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can you guys recommend me some good custom maps?

Thread challenge: Don't mention HoTA shit for next 1000 posts.

Play real heroes game instead of bootlegged russkies sukablyas

>>4559383
t. necro player

How to git gud with necro, especially if monsters around starting town are too strong for skeleton snowball?

>>4559401
https://www.youtube.com/embed/E5fah-R8BFk

>>4559359
loved this one recently : http://www.heroes3maps.com/map/9074-ultima
direct link if you don't wanna be "spoiled" : http://www.heroes3maps.com/map/9074-ultima/ultima-by-unknown.h3m
it's just a map though, no story

So guys, what do you think about Forge town?
Was it a right decisions to force developers to cancel this town? Was death threat mailed to lead game designer the reason why Heroes 4 were so,,,, different?

>>4559487
Would have been fun, certainly better than the last minute take the elementals we already have and call it a faction. Would have been interesting as a second expansion instead of SoD. From a fan perspective it was a bad idea to scrap Forge, but may have made sense as a business decision. No, H4 was always going to be different. There were some things that needed more balance testing, but they were likely always going to be in combat.

>>4559487
I guess the disconnect between might and magic and heroes of might and magic was too great to fit cyborg people into heroes 3. I'm still not sure if it would fit the art style. Also I think heroes 4 was just rushed because everything 3DO was putting out in their last years were rushed and garbage.

>>4559487
Forge should have been like its steampunk/mechanical concept instead. Either way it was better than Conflux.

>>4559383
t. ESL newfag

>>4559668

It looked like Borg have invaded the Homm universe.

forge doesnt even sound balanced at all
>units are the most powerful
>but they cost more
wow

conflux isnt very good but i doubt forge would have been much better

>>4559487
Yeah, I think they cut it for reason.

>>4559359
Tatalian Border War, my custom map where you play Fortress 4v1 on impossible and you actually can win. Too bad I lost the map and don't have the link anymore.

>>4559813
i mean protoss did the same thing and they were fair
it only gets overwhelming if both players reach 200/200 supply and put all their units one ball but that only happens in starcraft 2

>>4559487
Having most of their units just be a dude with some bullshit weapon always seemed really uninspired to me. It's the thing people always dislike about Castle, but exacerbated by there being so many things they could have done with a sci-fi theme instead of Castle In America. As half-assed as flux is, Forge honestly never struck me as being much better.

>>4559851
homm3 and starcraft arent exactly comparable

>>4559487

>>4559879
youve never even played forge

>>4559383
>shitting on the tools for mapmakers
>shitting on the QoL and utility that reinvigorated HoMM multiplayer
>shitting on an expansion which attempts to keep the spirit of the game and is even lore-friendly

You only need to add something about Cove being OP so that we can all laugh at how wrong you are.

>>4559813
I mean, Tower kinda already works that way, and it's not the strongest.

>>4559906
>I didn't play Forge so nobody else did

>>4559760
the series creator, Jon Van Caneghem is a huge trekkie, lots of puzzles and plots in the might and magic games were lifted from star trek

>>4560018
As I recall one crucial riddle from M&M1 was basically either a piece of Star Trek trivia or an American history quiz: JVC is also an American history buff and it also seeps into the gameplay (the ship Lincoln, for instance).

>>4560018

Yeah the cheat codes reference the Matrix, but what do you expect from a bunch of huge nerds in the 90s.

>Mfw it's almost 20 years old.

OK, I played the shit out of this game as a kid but was god awful at it
>Only used one hero
>Always week 1 max upgraded to capitol
>Only played Castle and Rampart because lol tolkien
>Didn't like taking other castles because too much micromanagement
>Inferno town devils were 2spoopy
>Pronounced Behemoth as "beh-heh-moth"
>Didn't know what the word 'retaliate' meant until I asked my mom
>Barely ever finished a full campaign

I just downloaded it again and I am ready to get back into it.

What are the best general tips and tricks? I've been doing some reading and it seems like:
>Have 2-3 main army heroes, have extra heroes for the purposes of funneling troops / capturing buildings
>Rush dwellings and castle Week 1
>Avoid shooter stacks early on
>Git gud with magic, and offense / armorer are good
>Necro good af

Which magic schools are best?

>>4560271
Earth>air>water>fire

>>4560271
Dude wtf you are literally me.

Castle is expensive AF, try to prior on your marksmen>crusader>monks for an ez cleaning while another hero picks resources.

>>4560271
>Have 2-3 main army heroes, have extra heroes for the purposes of funneling troops / capturing
That's not exactly true. You should generally have one "Big Dick Main Hero" who is your can opener and primary damage dealer, BUT it's never wrong to train secondary heroes to do your battles if they can fill certain niche. Some single player maps favor:
>having a Logistics-specialist hero just to traverse stuff really fast
>having a dedicated magic hero who will be light on actual army, but have massive Spell Power to simply force breakthroughs with high damage spells
>having an Intelligence hero just to out-sustain the AI
>splitting your army into two powerstack armies if you can for more efficient exploration
e.g. if you play Tower, it's often efficient to, say, by week 2, to split your army into Nagas and Master Gremlins / Master Genies; one hero picks up some Nagas and supports them with some spells to make sure they don't die (5-6 Nagas can kill a LOT early on) and your Master Gremlins travel with 6 Genies split into a stak of 1, so that you can stack buffs on the Gremlins while they shoot stuff down.

