Make your own adventure! Choose the way to go and live through an adventure that no one else has had yet!
Be sure to read what is shown you. This map is about the story, and the decisions you make along the way. You will not build towns and not gather troops (at least in the H3 intended way)!
Author: Marin, 07-04-2025 08:50 Awesome! - Tale of the Scott Brothers I will probably watch the true ending on youtube cause for me this map is too complex, but that's a compliment if anything! I've never played a map like this before where your supposed actions DO have effects on how the story turns out to be. I could finish one of the basic endings in chill mode because I'm a noob (it still wasn't super chill, lol) but no way I can figure out the other endings. Man would I love to see those, though!
Is there any other map from the author on the site? Or any other of this kind? I'm in love.
Author: Lord of vampire (Zagreb, Croatia), 27-02-2025 00:38 some stacks of phoenixes are 1000 - Tale of the Scott Brothers theres one when you go down on sea part
(so going down is busted)
theres one in lvl 12 in the tower(if lvl 12 insta kills me i dont wanna know what lvl 19 is)
wasilix writes:
01-03-2025 12:45
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You probably mean Adam's part 2, a tower with 20 levels? I don't remember exactly my route (you can consult my playthroughs, see links below), but in general a rule of a thumb for Adam:
1. Clear as much as you can in the 1st area before the tower. Every dragon stack in the end gives you more stats, so you'd prefer to kill everything.
2. In tower first go some lower levels, they give decent army boosts (roughly levels 1-5). With them you can start doing many things. Also there is blind on level 18. You'll have to kill some fairly strong heroes there, but if you have stats and gathered most troops you could, it shouldn't be too difficult. One of enemies though felt a bit overtuned in my 2nd playthrough, so I just skipped her on level 18. There is only 1 mandatory enemy to get the primary reward. Also, some keys have duplicates, so for example clearing level 8 won't lock you out from level 18. Most keys have duplicates (they are mostly hidden though), but there are a couple that don't.
Overall I would suggest looking through rewards in editor, but that's up to you. Everyone have different feelings towards looking into editor. It would however make it easier for you to decide which levels to skip, which levels to go first, last, etc.
In future Adam will greatly benefit from having strong magic (big damage spells and high spell power), and decent amount of mana.
Lord of vampire (zagreb, Croatia) writes:
01-03-2025 12:51
pyramid completed - Tale of the Scott Brothers
I 100%ed 1st part of adam (azures were easy with implo)but second phoenix is more confusing(one in the ayssid area guarding a spell, before admiral hat guy)
wasilix writes:
01-03-2025 13:27
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Sorry, I'm not sure if I understand what is confusing. I remember there were some big lvl 7 stacks including phoenix, but I don't remember them to be causing any issues. I do remember that a young lady (Toxic something) on level 18 felt a bit too strong on my 2nd playthrough, and I didn't feel like trying her for too many times for the little reward she gives. Other than that everything felt smooth in the tower.
For what it's worth to you, here is the order of levels I took:
3 - 1 - 4 - 15 (skipped white bears in the end, they are optional) - 7 - 9 - 8 - 16 - 18 - 12 - 20 - 19 - 13 - exit
The order shouldn't necessarily be strictly that, there is some flexibility, but I don't have my notes at hand, and I can't say which ones could be done in different order.
If I recall correctly I forgot to take armageddon (don't remember where it is, but it's not on any level I cleared). It would be quite handy later on. I was just already powerful enough to go further with confidence and didn't want to waste any more time on the tower, completely forgot that I didn't yet take armageddon.
In my 1st playthrough I cleared 18 levels in total (I think I skipped levels 2 and 5), but that's definintely not necessary power wise for Adam. Even those I cleared in 2nd playthrough are putting him way above the power threshold.
Nietel writes:
01-04-2025 12:24
Phoenix - Tale of the Scott Brothers
I'm guessing you are referring to the underground sea and the phoenixes guarding a spell. No wonder you cannot clear it - that spell is blind, it would be a shame if you could get it so easily :D
Author: wasilix, 28-11-2024 07:26 Like Playthrough as demon lord(true ending) - Tale of the Scott Brothers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02MwI3vxw6kQjzPUuNvano_REZeJ4RId
Demon farming is pretty strong :D Nice changes to the endgame making the enemies stronger for a better challenge!
