Songs of Conquest - Barya campaign mission 4 part 3 - overwhelming

0:00 More beacons
6:30 Coral strike one
11:05 Merkoth strike three
22:45 R'Lac
27.30 Taking Rana in corner and more beacons
37:00 T'Chyra
44:50 Gain back some strength
48:20 Merkoth strike four
54:25 Coral strike two
1:00:20 Into Rana main territory
1:07:10 Merko....ooohh no, just grab and win!

[@karyoplasma]

You could probably gather your forces at the Rana town you captured at the end, build a ton of guard towers there so Merkoth doesn't attack you and then build research buildings there and in Datepalm Oasis.
Pass some turns until you got enough resources to build a full army and then it's you with research against Merkoth without research. Loth cannot reach the southern part of the map, so the area Nimander is in is completely safe. Not sure what happens when Loth captures all beacons (I assume you lose?), but you should be strong enough to fight him until it gets to that point.
A better route in general would be to buy a stack of Hellbreaths for Everthink and Nimander to defeat the dragons, maybe a replacement or 2, and then replace the building with research. Hellbreaths aren't that good after the dragons are defeated, so the Factory is essentially a wasted build slot. They just lose vs the Loth Justice spammers and High Legions are Shielded as well. I did it like you tho and just grabbed the beacons when I realized I was outnumbered.

[@reinerzufall8839]

Non of my runs are perfect, but they don't need to. It's more to show that it is possible even if you do mistakes or don't plan everything accordingly.
Maybe I would have been able to send Everthink with his forces first and clean the remnants with Bigly, but....eh. The alternative would have been to get back to a much earlier save and prepare differently.

[@antonioangeloviii4748]

what i dont understand is. why didnt you launch the king of the potato people from planet potato, stright into the fray. = autowin. done gaming for the day., whats on tv.

[@reinerzufall8839]

Everythink might be strong, but without any army he's just a Deadthink