In MP especially, you mostly use secondary heroes to "chain" units so that you can expand faster. Basically it means bouncing your army between a few heroes so that you can maximize movemnet points to get the most shit done in a given day.

Shooter stacks can be dealt with (sometimes you have to if e.g. Master Gremlins are on your only Lumber or some bullshit like that):
>Tactics
>stacks of fast (usually flying) units
>potentially +3 morale (it's not very reliable, but you can use the morale boost from e.g. Leadership or arties to make sure you reach enemy fast)
>some specific setups, e.g. Solmyr with a single stack of tanky units can just spam Chain Lightning on the archers while keeping his units (say, golems you don't use) constantly spamming Defend; or, for instance, Fortress' Reptilions good at trading with other archers while your fliers close in, etc..

is there any point to playing Homm 2? or should i just skip ahead to three

>>4559431
yo this is sick

>>4560665
It has pretty fun campaigns and is distinguished enough from 3 to be worth a couple of turns into, but I suppose 3 is the best one to choose if you're ever only going to play one.

Why the shit am I always getting false positives from Era/HD mods

>>4560876

because AV only checks against a whitelist, everything that isn't on the list gets marked as harmful.

>>4560665

Homm2 has a more brutal AI and some different units, otherwise the spells and skills are pretty much the same. Town buildup works differently though. There is also no underground or portals.

I never got the appeal, but some diehard fans prefer Homm2. I tried playing it but got bored pretty fast.

>>4560665
HoMM2 is my favorite and has great campaigns and faction design.

>>4560553
>Fortress' Reptilions
Who's that? Lizardmen?

>>4561165
>Reptilions
Reptillions is an extremely complicated & sophisticated Russian meme that you won't understand until you've spent 2 months on one turn playing Necropolis with all Necromancy heroes, skeletons, Vampire Lords, Power Liches and Death Knights banned.

Reptillion actually means "Mighty Gorgon".

>>4560917
HoMM2 at least doesn't allow super cheap level 1 mass slow/haste spells and I find the visuals more pleasing.
I admit 3 is the better game with its bigger scope, but 2 has its charm.

>>4561176
It doesn't make any sense. Actually I googled a bit and reptilions is a polish name for Lizard Warriors.

>>4561165
>>4561218
Very sorry for the confusion, I was writing this while a little fucked up in the head. Yes, I meant Lizard Warriors.

>>4561180
Thats why succ wars will be perfect game.

>>4561602
If it ever comes out that is

Can I use mods for VCMI with Heroes III HD+?

Actually, can't I just run VCMI through it anyway?

>>4553103
How would you rework the Heroes 3 heroes to make every single one of them unique?

Use flat bonuses like the Mentallyretarded heroes from Conflux do.

>>4561784

I would just streamline ALL specialties to work like this:

>Hero gets +5% per level to the numeric impact of his specialty.

So at level 20, Craig gets +60% damage out of Expert Offense, Tarzan gets +30% out of Armorer, Solmyr's Chain Lightning deals double damage, Stoneskin/Prayer gives stats twice as high, Resurrection brings back twice as many creatures etc. Unit specialists double their units ATK/DEF and give them +2 speed instead of the base +1. Lowlevel-unit (1,2,3) specialists start at +2 speed already and at lvl 20 their units speed is +4.

Also, spell specialists get one small effect right away - so Ciele keeps her initial +50% damage (so she gets +150% at 20). Others get like +1 AoE change / casting cost halved, etc. Like I said in the previous thread.

>>4559383
>Thread challenge: Don't mention HoTA shit for next 1000 posts

Well, you're going to hate me then.


Anyway, map-maker autist here with the Necropolis-themed city concept that one anon from the previous thread wanted. Here's link if you want to download the map - you can use it as a foundation for your custom map.
http://www3.zippyshare.com/v/xpHa0S9Z/file.html

You'll need HotA 1.5.0 installed to be able to open and modify the map, and if you don't want 'russkie bitminers' installed with it use antiviruses like any normal human being would.

>>4561924
Good stuff anon, keep 'em coming

>>4561957
Thanks man! So far I've made concepts for Tower and Castle and I would like to make one for each city. Unfortunately, I spend more time I'd like to admit thinking about the positioning and the amount of dwellings, buildings, decorations, roads etc. so I work very slow. Basically, I want to make something that looks conceptually sound.

If you'd like me to make another city concept feel free to say which one you want.

>monthly succ wars check

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwOZyfjon0

>>4559487
Forge was a bad idea not because being disconnected from rest of HoMM3 (do people even know Inferno is literally space invaders + three-headed doggos?), but how cheap the unit design was: literally unit X from faction Y armed with some mad sciencist weapon. That was fucking awful all by itself.
Fandom sperged for unrelated reasons ("IT DOESN'T FIT, BECAUSE SCI-FI!", since most of people don't know world from HoMM is a science fantasy with half of stuff being descendants from crashed spacers and high-tech weapons being regulars in M&M games), but the general conclusion was still right - Forge just didn't fit into HoMM3 and Conflux was a good solution to that.

