Castle Age – Hyperion, Darius – 11-July-2010
578 days agoLevel: 244 Date: 11-July-2010 Mood: Depressed
Wooohoooo! I have got some good news! I have finally gotten 2 more heroes – Hyperion and Darius. The hero Darius is from some reinforcement thingy. Basically it is some sort of Castle Age exercise which encourages you to get more “army” members to join you. So the more “army” members you have, the more rewards they will give you. Ultimately you will get the hero Darius. I got him in under a few hours once I realize that there is such a new feature.
Yup they call it reinforcements. Seyou just need 2 more “army” members to get the first gift – Crushing Blade. The next few gifts are also given at 2 army members intervals. Easy.
Yes, the last gift is the Hero Darius. Not too difficult to achieve if you know how this works. If I am not wrong, the Darius general is also given as a reward for the Master when his apprentice reaches level 50 or something. So I wonder is there any new rewards or gifts for that now that we can get the general through the reinforcement route? Knowing Castle Age developers and their skill in acting blur, they probably won’t. They didn’t even complete the Altantis quest!
See, the first set of rewards are claimed by thou art.
Yes, we now have Darius and his huge blade. Kind of cool to have all the necessary equipments for your hero in one shot, do you think?
Sorry, forgot to take a screenshot when I first got him. He was level 2 when I did the screenshot. And his “virgin” attack and defense stats are 15/15. And Darius is a pretty good general, except for his special ability which in my opinion, is crap. But Darius and his items are all free, so I better shut up now. All hail the Castle Age developers! And what is this Lionheart Civil War about?
Oh, Hyperion! Finally got all the necessary alchemy ingredients to summon him. You need a helm, a sword and one arm. Isn’t it amazing what you can do with alchemy? Took me quite a while to get all those ingredients from fighting in the War of the Red Plains. I was pretty unlucky I guess but I got 2 of all the ingredients needed. Which is good, since all these ingredients do help improve Hyperion’s abilities.
See my superior strength has persuaded Hyperion to my side. Amazingly he has 2 arms. I wonder how that works….
Oh, his attack and defense stats are the same as Darius. Are they related somehow? Since the developers did not do any writeup on the Hyperion character, we can only guess. Oh, the special ability of Hyperion is kind of cool, since he adds attacks to the War council. So it means this hero helps during War. I like.
Oh, and I got very lucky in the loots after fighting one of the serpents. 4 favor points!!! That is truly amazing! Castle Age developers do love me.
Okay, I guess it is time for what we usually do – find out what loots and rewards are there after slicing and dicing our enemies. Don’t you just love games in which monsters “drops” stuff after they are killed? The single most exciting thing about RPGs is finding out the loot our enemies drop after we slay them. We are all that greedy by nature.
Frost Dragon with 113,034 dmg:
You have been rewarded 3 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been awarded with: Sun Eagle! [attack: 15 defense: 12] You have been awarded with: War Bear! [attack: 5 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Griffin! [attack: 6 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Magic Missile! [attack: 1 defense: 0] You have been awarded with: War Lion! [attack: 6 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Dragonbane! [attack: 5 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Dragonbane! [attack: 5 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Dragon Scale! [attack: 4 defense: 9]
Nothing really impressive. No Dragon Scale either but I didn’t hit that hard either. Basically this is for the Dragon achievement – I want my favor points! Oh, new unit appears – Sun Eagle. I can be very sure that it was not in any of my rewards previously, so it should be a new unit. But then this Sun Eagle isn’t exactly a very powerful unit.
The Amethyst Sea Serpent with 711,640 dmg / 19,501 def:
You have been rewarded 3 demi points of Malekus!
You have been awarded 2 Favor Points!
You have been awarded 2 Favor Points!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Death Knight! [attack: 9 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Shadow! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Death Knight! [attack: 9 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Vampire! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Archer! [attack: 12 defense: 10] You have been awarded with: Spartan Helm! [attack: 1 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Avenger Amulet! [attack: 5 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Demonic Mask! [attack: 6 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Elven Plate! [attack: 6 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Elven Plate! [attack: 6 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Atlantean Spear! [attack: 7 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Spear! [attack: 7 defense: 7]
Yes, 4 favor points! Must be my lucky day! Although the loot is plentiful, none of them are particular impressive. Not even a Spartan Warrior to make my Spartan Phalanx. Do note that I hit for a very impressive 700k of damage.
