember is also valid)

(6) How many times did you load to the start of the current turn or to an earlier turn during the scenario:
(the examples above work here as well)

(7) Comments about the scenario or replay, but that's very optional.

[Konrad2]

(1) Wesnoth version:
1.14.11

(2) Version of CotD:
1.0.1

(3) Difficulty:
Explorer (Difficult)

(4) Modifications used:
None

(5) How many times did you restart the scenario from the beginning:
0

(6) How many times did you load to the start of the current turn or to an earlier turn during the scenario:
8

(7) Comments about the scenario or replay, but that's very optional.
I should and could have just assassinated the Outrider leader instead of sending my flying units to the north.

Statistics:

Spoiler:

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[Hoki]

(1) Wesnoth version:
1.16.9

(2) Version of CotD:
1.0.5

(3) Difficulty:
Pathfinder (Normal)

(4) Modifications used:
None

(5) How many times did you restart the scenario from the beginning:
Once

(6) How many times did you load to the start of the current turn or to an earlier turn during the scenario:
3

(7) Comments about the scenario or replay, but that's very optional.

Spoiler:

I should have make more use of the special weapons combos, but each turn the bearers had to save the day on their own side of the battlefield and I didn't manage to get them together for a while.

The reload to the beginning was to change tactic. First attempt I tried to hold the hu man fort but quickly got overwhelmed. I restarted and decided to take one round of recruit and run towards the allied Dwarves to share a battlefront (In the short pass between the ice and the lava). Once the frontline was established, Lawthale went down to the Dwarf keep to recall more Aragwaith units.

Nice touch the little bits of dialogs between Oriol and Vigjal when they get close to each other.

Turn 3 to 15 are the big battle ... after that it's just reaching the Elf leaders to finish them.

As much as I loved Elemental Essences, I have the feeling they are a bit overpowered. This is because:
Their "devour" capability will transform a killed enemy into a Whisp (lvl 0 Elemental Essence). This is the same as you can do with zombies and plague, except: The whisp is capable of leveling up to level 3, at which point it becomes a beast (superb resistances, flies, magical attack), and starts to reproduce itself as well (you have to kill an enemy sure, but they are plenty on the map). I started with 2 of them and finished the scenario with 6 (not counting a few lost in combat), and that without particularly farming them ... The nice thing tough, is that they always give you new units to put experience on (because at this point of the campaign all your elves are maxed out already).

Last words: Berserker are FUN! Sure during the heavy head to head combat they are either useless (keep them back) or very short lived. But once the enemy is a bit more scarce, it's so good to send a Berserker at an ennemy and knowing that that enemy is gone!