Also, anything that went with HoMM4 is solely related with 3DO going out of business in the middle of game development. And yet despite that the game still has a fond place in my hearth, even if only thanks to superior campaigns.

>>4562024
>That image
What. The. Fuck

>>4562041
dont worry they're just masks

>>4561784
>Christian
His ballista shoots first.
>Edric
Griffins +1 speed, deal +50% damage on retaliation.
>Orrin
Unchanged (unique already).
>Sylvia
Also gets to keep 5%/L movement points when disembarking.
>Valeska
Marksmen get +1 speed and their damage is unaffected by ranged penalties.
>Sorsha
Swordsmen +3 speed.
>Tyris
Cavaliers +1 speed. Jousting bonus doubled to 10% per tile.
>Lord Haart
Unchanged (unique already).
>Catherine
+1 speed. Swordsmen attack doubled.
>Ronald McDonald
+1 speed. Swordsmen defense doubled.
>Sir Mullich
Unchanged (unique already).
>Adela
Unchanged (unique already).
>Adelaide
No friendly damage from Frost Ring.
>Caitlin
+350 gold for every Castle you own.
>Cutberth
Weakness cannot be dispelled.
>Ingham
+1 speed, +5 attack Monks.
>Lloynis
Now every unit he's higher level then gets up to a +3 bonus if he's +3 higher lever than the unit.
>Rion
His First Aid Tent can now also Resurrect on top of the healing bonus per level.
>Sanya
100% success chance to learn Water Magic spells cast.

Does anyone know of any way to get bigger town/battle/etc screens with HD mod? The only option I see is lowering the resolution but that leaves me with either bluriness or inconsistent pixel sizes when using nearest filtering (even when trying with 1600x1200 which is exactly twice the game's original res, which I thought would give me perfect pixel doubling with nearest filtering). I was ok with playing with my monitor's native res before but now that I have a 2K (2560x1440) monitor, the windows are tiny as fuck.

>>4562242
>>Catherine
>+1 speed. Swordsmen attack doubled.
christ that would be an insane bonus

Hey guys, I'm popping by /vr/ just to say that I managed to win a game of this shit on Normal today despite everything. This game still pisses the fuck out of me and given how often I had to play hot potato on some of these cities with the AI, I'm clearly still trash at it, but hey, I had fun and didn't give up.

>>4562362
Yes, she's a campaign hero only, so she should be a special snowflake, just like Gelu has an extremely overpowered specialty.

>>4562362
>implying you wouldn't hit twice as hard for that woman

Why do people hate IV?

Other than HoMM3 with the HD mod, what are modern equivalents of such games?

>>4562784
I personally like it.
It changed way too much and wasn't polished.

>>4562784
Very few units compared to the previous games. Few good new features, lots of good features from before removed. Spells feel weaker now that they're tied to your hero unit which can die on the field easily. Most important difference - NO MORE HERO SPECIALTIES - meaning every hero is basically the fucking same and only determined by his secondary skills. Inexcusable.

>>4562787
>changed
2d->3d was a required step, pity that 3d graphics were still in diapers back than
having heroes be part of the combat was fun
swapping monsters among faction made it less of repition of homm3
making it 4 levels of monsters instead of 7 reduced time for buidup, adding alternate creature building brought much more for costumization
>polished
in what way?

>>4562790
>lots of good features from before removed
?
>NO MORE HERO SPECIALTIES
yeah that was anoying. but now i could choose a hero by portrait so thers that.

>>4562794
There's no need to explain me, I said I like the game.
I just explained mindset of people who started with 3.

>>4562794
>?
Attack and Defense from heroes affecting units. Siege weapons - now you have to actually smash the gate with melee units, which for some reason fucks up your ranged units. No more proper movement spells. The list just goes on and on, these are just the most obvious things that come to mind.

>>4562797
>atk and def affecting units
a required sacrifice for multiple heroes unit to not be broken.
>siege
balanced by the fact the sieged side no longer had built in tower units.
>proper movement spells
there is town gate, mire if you are seaking to outmanuever enemies, and pathfining. teleport was broken so it was removed.

look, im not saying homm4 was better than 3, just why the hate man.

>>4562803
playing a broken game was all the fun HoMMIII. as another said, testing my own bullshit strategy against other's bullshit strategy is what set this game apart from other strategy games.

so like, i got an old pc and i recently got heroes5. it kinda works nice but, the graphics for the forest city is very empty and its jarring. what settings would make sure ill see stuff? it doesn't have to pretty just not... non-existant.

>>4562024
It's not coming out. Bannerlord never, succ wars never. I'm literally going to kill myself soon.

>>4562867
can't you just like, make a costum map for it yourself or something?

>>4562806

Nah homm gets broken only in XL maps where you can gather a metric ton of artifacts and skill +1 from overworld objects.

>>4562867
>depression
The book 'Feeling Good' by MD David Burns can help. It's about cognitive-behavioral therapy, a successful treatment for depression.

Link:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/vedhl0

>>4562967
can reccommend, read this as a teenager and it helped me a lot

>>4562967
Is this the newest HOMAMgen meme?