Author: Nietel, 20-11-2024 10:01 Final update - Tale of the Scott Brothers Unless other bugs are found, this is my final version of this map. Some updates compared to last version:
- Major rebalancing to make the map more challenging
- Introduced Chill mode (for difficulties 80-130%): all the story for less struggle
- Various small tweaks to allow for different army compositions
- More bugs fixed
Author: wasilix, 01-11-2024 22:52 Like Playthrough (basic ending) - Tale of the Scott Brothers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02MwI3vxw6linJMDrdFjbHDdhZapM2iQ
Last part will be uploaded probably tomorrow.
Unfortunately, due to being unable to get all tents with Hugh was only able to get the basic ending.
The late game didn't feel difficult though - I was expecting much more trouble based on Nietel's comments in regards to missing tents. The early game with both Adam and Tyler I think was more difficult with some pretty tough fights (although Adam can just collect more troops to make fights easier). I played the barbarian, so maybe difficulty will evolve differently for other two choices.
Nietel, huge thanks for making this gem of a map!
wasilix writes:
01-11-2024 22:55
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Probably anti-magic garrisons could be a bigger issue for other heroes, crag hack is good at destroying things. However, I had a lot of money I unused and was dragging a serpent fly to the end just for fun :D My army could've been quite a bit stronger.
PS: correction, there are 2 more parts left to upload, not 1
Nietel writes:
02-11-2024 09:56
Difficulty - Tale of the Scott Brothers
The initial version of the map which I tested to calibrate the ending part was much different than it is now. It may be worth on my part to take a look into it becoming too easy.
Initially my plan was to make this map approachable by casual players but provide a challenge for better players too to not make them bored. Well you are certainly among the better players, naturally you will find it easier to tear through the obstacles. The basic ending is designed to be approachable by most players. I can only hope playing through the advanced endings would provide some challenge for you! :D Your feedback is much appreciated!
wasilix writes:
02-11-2024 10:22
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I see, thanks! I used 1.5k cows and 1.35k swords on Crag Hack to decimate everything in one hit. Still had around 600k gold which I could spend on cows (or bears if the quest was repeatable in that version). Gotta find where I could use that serpent fly I ended up dragging along for the entire map :D Probably like with a mage, it was hilarious when I stumbled into air tome right after leaving negotiations, only then realizing that I could use him right away :D Couldn't be more appropriate :)
In my next playthrough I plan to go as fast as I can with Tyler, so that his bros don't have to wait for him in the end.
Author: wasilix, 01-11-2024 22:43 Like Basic ending playthrough done, review - Tale of the Scott Brothers Alrighty, finished the map! I don't think ever before I was trying to finish the map to start it over again :D
This map is a Gem! It has interesting fights (trends a bit easier the longer the game goes). What distinguishes it from any other map I played is a wonderful system of choices as well as a funny story line which I enjoyed reading. It's not boring, filled with clever, but easy to get humour. Gets a bit melodramatic in the end, but I loved that basic ending is basically a trainwreck of a disappointment :D
The main hero resembles Zepp Brannigan from Futurama. Kind of a jackass that you would normally hate, but my favourite type of character for light humour.
The system of choices involves some chance/randomness in your decisions. Some people may not like it, but I think it's connected pretty well with life, because the life is also far from perfect in that regard and often throws you a curveball. The map even implements "life" in a sense, sort of your capability of withstanding these curveballs which diminishes over time and with wrong/unlucky choices.
Simply amazing map! Everyone should play it and then play it some more (as I will). Utilizes many interesting and new ideas in regards to map maping. Utmost respect to the author for coming up with something like this. Can't wait to start a more serious playthrough with a goal of reaching a true ending :)
Nietel writes:
02-11-2024 10:07
:) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Thank you for the compliments! I love how the map design induces such thoughts, I always intended to make it a fun and engaging adventure.
