guide:
1. use only one hero with two ranged units. best is to use basic energy wizard hero.
Boost her "Elemental" skill - so you can pierce through the Elemental strength of the enemy. train "magic use" for more overall damage. (25 in "Elemental" are enough). your units deal more damage than any other hero's, even if you hit the elemental strength.
2. Use Items that switch your elements, when you meet a wave that absorbs energy. Just pick one which has no absorb. (they are in stores later)
3. with your personal character (=you, not a hero!) train "Energy skill". all else does not pay off. (eg. 10 looting = still crappy items)
4. for the storyline q. "the forgotten cavern", you need physical. if you don't have it, you must use "advisor cordon"s crobssbowmen..
5. use money for: a) buy scrolls which give talents. b) Buy strongest artifacts c) do not use the expedition, unless you want to waste overflowing money! :)
6. do normal quests for the council of magi.
i killed the scorpion and activated teh sand generator -- suddenly i couldnt move out of the small passage.. the enemies kept respawning and killed me. i had no chance to save the game or excape in any way. cool game but this bug scares me off because i was level 6 and now i'm levle 3 again.
to make a high score: train one lvl 30 guardian and along with him use 3 lvl 1 mages and farm with them by killing angels. just place the mages on one riverside, lure the angel to the other, then click on a mage and press shift, so the guardian gets teleported to the mages. the mages then kill the angel. sell the product for fame, repeat, repeat, repeat. weak game mechanics, therefore 2/5
how to control you troops in fight properly? i either can send them all in a bunch or control only one of them.. i want to send them all, but the most injured guy not in the front !