heroes of might and magic 2 - campaign - the price of loyalty - mission 8

[TLCD17]

I managed to complete the entire first Roland campaign. It wasn't as easy as in the movie, e.g. speedrun. In mission 7, I had to gather a slightly larger army than the speedrunner in the video, so that I could barely defeat the final battle with this army in mission 10. It wasn't difficult for me because of my skills, but because of the systematics of fH2. The speedruner had an easier final fight in this mission, and I was not weaker than him in this mission, and the computer had a larger army in my case than in the speedrunner's. I have read that in recent days some players have been complaining about the 8th mission of the campaign "The price of loyalty". I've come to this mission myself and I can't complete it. The bonus I got from the "Betrayal's End" mission is "Battle Garb of Anduran" + 5 starting mages. I attempted the 8th mission several times with different results, but the enemy always had a larger number of troops after a few months. The furthest I got was with over 20 titans, and the opponent who sailed to the island had 10 of them and 40 phoenixes. This is not the only strong opponent that is difficult to defeat. Actually, there are a couple of them - usually two or three. In this mission, I tried to take over enemy castles as quickly as possible and recruit titans, possibly in the first weeks, without neglecting the acquisition of raw materials, which were not enough for me to be able to match the computer, which quickly took over my castles, arriving on the islands a few days after capturing the castle. I managed to get 5 locks, but the computer quickly took over my locks and I was left with one lock - the starter one. I had almost no losses in my troops, I had a good army, but the computer was still stronger. Moreover, the yellow computer did not attack the purple one or vice versa, and therefore these few locks of the computer at the beginning are not accessible for me to take over, including their heroes, because the computer recovers them after a few days because of armies that I am unable to defeat especially all not because of the armies in the castles I captured, but because I lack the raw materials to buy the armies in the castles I captured. Even if you try to convert the raw materials into gold and everything into titans after conquering 5 castles and markets, it is still not enough to defeat enemy opponents. I'm not a beginner in HOMM. I have experience playing this series of games. However, I state that this mission is not possible for me to complete. It's possible that playing on Normal difficulty will make it easier to complete this mission - surprisingly some people can do it on Hard difficulty, but I'm unable to complete this mission on easy difficulty.

[Alucard648]

You are still lucky. On my attempts, I got DD`ed on week 3. And if enemy hero attacks you - "Armageddon does 3000 damage"... And it is curtains.

[ihhub]

This is not an issue. Converting it into a discussion.