Free Hunter's Camp

[Dent]

There's a hunter's camp to the east of where you start that you can free by killing a pack of wolves. But it's so far away from the rest of your buildings that it quickly gets destroyed by roaming undead. Towers cost too much and are way too weak to waste on defending a lone building in the middle of nowhere. Nor does it give you anything you couldn't already get by building your own camp.

Is there a point to this camp? It can't be demolished, so it seems pretty pointless.

[Blum Entertainment]

Hello, Dent

If you capture the mentioned camp after defeating nearby enemy habitats, you will simply receive another hunter headquarters for free. Please remember that there is a Trading Post in a similar direction which may require additional protection - hunters will do just great.

A lot also depends on the difficulty level at which you play - on less demanding games this camp can be really useful, although on a more difficult mode it can indeed be challenging to keep it alive.

[Dent]

Maybe move the trading post spot right next to the camp, to make it worthwhile to protect?

[Lotor13]

Originally posted by Dent:

Maybe move the trading post spot right next to the camp, to make it worthwhile to protect?

The point is expand into this area, You need to protect this Hunter's Camp and trading post spot to keep it.

What does it mean in practice - You can just build 2 better towers near Hunter's Camp and area is protected

[Dent]

You mean 2 better towers that cost 4k gold each and will die to any serious attack? Not worth it.

[Horrible Marksman]

It’s free though. Assuming it doesn’t jump the price of your next hunter camp, that’s another easy batch of valuable heroes to send out into the wilderness. I cleared out the nearby camps and put one tower there to stall. I then just gave quests for heroes when I needed it defended. Worked out fine.

I wouldn’t see a problem if it happened to have a tower already, and it would certainly be convenient. That said, it’s free. If you ignore it and let it be destroyed then it has had 0 impact on your overall strategy anyway. Valuing it enough to defend it at all seems like an acceptable individual player’s choice.

[SgtScum]

Getting gold on this map is super easy. Plopping down 4k gunner towers doesn't even put a dent into my coffers.

[Goranz]

yep, just be fast and place towers everywher, and get like 3 Barracks for Soldiers fast, atleast Medium schould easy for everyone.