The first time I played the campaign, I decided that a couple of the optional quests were impossible. I've decided to replay those missions to try and complete them.
So far... ass.
In the Human campaign, there's a mission where you have to defend a town for ~20 minutes. 10 minutes? Can't remember. Anyway, you get an optional quest where you can destroy a caravan carrying the plague.
I just can't do it 
Also, in the Undead campaign, the sixth mission drops you in the middle of five or six Orc encampments. You only have to destroy two of them (one around your objective, and the other one to get to the one around your objective 
), but you have the option of slaying the other 4-5 Orc Heroes that are running around.
While I prepare to crack of the optional camps, I'm constantly under fire by Orc armies which are designed specifically to destroy buildings (Bloodlusted, Unholy Frenzied Raiders?!), and I can only knock off two or three Heroes before I run out of gas.
HAET
And as long as I'm talking about Undead... I've always wondered this about the Lich's Frost Nova ability. The text reads something like, "Does 100 damage to target, plus X Nova damage." Is the Nova damage how much is done to everything else in the AoE, or is it also added to the target's damage (thus, 100 + X = target damage)?
God, I wish I had Vamp Aura for that Orc mission
That undead mission I found really annoying, I'm not a fan of playing undead, and the whole Uber Orc's attacking every thirty seconds was really annoying. Basically, I winged it. As many ghouls etc. in the one place to hold back invaders, just keep building and building more of them, then charge and pray to god you get through.
Also, I have no clue about the Forst Nova ability.
[ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: Bummey the Fool ]
And I've loved siege units and siege-type play...so, I just put down a bunch of towers and and stomped any force that attacked.
Then you just send all troops to kill one city at a time while the towers defend your own.
The human mission, eh it isn't too hard. Undead attacks are pretty light, just take a dozen troops under Arthas and intercept it.
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How.... Mr. Glass.... uughhhhhh:
In the Human campaign, there's a mission where you have to defend a town for ~20 minutes. 10 minutes? Can't remember. Anyway, you get an optional quest where you can destroy a caravan carrying the plague.
Thats an optional quest? Well shit!
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There was much rejoicing when Mr. Glass said this:
In the Human campaign, there's a mission where you have to defend a town for ~20 minutes. 10 minutes? Can't remember. Anyway, you get an optional quest where you can destroy a caravan carrying the plague.
Only Arthas came home after doing that optional quest. All my other units died
The Orc one.. half the orc camps can be taken out with gargs without too much resistance.. you have to make them target the raiders first, but after that.. a dozen or so gargs can wipe out the towns in no time.
Then you gotta bum rush (Yeah, Zerg ahoy), a couple of the other camps. And the last one, is the toughest.. so if you can beat it to take the short route.. you can handle the whole map.
Oh, after you kill the camp directly south of your initial camp.. move there.. its easier to defend.