This David Burns is shilling his book here really hard.

>>4562967
>this book has been recommended to me twice already

>>4562997
>stop wanting to kill yourself

>>4563004
Stop delaying the only things I look forward to in my life.

>>4559487
Heroes 4 is different because they wanted it to look like Warlords.

>>4562967

Chronic depression is due to fucked up brain chemistry

>>4561989
Anon, please make a scenario map like this. Put visuals first, but make it a playable single-player scenario. I'd play the shit out of it.

>>4563050
There's a whole part in the book titled 'The Chemistry of Mood', that has a chapter on medicating with anti-depressants, among other chapters.

is there a tool for generating better random maps? i like the ingame one but im sick of all the monoliths

>>4563108

Not really, the closest thing you have is templates. I'd love a template without all the fucking portals and underground gates everywhere. It's especially bad if there's no water because at least one faction gets landlocked.

instead of killing yourself, take some psilocybin

>>4563120
>being a drug addict
I'd rather kill myself.

Is HOMM7 really that shit? I litterally havent been able to play it for more than 1 hour
should I try?

>>4563117
the last random map i played i was landlocked and my only way out(and in) was s one way monolith, and if thats not bad enough the one way monolith leading into my area had about three different exits so when i tried to return it sent me into uncharted territory

>>4563068
I definitely wanted to make a scenario (and even a four-part campaign with a corresponding story), but I work way to slow to finish a standard 72x72 map even if I worked on it for a week or two straight.

February is pretty busy for me, so maybe I'll try starting it next month anon. If you want, you can download that template as well as the Castle here (http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/03epuStX/file.html)), and Necro template link is right here >>4561924).

>>4562784
Heroes in battle being extremely overpowered.
If they balanced them better it would be OK change but one unit decimating whole armies is pure bullshit.

>>4562242
How about these happen on top of what already level scaling specialities do.
Why not both?

>>4562785
Age of wanders 3; maybe Disciples 3 if you can stomach it.

>>4563126
then I hope you never had a chocolate, coffee, sugar etc. you addict

Can someone PLEASE help me with how to active WoG Cheat Menu?!

>>4563285
I'm not a big fan of either one of those.

>>4563448
whats a mormon/JHW doing on 4chan

>>4563452
theres plenty of legitimate reasons not to consume sugary foods, chocolate, or coffee

>>4562242
Okay, Rampart now:

>Jenova
+350 gold for every male hero you own that met Jenova.
>Kyrre
+10% MP on grass (extra).
>Gelu
OP enough already.
>Ivor
Elves +1 speed, damage unaffected by range penalties.
>Ufretin
Dwarf speed doubled.
>Clancy
Unicorns +1 speed. Writes espionage novels every turn he's not moving. You can read it when it's finished.
>Thorgrim
Unchanged (unique already).
>Ryland
Dendis +1 speed, can have 1 target bound after moving.
>Mephala
Level bonus doubled against ranged attacks.
>Aerith
Pegasi +1 speed, damper effect doubled.
>Alagar
Frost Bolt pierces spell immunity.
>Coronus
Slayer gives an additional (hero level)-(unit level) attack bonus.
>Elleshar
Earth Magic spells 10% cheaper.
>Malcolm
100% success chance to learn Earth Magic spells cast.
>Melodia
Fortune grants 50% DD chance if cast on units with +3 Luck.
>Gem
Her First Aid tent can heal multiple targets if there's HP overflow.
>Uland
Cure has 2 SP base cost.

[[ Tower: ]]

>Father
Nagas +1 speed. They increase male units' morale by +2.
>Iona
Genies +1 speed. They increase male units' morale by +2. Changes to +2 female units' morale with Master Genies.
>Josephine
Golems +2 speed. Works on all golems.
>Neela
Her armorer total also reduces spell damage.
>Piquerdam
Gargoyles +1 speed. They get a 25% Magic Resistance.
>Rissa
Unchanged (unique already).
>Thane
Genies +1 speed. You can choose what spells they cast.
>Torosar
Ballista can target towers and gates, like a catapult.
>Aine
+350 gold for every Tower you own.
>Astral
The base power (that's multiplied by 25) is increased by difference in hero's level to unit's level.
>Cyra
Haste costs -1SP (extra).
>Daremyth
Fortune removes negative luck effects before casting.
>Halon
He asks female heroes to post vegana pic. Gives him day's worth of SP regen.
>Serena
100% success chance to learn Fire Magic spells cast.
>Solmyr
Bolt strikes +1 troop (extra).
>Theodorus
Magi +1 speed. +1 mana reduction from Magi.
>Dragon
Unchanged (unique already).

>>4563530
>+350 gold for every male hero you own that met Jenova
Kek

>>4562353
No one has any suggestion?

>>4563530
>Jenova
>+350 gold for every male hero you own that met Jenova.
delet

>>4563530
>Jenova
>+350 gold for every male hero you own that met Jenova.
Slander! Jenova is pure!

>>4563545
Sorry we can't help anon, but maybe someone more technically savvy will answer your question soon.

>>4563618
Alright, hopefully someone will be able to help. Here's a screen to show how tiny windows are compared to the whole screen.