The basic ending indeed is a trainwreck (great word for it), my intention was to provide some motivation to replay and make something better out of the story. Seems like it worked out! :D The other endings will not be a letdown!
Author: Nietel, 01-11-2024 19:14 Another update - Tale of the Scott Brothers Update log:
- Leaking Death on the sea fixed (not critical)
- Possibility to enter Death portals fixed
- Additional exp rewards for Hugh to help with brown tent
- Other minor oddities
I consider this a "final" version. I don't plan any further updates in the near future unless some major issues surface.
Author: Lyndor (Cluj, Romania), 30-10-2024 15:28 endless sack of gold - Tale of the Scott Brothers I played the map 2 times, as Schwarzenegger and basic Tyler. Second playthrough was faster and easier, found all the books but i missed the endless sack of gold, is it obtainable only by demon Tyler or am I just missing it somewhere ?
Nietel writes:
30-10-2024 15:35
Final evidence - Tale of the Scott Brothers
There are some clues in Zwickenzack for the final evidence. Without spoiling anything, it is obtainable regardless of what decision you took at the beginning.
Author: Nietel, 30-10-2024 13:50 Another update - Tale of the Scott Brothers Update log:
- Bears in Zw were not repeatable, fixed
- Trading post in Zw replaced with multiple quest seers (getting a huge army was way too easy)
- Leaking Forgetfulness in sea fixed
- Leaking 10 power for Adam fixed
- Unintended huge gold pile in Giraffe desert fixed
Author: Nietel, 28-10-2024 15:38 Update - Tale of the Scott Brothers Update log:
- Reworked several regions
- Free blind and double precision fixed
- Minor rebalance
If you find issues let me know!
wasilix writes:
30-10-2024 10:10
Minor bug - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Hi there! I stumbled into what seems to be a bug:
In the 20-level thingy that Adam visits in part 2, level 15 has 1k grey bears on cursed ground that by all indications guard +10p, but there is an obstacle missing from the other side and it can be taken without having to fight them.
Nietel writes:
30-10-2024 10:33
Whoops - Tale of the Scott Brothers
You're right, thank you!
Sorry for the occasional hiccup. It's a pretty difficult map to make errorproof.
wasilix writes:
30-10-2024 10:44
No worries :) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Hey, I'm surprised by how few of such hiccups for a map of this complexity. Rest assured, if I were making a map (by itself a long shot), it would be a complete mess :D I'm not one to throw a tantrum over such things :)
Besides, it's a very minor bug. Even if I had to restart a game at this point because of some bug, I wouldn't have been upset enough to rage about that either :D
Author: Rissi, 26-10-2024 01:00 Ladder Boss? - Tale of the Scott Brothers Very cool map, I think I'll lose due to lives and time limit - I have just 1 left and am on month 7 so probably gonna die soon.
But I might not actually get there, because I can't defeat the Ladder Boss.
I have managed to get all 3 of his troops blinded and cover my 7 with Antimagic so he won't chain lighting to wake up his dudes, but it didn't help - there's nothing I can do to him because the moment I do damage to efreet/phoenixes, he casts Antimagic on them and I cannot do anything anymore since magic is my only real damage and 99 spell power isn't enough to kill any stack other than the devils.
The only strategy I came up with would be to force-field wait out the Antimagic then re-cast Implosion before he recasts it, but that would be the most boring thing possible since his spells last over 70 turns and I just refuse to do that lol. I'm sure there's an actual sane-person strategy to this, but I haven't a clue what that is.
Could be a cool riddle for better players though, lol.
Nietel writes:
26-10-2024 08:03
Purple tent - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Getting the purple tent is really minor, you can absolutely finish the map without getting it. The fight is doable but I admit it is a little tedious. :D
wasilix writes:
29-10-2024 00:26
Suggestion - Tale of the Scott Brothers
@Rissi, I didn't see this fight yet so it's a blind suggestion, but if you have access to dragon flies you can use them to dispel the antimagic. Works wonders in fights like one you describe.
Nietel writes:
29-10-2024 11:05
Flies - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Interesting idea! You indeed have access to flies...
