Bobthecow, if you're really stuck on a level, try buying the Enchanted Nut from the Council Court store and using it before you try again. That gives you an extra 10 lives, which is often enough to get you past a tricky level.
Earthy- you level up your heroes in the tavern, not whilst you're actually playing a map. Just go into the tavern and click on the hero you want to level up, and if they have enough experience the level up option should be there.
Not bad, even with the missing small countries, but it would definitely be better without the plane flying across. It really gets in the way, and putting a huge banner across the map when you're trying to place a country on it just doesn't make sense.
kmelber, the slot on the bottom is for another mode that you unlock when you complete the last level. And pumpit you unlock levels like level 4 by doing other ones in heroic mode.
Spanku, you don't have to be anywhere near level 60 to beat map 26. I'm not level 60 yet, but I've beaten the fourth arcane guardian, which is map 63. You just have to use the right tactics.
Anyway, love this game, it's even better than Chapter 1, which I really enjoyed. 5/5
Nice, even better than the last one, especially the speed up button and having more control over how to upgrade.
I hit a bug on the Path to Shoreview map, though, where only the first four people I put in did anything, the others did no damage and never gained any experiance.
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