>>4563647
well it is because they were made for 800x600 displays

>>4563654
I know. But the HD mod team will have to do something about it eventually. Imagine how tiny windows will be in 10 years when everyone will have 4K monitors. They should add something like integer scaling to make things better while keeping the sharpness.

>>4563675

maybe if they redo all the sprites in vector.

I don't have a problem stretching 240p games on large resolutions, with some filters to smooth out the sprites. Just play at lower internal resolution

>>4563530
[[ Fortress: ]]

>Alkin
Gorgons +1 speed, +50 HP.
>Broghild
Wyverns +1 speed, poison lasts twice as long.
>Bron
Basilisks +1 speed, stoning lasts twice as long.
>Drakon
Gnolls +1 speed. Gnolls numbers in his army grow by 10% per week (but no more than his hero level).
>Gerwulf
Ballista regenerates after it's destroyed.
>Korbac
Dragon Flies +1 speed. They suffer no retaliation if they dispel at least 1 buff from the enemy.
>Tazar
Level bonus doubled against melee attacks.
>Wystan
Reptile-lions +1 speed, damage unaffected by range penalties.
>Andra
Water Magic spells 10% cheaper ((extra); forgot to mention this for Elleshar as well).
>Merist
Stoneskin effect doubled on Fortress creatures (extra).
>Mirlanda
Weakness casting cost halved.
>Rosic
Gets +5 SP for every that dies under her command.
>Styg
Sorcery damage doubled for Water Magic spells. Works on Underrail when idle.
>Tiva
100% chance to learn level 1-2 spells.
>Verdish
First Aid Tent regenerates after battle & heals 50% extra.
>Goy
Also gets to keep 5%/L movement points when embarking.
>Adrienne
Fire Magic spells cost 50% less.

[[ Stronghold: ]]

>Crag Hack
Offense increase from hero level x1.2 on attack.
>Gretchin
Goblin +1 speed, +3 HP.
>Gurnisson
Ballista damage increased by +10% per hero level.
>Jabrakas
Orcs +1 speed, no range penalties.
>Krellion
Ogres +3 speed.
>Shiva
Rocs +1 speed, +30 HP.
>Tyraxor
Wolf Riders +1 speed. Wolf Riders' first attack strikes first when attacked.
>Yog
Cyclopses +1 speed, no range penalties.
>Boragus
Ogres +100 HP.
>Kilgor
Behemots get +1 speed and remove 20% more defenses (Ancient Behemots attack 0% Def units).
>Dessa
+20% MP on rock ((extra) forgot to mention that the original bonus is halved for all Logistics experts).
>Gird
Sorcery damage doubled for Air Magic spells.
>Gundula
Offense increase from hero level x1.1 on retaliation.
>Oris
100% chance to learn Air Magic spells.
>Saurug
No change.
>Terek
Haste duration doubled.
>Vey
Ogres +7 def.
>Zubin
See Coronus.

>>4563682
There isn't any need for filters. They just need to add proper integer scaling to make everything bigger without any need for filters. Most emulators have this so you can have 100% accurate scaling. What I'm talking about is basically doubling the size of each pixel (1 pixel is now 4 pixels). That keeps everything sharp without any need for filters.

I encountered bugged seer in campaign for the second time, they don't register killed neutral monsters for some reason.
Any workaround?

>>4563730
[[ Dungeon: ]]

>Pajeet
Beholders +1 speed, no range penalty.
>Arlach
Ballista can target towers and gates, like a catapult.
>Dace
Minotaurs +1 speed. If other male and female units presents, the males get -1 morale but the females get max positive morale.
>Damacon
+350 gold per gold mine owned.
>Gunnar
+30% MP on Subterranean (extra).
>Loralei
Harpies +1 speed, +2 min, +1 max damage.
>Troglodytes
Troglodytes speed +3.
>Synca
Scropicore paralyze chance doubled, lasts +1 turn for every level the attacked unit is below Scorpicore.
>Mutare
All dragons get 5% more attack/def per level.
>Alamar
Resurrecting Dungeon creatures costs half the SP (replaces the original).
>Darkstorn
Stoneskin effect doubled on Dungeon creatures (extra).
>Deemer
Meteor Shower +50% (replaces the original).
>Geon
100% chance to learn level 3-4 spells.
>Jaegar
Mysticism regeneration increased by the % of remaining MP (so +100% if he hasn't moved at all).
>Jeddite
Unchanged.
>Malekith
Sorcery damage doubled for Earth Magic spells.
>Sephinroth
Unchanged.

[[ Inferno ]]

>Cahl
Gogs +1 speed and deal no friendly damage.
>Fiona
Hellhound speed +1, +10 HP.
>Ignatius
Imps +1 speed, always deal max damage.
>Marius
Demons +1 speed, deal +25% damage in general, +50% against Rampart units.
>Nymus
Pit Fiends +1 speed. Can upgrade Pit Fiends to Pit Lords for half the cost.
>Octavia
+350 gold per Inferno town owned.
>Pyre
Ballista jams and can't shoot anymore after first shot.
>Rashka
Efreet +1 speed, their Fire Shield is Expert level.
>Xeron
Devils deal double damage.
>Ash
See Coronus, except bonus for Bloodlust is hardcapped at +10.
>Axsis
Regenerates 5% per level of the SP cost of every spell cast by the enemy (extra).
>Ayden
Fire Magic spells 10% cheaper (extra).
>Calid
Unchanged.
>Olema
Weakness duration tripled.
>Xyron
Inferno creatures are immune to his Inferno spell.
>Fireball
+1 AoE.
>Zydar
Sorcery damage doubled for Fire Magic spells.