Author: Echo, 23-10-2024 12:59 Like Halfway through - Tale of the Scott Brothers I just want to say this is one of the most ingenious and creative HoMM3 maps I've ever played (and I played plenty). Accomplishing this sort of thing without WoG scripts is just big brain.
The only real pain is that I won't get to see ALL of it due to the map having actual alternative paths and they're all varied! :D
Marvelous job, my dude. Seriously. I'm impressed.
Nietel writes:
23-10-2024 18:19
:) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Great to see that people actually enjoy it! Variety means replayability, maybe you will be inclined to try different things on a playthrough sometime in the future :)
Echo writes:
23-10-2024 19:50
:) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Haha, will be a good while before I can deal with Adam's firewall city! So I did a "non-canon" save to check out the amulet riddle area after I've finished suffering for my mistake of going the snowy region instead ;)
And then I got personally called out by the underground river sulfur! >:C
Author: Graf, 22-10-2024 13:24 Fantastic story - Tale of the Scott Brothers I just want to chime in and say I have really enjoyed this piece of art, and I'm sure I will go at it again some time later. Thank you for your efforts!
Don't want to spoil anything, managed to take the all keymaster route as I didn't have enough evidence for the other routes, but the detail for the endings is just amazing. I would really like to know what each one ends like. Hopefully someone posts a playthrough with the different endings. It seems incredibly difficult to figure out on my own.
Nietel writes:
22-10-2024 17:36
:) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Thank you for the kind words! There are clues for the evidences, aimed to promote replays with different decisions to help uncover them all. Maybe would be a good feeling to find them on your own.
Author: Echo, 21-10-2024 00:11 Like Small question - Tale of the Scott Brothers Hey, I've found a couple hours to start playing the map and I like the humorous vibes in it :)
I'm a little confused at the start though - I chose the rebellious route, didn't go to the king, and as I pick up the rocks, the dialogues says the two brothers are to cross their portals while Tyler walks into the third. What third? I can see no third portal anywhere there that can be reached :O
Echo writes:
21-10-2024 00:38
f - Tale of the Scott Brothers
I can see that in the King's route you can easily just cross the Amulet of the Undertaker gate and keep going - but I don't see a way to return into that route otherwise. I would need either another Titan's Cuirass or Pendant of True Sight and if I could get either on the way - I do not know where.
Echo writes:
21-10-2024 00:41
Duh - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Nevermind, I found it, lol.
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 15-10-2024 08:56 :) - Tale of the Scott Brothers I know, just have an obsession to solve this mystery :) . What am I missing?
Author: Nietel, 15-10-2024 08:39 Stuck - Tale of the Scott Brothers You can use the gate to the south to go back if you don't have enough movement. Brown tent will be skipped. It's okay.
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 15-10-2024 02:26 Cant figure out - Tale of the Scott Brothers I can not figure it out. I have tracked whole Hugh's path till brown tent and I can not find what i missed. Probably gloves or experience to get higher than level 11.
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 14-10-2024 22:30 :) - Tale of the Scott Brothers Yeah, I am stucked on brown key tent. Got boots of levitation but can not reach shore with tent, not enough movement points maybe? Got only boots, no gloves.
Author: Nietel, 14-10-2024 17:43 Tavern - Tale of the Scott Brothers You were pretty quick with Adam. Hugh is lagging behind a little. Soon Hugh will find a tavern, until then Adam will have to wait there.
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 14-10-2024 17:20 Confusion - Tale of the Scott Brothers Hello, I am currentlyplaying this map and faced some issue. On the Adam's path, chapter 2, undergound arena, I am getting to level, which needs bird of perception. I can see I can get to it in the area with tousands of black dragons. Author gives a suggestion,that I should just take artifact and retreat with Adam, so he can be bought back in tavern. If this is so, I just do not know, where the heck is tavern I can buy him back and whether he will be able to come back to his path.
So far map is great.