The Ancient Sea Serpent with 368,932 dmg / 129,087 def :
You have been awarded with: Energy Potion! [attack: 0 defense: 0] You have been rewarded 4 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been rewarded 5 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been awarded with: Skeleton Warrior! [attack: 4 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Spartan Shield! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Archer! [attack: 12 defense: 10] You have been awarded with: Shadow! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Spartan Warrior! [attack: 2 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Skeleton Warrior! [attack: 4 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Sword! [attack: 7 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Demonic Armor! [attack: 5 defense: 8] You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Atlantean Map Piece! [attack: defense: ]
Another serpent hit. Didn’t really hit that hard but judging from the demipoints, it seems to be enough. As usual, the loot weren’t that great. But then we have to live with what we are given right? At least I got one Spartan Warrior. Thanks a lot.
Gold Dragon with 192,337 dmg:
You have been rewarded 4 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been rewarded 3 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded with: Skeleton Warrior! [attack: 4 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Death Knight! [attack: 9 defense: 6] You have been awarded with: Mercenary! [attack: 5 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Orc Grunt! [attack: 7 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Vampire! [attack: 8 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Dragonbane! [attack: 5 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Holy Shield! [attack: 4 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Wolf Spirit! [attack: 7 defense: 5]
Who is tagging? Not me. I hit for nearly 200k of damage, okay. Again, the rewards are crap. And no Dragon Scale? Sad. I guess this is for the Dragon Achievement.
War of the Red Plains with 8,922 soldiers killed:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Aurora!
You have been awarded 1 Favor Points!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Aurora!
You have been awarded with: Rusty Gloves! [attack: 1 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Feral Staff! [attack: 2 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Earth Shard! [attack: 1 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Rusty Gloves! [attack: 1 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Zenarean Bow! [attack: 14 defense: 18] You have been awarded with: Zenarean Dagger! [attack: 20 defense: 19] You have been awarded with: Zenarean Bow! [attack: 14 defense: 18] You have been awarded with: Zenarean Dagger! [attack: 20 defense: 19] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Holy Smite! [attack: 12 defense: 12] You have been awarded with: Holy Smite! [attack: 12 defense: 12]
After slaughtering nearly 9,000 Zenareans, they gave me 2 pieces of EPIC crap – Holy Smite. What the hell? But at least I got one favor point. Sometimes I think that the developers need to really get their thinking straight and start rewarding players who put in more effort than the rest. I was the 3rd highest hitter in my category. No legendary loot either. I think I will go one corner and cry.
The Battle of the Dark Legion with 2,155 soldiers killed:
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Ambrosia!
You have been rewarded 2 demi points of Corvintheus!
You have been awarded with: Valerian Mystic! [attack: 11 defense: 11] You have been awarded with: Ironhart’s Might! [attack: 5 defense: 1] You have been awarded with: Angelic Plate! [attack: 3 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Atlantean Mace! [attack: 6 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Oathkeeper! [attack: 7 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Angelic Sentinel! [attack: 20 defense: 24] You have been awarded with: Mountain Keep!
You have been awarded with: Castle!
You have been awarded with: Defender! [attack: 7 defense: 10]
I hate you. Where are my Dragon Scales??!!!!
Lotus Ravenmore with 830,620 dmg :
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Malekus!
You have been awarded with: Dwarven Battlemaster! [attack: 9 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Dwarven Battlemaster! [attack: 9 defense: 7] You have been awarded with: Gift Dragon! [attack: 16 defense: 14] You have been awarded with: Demonic Sword! [attack: 8 defense: 5] You have been awarded with: Holy Shield! [attack: 4 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Berserker Amulet! [attack: 5 defense: 4] You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
You have been awarded with: Marketplace!
Wow, I didn’t realize that I seldom fight Lotus. And I didn’t realize that taking down Lotus takes a lot of effort. She is one tough scary lady/bitch to take down. Just look at her weapon (onslaught) and her gauntlet. I bet she got her weapon onslaught from the Goblin as well. You need plenty of hard hitting friends to slay her. I nearly failed but I was lucky, someone else came and took over the fight. Anyway the loot I got is a complete crap.
War of the Red Plains with 4,581 soldiers killed :
You have been rewarded 1 demi points of Azeron!
You have been awarded 1 Favor Points!
You have been awarded 1 Favor Points!
You have been awarded with: Rusty Armor! [attack: 2 defense: 3] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Feral Staff! [attack: 2 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Feral Staff! [attack: 2 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Angelic Blessing! [attack: 0 defense: 2] You have been awarded with: Zenarean Dagger! [attack: 20 defense: 19] You have been awarded with: Mark of the Empire! [attack: 12 defense: 12] You have been awarded with: Mark of the Empire! [attack: 12 defense: 12] You have been awarded with: Virtue of Fortitude! [attack: 14 defense: 32] You have been awarded with: Virtue of Fortitude! [attack: 14 defense: 32]
After slaughtering so many silly Zenareans, they finally dropped some important stuff for me to pick up and make little Hyperion. Yes, the Virtue of Fortitude allowed me to summon Hyperion and I added one more hero to my little army! Oh, and I got 2 favor points! Hooray!
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