>>4563004
Their even quite expensive a lot though.

>>4563530
>He asks female heroes to post vegana pic. Gives him day's worth of SP regen.

What is vegana?

>>4563819
>Ballista can target towers and gates, like a catapult.

>Ballista jams and can't shoot anymore after first shot.
>>4563730
>Ballista damage increased by +10% per hero level.
>>4563730
>Ballista regenerates after it's destroyed.

>Ballista can target towers and gates, like a catapult.
>>4562242
>His ballista shoots first.

So who has the best ballista now?

>notice HoMM3 shortcut on desktop
>hmm, it's been a while
>generate up a map, XL with medium water and monster power, go Necro since rusty
>not finding much for resources or gold near me, only have enough gold to run two exploration/supply chain heroes, tier 5 by end of week 2 FFS
>end of first month the CPU comes by with two heroes, each has 20 tier 7 units from 4-5 different towns
>couldn't get an army of skeletons together, kept getting picked off by shooter stacks all over the fucking map
>same happened to the small group of vampire lords I had gotten together
>main hero was still low level since I took gold from every box to try and build quicker
>fuck it, generate a new map
>week 3, all three PC players attack me, ignoring each other, free for all my ass
This happens every time I play necro on generated maps, I have no idea why.

>>4564985
>decide to take another stab at it
>launch HoMM3 HD 5.0 beta 39 launcher
>hit play
>nothing happens
>won't work now
So, what's the working version of the HoMM3 HD launcher? By which I mean the one that works more than once.

>>4564947

>>4564995
Just reinstall HD+ or something, I've never had any problems with it.

>>4564995
Never had any problem with HD mod. Try downloading the latest version and installing it.

>>4563819
>Minotaurs +1 speed. If other male and female units presents, the males get -1 morale but the females get max positive morale.

What did she mean by this?

>>4563730
Tarzan & Craig are still the strongestest.

What is the level of snipers and enchanters? Can you make phantoms of them with basic water magic?

>>4565239
4 and 6.

>>4565261
Thanks m8, but where did you get the info? Everywhere I googled I found nothing.

how many of you here are slavs

>>4565316
Does it matter?

>>4565316
Everyone, including you.

>>4565273
Open the map editor (most likely called h3maped), go to Tools>Objects>Monsters and right-click on the unit adventure map portrait. You can find them after the Azure, Crystal, Faerie and Rust Dragon.

>>4563647
How about not setting the game in 2K?

>>4565382
Right, I completely forgot about this tool.

How does necromancy amplifier works, 3 of them will double your expert necromancy skill? Or bonus will be just 30% of 30%

>>4565694
Necromancy is additive and caps at 100%.

>>4565694

you get a flat bonus of 10% for each amplifier

why the FUCK is crag hacks starting campaign so much fucking harder than the other 3 alternatives?

holy shit if I didn't abuse expert ballistics to creep early on I don't think I would've even come close to beating it unlike lmaonotlegolas's campaign.

>>4565770
on standard hard difficulty, btw.

>>4565072
because if they lose, females gon get raped

>>4565785
with how prevalent cuck porn is nowadays im surprised there isn't much porn of minotaurs raping human females

>>4565770
Best part is in final mission, bullshit border gates.

>>4565392
I already explained that the game doesn't have a proper integer scaling mode so if I don't use my monitor's native res, I'm forced to use some shitty filters.

>>4565959
Try something like this.

>>4565973
Everything looks like it's melting. The point is that I don't want to use filters and even if I choose 32-bit True (which doesn't let you choose a filter) the game will still have bilinear filtering. I think I'll just have to play with tiny windows until the HD mod team adds proper integer scaling without any filters.

musical towns with the ai is bullshit but damn is it satisfying to finally wear it down and take all the towns and starve them out fuck you cuthbert

>>4567315
>musical towns
What?

>>4566059

just play the ubisoft remake

>>4567346

In Russia, there is no word for music. They think all music is wizardry (magic). So he means magical towns, like Fortress & Stronghold.

>>4567356
>In Russia, there is no word for music. They think all music is wizardry (magic)
But there is. Maybe you're confusing it with some other slav language?

>>4567360
Magic is the music of Russia, is what he was trying to convey. And there are no more magical (musical) parts of Russia than the warm foggy swamps and barren windswept rocky crags.

>>4567375
Russian here. Cannot fucking understand what are you talking about. Are you drugged?

>>4567386
Because I'm speaking the language of music, which is not magic. But in Russia magic IS music. However, that doesn't ensure we can communicate, reptile-lion.

>>4567393
Caнитapы! Этoт нapкoмaн oбocpaлcя!

>>4567396
Musical.