Nietel writes:
15-10-2024 10:41
Tent - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Not sure. Stables, boots, fast creature and watering hole bonus should do the trick. Did it several times on my test runs.
wasilix writes:
28-10-2024 12:22
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Faced with the same issue. After some testing I see that level 17 hero is required with stables, boots, hole and 10+ speed creatures to pass the water. My hero is level 8. Perhaps if you do tents in different order (this one being the last) and/or take exp from chests you should be fine.
@Nietel, curious if I'm correct thinking that you went there later in your tests, and thus had your hero of high enough level. If that's the case, perhaps some mention of level requirements would be nice for this area same as it mentions stables on monday. I'll probably have to re-do some nasty fights with Adam if I want this tent :D That's cool though. I may as well replay more because I picked the wrong mountain range with Tyler Schwartzenegger :) Your map is an absolute blast. No exagerration I think it's so far THE favourite map in my book in so many ways!
Nietel writes:
29-10-2024 11:23
:) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Those are big words coming from you, sir! Glad you're having a blast! :)
Regarding the brown tent, I have lowered the difficulty for reaching it just a tiny little bit in the latest update. It is definitely possible with the outdated version but as you said it needs more levels on Hugh - going the red tent route and killing Athletic Boy is kinda necessary.
wasilix writes:
29-10-2024 12:16
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Thanks for the reply :) Indeed, since I posted the message I scoured the map in the editor and figured that I needed to kill Athletic boy (I just tested the fight when got bears, but since he didn't carry anything of value, decided that it's pointless). Gloves reward would put me to a required movement speed. Sadly, there is not enough experience in that area to get to level 17, so I had to skip brown tent.
PS: the map is amazing, someone mentioned here that normally you could see something similar in WoG, but making it with means available in a regular editor is indeed brilliant. Story line and the humor is amazing. I rarely read texts unless it's stated that they may be required for hints and such, which is the case in your map, but I never regretted the need to do that. Texts are top quality and often evoke a good chuckle :)
I may have to replay the map judging by my progress so far - lost 3 lives already, 2 of which random/stupid misunderstanding implications and missed 1 tent, but with maps of this quality it's actually a blessing :D I've had to beat some pretty tough fights though, hopefully I won't get stuck on them next time around :)
Sulim81 (Poland) writes:
30-10-2024 19:42
:) - Tale of the Scott Brothers
This is how I solved the issue, I reloaded game and chose another path - swamp (athletic boy) and icy areas. First playthrough were icy and dessert. This minor change let me get to brown tent later on.
Author: Dan (United States), 11-10-2024 06:50 Beginning - Tale of the Scott Brothers Am I missing something? How do you beat CEO right at the start? No matter what I do, no matter strategy used, no matter how many times I reload, the fight is EXACTLY the same. My 2nd attack, I get a morale reducer which halves my attack. THe final round is always me with 49 hps and him with mid 60's and he does 50 hps of damage and kills me. This is with me using cure every round.
Nietel writes:
11-10-2024 08:00
Mix RNG - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Try defending sometime! May sound like a bad idea with the no retaliation of the devil, but just try it. It mixes the rng up! You will also need that for upcoming fights.
(Curing after every devil attack is necessary)
Dan (United States) writes:
12-10-2024 05:07
Thank you - Tale of the Scott Brothers
That worked wonderfully. Thank you for that. I had not thought to try that tactic.
Author: Nietel, 10-10-2024 11:39 Update - Tale of the Scott Brothers Update log:
- Giraffe desert was kinda broken, fixed
- Some final boss rework
- Some leaks/unintended behavior fixed
- Little graphical rework
- More avenues to 'true ending'
Author: Echo, 09-10-2024 12:56 Like Ooooh - Tale of the Scott Brothers I've been looking for some different spin on HoMM3 map for a while (there were some great ones in HoMM4). This sounds super promising!
I'll be back here in a week or whatnot and play the shit out of it :D For now just wanted to say I appreciate people still coming up with new things for this game! Have a great day.
Nietel writes:
09-10-2024 13:22
Have fun! - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Thank you for your kind words. Hope you're going to have a blast!
Author: Nietel, 09-10-2024 08:01 "bug" - Tale of the Scott Brothers You are supposed to dismiss your original Tyler. Why would you have 2 Tylers? Makes no sense. This is not a bug.
