The other post about fantasy wargames made me think ( yes this is not a pun ) about some of the games i used to enjoy in my youth or when younger

There is this one title which eludes me for quite some time now.

The only thing i can think of that made it stand out was the fact that your mages and healers could be set on autocast which made life a whole lot easier.

If i had to place the game i would say somewhere between Warcraft 2 & 3

Might this short description ring a bell or do you now of other titles that offer similarities plz let yourself be heard.

Thanks

Armies of Exigo?

https://www.mobygames.com/game/armies-of-exigo

this could indeed be the one i was talking about, read that the game is unplayable on win 10 but i might give some torrent a try

once again, thank you

Wow, this game looks pretty cool. Is it good?

The games drm is not supported on win 10, so you would need a nocd patch. You also need to install a directx version. Executable is 32bit.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Armies_of_Exigo

I believe I actually own the retail dvd of it, might try it out on win 10 tomorrow.

https://www.howtogeek.com/230773/HOW-TO-PLAY-PC-GAMES-THAT-REQUIRE-SAFEDISC-OR-SECUROM-DRM-ON-WINDOWS-10-8.1-8-7-AND-VISTA/

I have a working version atm which looks quite allright, i'm not entirely sure anymore if this was the game i was thinking about.

I belief another feature of that game was indeed that every unit and maybe even tower could upgrade. I seem to remember a xp bar and the distinct mentioning of level 1 on the unit card which was sighted at the left side of the screen.
I am going to play some more today to see if it might be what i remember though...

If anyone can name some more suggestions

Fantasy RTS, Hero Units, Mages and Priests have an autocast feature next to a regular attack, All units are upgradeable

Tzar

https://www.gog.com/game/tzar_the_burden_of_the_crown

This had hero units. All units had XP and they could increase level by battling and training (attacking dummies). Mages and Priests were present. Not sure if/how autocast worked. Been a while since I played it.

Lol and another title coming from Ireland!
First need to receive my allowance money before i even start with thinking about which games i can buy. This one does seem a bit old but who knows

It's not too good. I mentioned it because it fit your time period (between Warcraft 2 and 3), and the XP gain for units, but I disliked the game. The bad AI and pathfinding ruined the experience. Also, it probably doesn't have autocast.

Right,
Installed from original game dvds (images) version 1.0
Patched to 1.4 from pcgamingwiki
Applied nocd patch exe
Game ran fine on windows 10.

there is also a 1920x1080 mod available on moddbd << google exigo 1920x1080
if you want to play ofc
the 1920 is done quite nicely

Sound a bit like first Kingdom Under Fire (I remember well how much I liked the fact that priests had auto-heal):
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/kingdom-under-fire/screenshots

Great, thanks. I will also pick up the map collection which is on moddb:
https://www.moddb.com/games/armies-of-exigo/addons

And each unit says "Level X".

Looks like you found it.