>>4559487
M&M always mixed sci fi with fantasy by the endgame. The fan backlash was such bullshit. I am still mad this town was cut because of those idiots. I like mixing sci fi and fantasy, that's exactly why I liked Warhammer 40k as as setting or liked Arcanum as much as I did.

>>4563226
Thanks, hopefully you'll get around to it eventually. No rush, we're all patient here.

>>4567346
>>4567386
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_chairs
You'd think the
>fruitless, repeated scavenger hunt-like experience; and cyclic replacement of political leaders
Would be pertinent to Russian politics, but I digress.

>>4567354

Why are russians such lying propagandists?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLOD5pRrRD0

>WoG
>relevant

And what'st that cringy custom unit he has in every fight? Probably the key to his victory.

- After years of NOT playing and seeing couple of thread on /v/, I've finally decided to replay to shit out of it.
- As anon >>4560271 mentioned, I was similar shitter in this game.
- Homm3 Complete + HD
- Saw some russian gameplays and such.
- Finished Yog's campaign on Hard.

And finally after years and not peeking on youtube, I've managed to beat scenario "Mandate of Heaven" on Hard.
- I'm pretty sure, that this might be "babby's first adventure map", but damn I could love every part of design in this map. The sense of exploration (I never played MM, so I might miss a lot of here) was great here w/ decent challenge of roaming enemies.

What other official / custom maps I should look upon which have similar tone?

Anon who had trouble getting perfect scaling with smaller resolutions here. Turns out I'm fucking retarded. The problem was that I tried to use twice the game's original resolution, but what I had to do was instead using half my monitor's res (720p from 1440p). That with Nearest filtering is exactly what I was looking for. Now I get bigger windows and the pixel art is 100% sharp and unaltered.

Pic related.

>>4568379
Oh and I should mention that you should click on the filename to actually see how sharp the picture is since 4chan's resizing makes it look blurry.

you guys post about this game all the time so I decided to give it a try... and holy shit why is this so fucking good

>>4568379
1080p here, I can't find 540, nor 720 for that matter. what are you using?

>>4568379
Glad to hear you figured it out anon - have a nice time playing Heroes!

>winter is here... and its cold!

>>4569084
You can input whatever custom resolution you please.

Did the all the MM fags leave? Is this the HoMM general now?

>>4569084
Are you using HD mod? Anyway, you can't have perfect scaling with a lower res with 1080p because the game's original res is 600p, which is more than half of 1080p.

Basically here's how to achieve pixel perfect, unaltered, sharp upscaling:

1.You need a monitor with vertical resolution of AT LEAST 1200 pixels
2.Select 32-bit (stretchable) GDI as your graphics mode
3.Choose any resolution that's exactly your monitor's native res divided by a whole number AND that has a vertical resolution of AT LEAST 600 pixels.
4. Select Nearest as your stretch filter.

What is the best version of Might and Magic 1? NES version? Apple II version? Some other, perhaps?

>>4569205
Kinda sad to see. I won't miss the retards just posting character portraits thinking it's funny but some M&M discussion was fun.

anybody has more full map caps like this

>>4569307

>>4569307
I hope whoever made this campaign dies in a fire somewhere

>>4569307
>no way to replenish mana
What were they thinking?

>>4569307
>disgusting ammount of mountains
dear god...

>>4569310
Jealous because you can't do maps that are both biutifel & fun to play like her map?

>>4569338
Nothing disgusting about it.

>>4569348
>>4569349
>white knighting for a fucking video game map
Well that's a first one

>>4569247
Nobody played old MMs so nobody can answer the question?

>>4569307
>tfw played the campaigns few years ago, so when I look back they seem like they were fun
>know that if I played them again I would hate them

>>4569371
They are fun as long as they don't have some artificial handicap bullshit.

Can I play HoMM3 online even if I have a pirated version of the game?

could anyone tell me the average cost of creature recruitment per faction in homm3? pre-grail of course
I am unable to do so at this hour

>>4569247
NES is the best, with the caveat that you won't be able to trasnfer your save game to M&M2, which means that you will have to go through M&M2's rigid early grind instead of starting wtih advanced characters.

If you want to be able to transfer your save, play the PC version of MM1 through DOSBox with Grid Cartographer.

>>4569402
Probably yes.

>>4569452
Castle - 898 + gems
Rampart - 740 + crystals
Tower - 883 + gems
Inferno - 841 + mercury
Necropolis - 735 + mercury
Dungeon - 789 + sulphur
Stronghold - 643 + crystals
Fortress - 734 + sulphur
Conflux - 568 + mercury

Conclusion: Conflux is shit as usaual.

>>4569532
cheers

>>4569537
On second thought I could do it better by taking into account actual number of new creatures per week. Maybe someone will redo it.

>>4569460
I'm not sure I have intention to continue with the series after I have finished mm1. I suppose I will continue with Wizardry/Ultima/Bard's Tale/Whatever. So I would prefer to play the best possible version.

>>4569540
DOS is the best version for all 1-5. We suggest you start at 3 anyway. The only reason to play NES is graphics and if that bothered you, you should be playing 3-5 instead anyway.

>>4569589
I still play HOMMII and it's awesome!

>>4569589
And sound. DOS version beeps horribly so my ears bleed.

>>4569307
Where did you find those campaign maps or how did you access them? You can even see the event and resource balls which means this is screenshot from a map editor.