He only switched clothes, remember.
Author: Lord of vampire (Zagreb, Croatia), 09-10-2024 04:10 one more - Tale of the Scott Brothers seems like same issue with fire path
Author: Lord of vampire (Zagreb, Croatia), 09-10-2024 04:05 noted bugs - Tale of the Scott Brothers just started so i do not know everything
but i would have appreciated to get a heads up on time limit before it hits me, wait this is no bug
barbarian path is impossible to play as even if you free the hero it cant go around the original one so the barbarian one cant go through his gate at all, had to reload, ill add to this if i find more
love the map idea, very unique
Lord of vampire (zagreb, Croatia) writes:
09-10-2024 15:25
... - Tale of the Scott Brothers
And where did i get a note to do that?
Dismissing your main hero never happens in h3 maps so theres no precendent even
Nietel writes:
09-10-2024 16:02
"bug" - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Well, this is not your everyday H3 map.
In the latest update I have added a prompt for dismissing your hero at the quest gate. Thank you for the finding!
Lord of vampire (Zagreb, Croatia) writes:
09-10-2024 21:34
is this intended? - Tale of the Scott Brothers
in archer biome where you learn spell from seers that look like serpent fly hives spells you get are in order from left to right Slow, Precision, Bless, Frenzy and Precision. is there a reason for twice precision?
Nietel writes:
10-10-2024 07:48
Spells - Tale of the Scott Brothers
Last one should be fortune, will check. Thanks!
Lord of vampire (Zagreb, Croatia) writes:
10-10-2024 19:30
is this intended? - Tale of the Scott Brothers
quest that gives you blind is repeatable
do other heroes get here?
Author: Bestik, 08-10-2024 23:09 What's going on with the website? - Tale of the Scott Brothers A few weeks ago, I encountered an issue where I was unable to download maps on any of my devices, including computers and phones. This problem persisted regardless of the device or network used. It is important to note that I did not install any ad blockers or make any changes to my system that could have caused this issue.
Lord of vampire (Zagreb, Croatia) writes:
09-10-2024 04:07
magic - Tale of the Scott Brothers
this happens to me too so i just reload the page and try again, then it works
Bestik writes:
09-10-2024 11:01
! - Tale of the Scott Brothers
This method does not work((((
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11-10-2024 14:18
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Author: Sasha, 07-10-2024 18:53 Red Keymaster Tent - Tale of the Scott Brothers What an effort that mapmaker put into this map. Thanks for that.
It appears that I somehow missed Red Tent with Hugh Scott as mentioned in the story. I opened the gate with vial of lifeblood and stuck there after passing two way portal. Nowhere to go from that little island
Nietel writes:
08-10-2024 08:56
Way out - Tale of the Scott Brothers
There is a countermeasure for getting softlocked in any place I could think of including this one. You need the water boots, and you can use the gate to the south to exit.
Sasha writes:
08-10-2024 09:35
Tents - Tale of the Scott Brothers
It appears that Hugh screwed the whole progress. I have to restart from the beginning. What an insane map with so menu details. Thanks for your time for creating such map.
Author: Nietel, 06-10-2024 15:17 Update - Tale of the Scott Brothers Update log:
- Removed WoG sprites, full HoTA compatibility
- Minor rebalancing
- Fixed missing story elements
Author: Nietel, 04-10-2024 21:16 Making the map work now - Tale of the Scott Brothers The current version requires the WoG sprites (I may have gone a little overboard in the design.). This means it runs on HoTA, but the Data folder must have the WoG data as well, so you have installed WoG in the same directory.
I will upload a fix in the future, until then you can supposedly make the map playable by installing WoG (please confirm).
Guloo writes:
05-10-2024 05:02
Very expecting your update. - Tale of the Scott Brothers
The map looks so amazing, thanks for sharing.Best wish for you.
Update log:
- Major rebalancing to make the map more challenging
- Introduced Chill mode (for difficulties 80-130%): all the story for less struggle
- Various small tweaks to allow for different army compositions
- More bugs fixed
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