Useless Upgrades — AB

Useless Upgrades is a large Armageddon's Blade map measuring 108 by 108 tiles. It includes an underground level and is rated hard. The description, credited to Univanger and dated September 2009, questions whether upgrading certain creatures is worth the time and gold, since some gain nothing from it. Eight players start on the map, but only one seat can be human, and the other seven are computer-controlled. There are no teams. The factions are Inferno, Tower, Dungeon, Rampart, Stronghold, Castle, Necropolis, and Fortress, one per player. Victory requires defeating all enemies, and a player loses by losing every town and hero. Rock covers about 31 percent of the surface and water about 26 percent. The map holds 16 towns, 107 random monster stacks, 56 mines, 12 random artifacts, and three monoliths or portals.