[Adventure] Horseback

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Experience Adventure . . . . . ??? Minute Travel Time
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Total XP available 7,230; XP gained per loss: 11.07 (13.59 w/blocking)
Expect total losses of 599-707 - - - Average Losses: 653 (Blocking saves ~100 R)
Loss Breakdown 596-692 R, 3-15 S

Troops typically needed
702 Recruits ----- Lose 596-692 (Blocking saves ~100 R)
165 Soldiers ------ Lose 3-15
Cavalry is not helpful in this adventure
Longbows are not helpful in this adventure

** Do not bother sending Cavalry.
** No Traps
** Longbowmen are only usable on a single camp and they only save about 5 Recruits. Not worth the time transporting them IMHO.

Opening Move -- Move to the other side of the map and start just west of the eastern most rock.

=== Sector 1 (West Mid) ===
Note: adding Soldiers changes nothing on most minor camps.
…skip...C1......200 R; lose 40-47 R ---vs--- 70 N, 40 LR
{Blockable} C2......200 R; lose 40-47 R ---vs--- 70 N, 40 LR
C3......200 R; lose 40-47 R ---vs--- 70 N, 40 RAG
L1......140 R, 60 S; lose 140 R, 3-8 S ---vs--- 90 RAG, 10 uBull

=== Sector 2 (West Upper) ===
L2......80 R, 120 S; lose 60-80 R ---vs--- 80 LR, 120 CB

=== Sector 3 (North Upper) ===
L3......50 R, 150 S; lose 30-40 R ---vs--- 90 N, 90 CB

=== Sector 4 (West Lower) ===
L4......200 R; lose 42-48 R ---vs--- 70 N, 20 C

=== Sector 5 (East Lower) ===
{blockable} C5......70 R, 130 S; lose 65-68 R ---vs--- 30 RAG, 40 RB
L5......100 R, 100 S; lose 81-100, 0-7 S

=== Sector 6 (Center, attack from the south) ===
C6......200 R; lose 29-37 R ---vs--- 40 LR, 40 N
C7......200 R; lose 33-40 R ---vs--- 40 RAG
L6......50 R, 150 S; lose 36-45 R ---vs--- 40 LR, 60 N, 60 CB

Reward Table
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1......200 R; lose 40-47 R ---vs--- 70 N, 40 RAG
2......200 R; lose 42-48 R ---vs--- 70 N, 20 C
3......50 R, 150 S; lose 36-45 R ---vs--- 40 LR, 60 N, 60 CB
{Block} 4z......1 R; lose 1 R ---vs--- 70 N, 40 LR
4a......140 R, 60 S; lose 140 R, 3-8 S ---vs--- 90 RAG, 10 uBull
5......80 R, 120 S; lose 60-80 R ---vs--- 80 LR, 120 CB
6......50 R, 150 S; lose 30-40 R ---vs--- 90 N, 90 CB
{block} 7z......1 R; lose 1 R ---vs--- 30 RAG, 40 RB
7a......100 R, 100 S; lose 81-100, 0-7 S

Position camps carefully
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I think you mean 150 soldiers, not 15..

Nice guide!

heh, thanks for pointing that out lowprofile. I have fixed it now. I also have been reformatting all guides to the same format, so let me know how they look.

They look good. Easy to follow, the map is definitely helpful too! Thanks.

My results of 2 runs:

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Worked well!

Starfire,
For sector 6, you can line your garrison up in the notch dividing sector 1 and 6 then take out the west most camp and then the leader. Should trim off 27-40 recruit casualties off your results

every camp he lose's soldiers on, take 10 away from the soldiers he calls for and replace with a 10 militia (acts as a blocker) and you will never lose a soldier. just did it myself and lost no soldiers and only 15 militia

If you place yourself at the right place you can go directly to the leader withouth killing any camp!

New Positioning and Blocking included!

What about using Crossbows?

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Originally Posted by Spacr

What about using Crossbows?

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Almost every camp you'll attack has a unit with first strike and/or target weakest attribute. That would be any of your ranged units, hence the comment that longbows aren't helpful. Nor is cavalry.

I did this adventure yesterday, losing 511 Recruits and 13 Militia. I used blocking on camps C2, C5 & C6, losing 10 Recruits in each. By blocking C6, I was able to skip camp C7 completely. I had two Garrisons positioned due South of C6, (Garrison 1 was just SW of the two cacti along the East Lower border, and Garrison 2 was SW of G1). I sent Garrison 2 to block C6, giving me a bit more time to get Garrison 1 off to the leader camp. Worked well.

A word on blocking - it dramatically lengthens your adventure time, unless you have lots of generals, and/or the Battle Hardened type. I used 3 regular Generals, and between moving troops to the adv, and the first two blocking exercises, that added 8+ hours to the adventure.

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Originally Posted by Spacr

What about using Crossbows?

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If longbows don't really work, what makes you think crossbows would be much better?

There are camps where you can use bowmen as a meat shield for lb/xb, and reduce overall losses.

You can hit L6 from the southwest and not have to deal with any of the surrounding camps. You just need to get ur placement right to avoid the aggro and save about 100recruits. Place ur garrison right behind the bolder next to C3 and it will give you a straight shot to the L6 leader :)

How do you block even? Cause my youtube isn't working?

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Pathing seems to have changed this adventure somewhat. I have done before and after and unless I am missing something two camps that could be skipped before, now block the paths. One in sector 6 (the path through the center no longer works- runs through the southern camp's aggro), and one in Sector 2 (path has moved to the east). The second looks blockable but it is a smaller camp and did not bother in my first run through (not enough generals to have another lost for 4 hours).

There's no need to attack anything but the leader camp (L6) in that sector from a position to the southwest.

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Pathing seems to have changed this adventure somewhat. I have done before and after and unless I am missing something two camps that could be skipped before, now block the paths. One in sector 6 (the path through the center no longer works- runs through the southern camp's aggro), and one in Sector 2 (path has moved to the east). The second looks blockable but it is a smaller camp and did not bother in my first run through (not enough generals to have another lost for 4 hours).

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Place garrison behind the boulder next to camp C3 on the map. It will give you a straight shot to L6