>>4569590
heroes of might and magic 2 is not the same as might and magic 2

>>4569539
you could take into account HP/week. Exp is based on HP.

>>4569594
no idea.

>>4569612
Oh, true, sorry, my bad

>>4569460
>Grid Cartographer.
What a ridiculous way to play these games. Now I stare all the time on the fucking map while navigating locations. First person look is not needed at all. Now I understand why Ultima is superior.

>new map
>buying heroes, upgrading castle
>few weeks pass
>all heroes except main one just sit
>don't bother with castle at all
>don't bother picking up resources around me
Why do I always get lazy like this? Same thing always happens in other games like AoW or Eador.

>>4569784
Again, we suggest you start at 3 because the engine is so primitive in first gen. You should look at the pastebin as we break down the games by generation if you haven't.

>>4563819
[[ Conflux ]]

>Erdamon
Earth Elementals +2 speed and +5 Attack.
>Thunar
Earth Elementals +2 speed and +5 Defense.
>Fiur
Fire Elementals +3 Attack +1 Defense and +3 Damage.
>Ignissa
>Fire Elementals +1 Attack +3 Defense and +3 Damage.
>Kalt (means "cold")
Water Elementals increase morale of male units by +1, +2 for other Elementals.
>Lacus
Water Elementals get +2 Damage.
>Monere
Psychic Elementals get +5 Attack +2 Defense.
>Pasis
Psychic Elementals get +2 Attack +5 Defense.
>Aenain
Disrupting Ray casting cost halved (extra).
>Brissa
Haste gives +3 speed to Elemental units.
>Ciele
Magic Arrow casting cost -1 SP for every [Elemental] Magic secondary skill (extra).
>Gelare
+350 gold for every female hero you own that met Gelare.
>Grindan
+100 gold for every stack of units defeated.
>Inetus
Bloodlust effect tripled on Elemental units, quadrupled on Fire Elementals.
>Labetha
+3 for normal units as the description says in-game, doubled for Elementals, quadrupled for Earth Elementals.
>Luna
Unchanged (unique already).

Now I'm done.

I'm trying to get heroes 2 to run off of dosbox but whenever I end the turn I get an error stating it can't open the file autosave.gm1 in the \games\ directory, and I'm honestly lost as to what to do about it.
Anyone have any experience with this?

>>4569981
Just wait for Succ wars. :^)

>>4569981
It means the game doesn't have the right permissions. If you put it in program files you have to run as admin.

>>4569997
do you mean dosbox not running with admin privileges or the heroes2 executable file? I tried running dosbox in admin but to no avail. How do I get the heroes2.exe to run as admin through dosbox?

>>4570014
I would reinstall the game in a different location then, I put all my DOSBOX games in c:/. You could make the whole heroes 2 folder read/write globally, but it is just easier to do it from scratch. Autosave happens at the end of every turn, so the game has to try to write the file. Also the GOG version comes with both a Windows and DOS version, although the music is different which you could try.

>>4569989
>when succ wars finally gets released

>>4559359
"The Wedding Gift"
http://www.heroes3maps.com/map/7493-the-wedding-gift
Single player, lots of small-scale skirmishes and exploration, has story/setting but nothing too heavy.

"The Imp"
http://www.maps4heroes.com/forum/opinions.php?game=3&map_id=1387
Fight a variety of enemies with one (1) Unicorn and a wide repertoire of spells.

"A Song of Ice and Fire"
http://www.maps4heroes.com/forum/opinions.php?map_id=1119&game=3
Very good Westeros map including custom heroes (Crag Hack is Sandor Clegane etc) and special events like White Walker invasion or Dany's dragons.

>>4563819
>>4564951
Imagine Arlach with Cyclops Kings and Expert Ballistics
>"Men, let us ride for glor-"
>"The wall is already down sir"

I'm one movement tile away from taking main enemy town before he spawns ghost dragons and shit fuck this

>>4570429
Deleted 4 pikemen I didn't realise I had, got me that extra square. Neetch.

>>4570562
Their sacrifice will not be forgotten

>>4570649
When you disband and army, they're simply released from service and just go home.

ofc, imagine the 5500 Power Lich retirement.

>>4559359
If you like a little bit (actually a lot) of story download anything made by Corribus aka Timothy Duncan.
Playing "Sander's Folly" and to lesser extent "Goldheart" should be mandatory here. I would recommend playing "The Outpost of Progress" and "Story of the Fool" too, but it requires you to start a multiplayer hot-seat and play to players at the same time.

Anyways, here's the link to access all of his maps: http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/maps.php?keywords=timothy
"Sander's Folly" -
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/rating.php?testcookie=&id=750
"Goldheart" -
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/rating.php?testcookie=&id=701
"The Outpost of Progress" -
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/rating.php?testcookie=&id=754
"Story of the Fool" -
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/rating.php?testcookie=&id=755

>>4571328
If you like story you really should leave prejudices behind and just play IV.

>>4571341
Anon asked for custom maps for (I can only presume) HoMM III, so there was no need to even mention HoMM IV. I do get what you're saying - HoMM IV has much better writing overall.

What small things bother you in H3?

Mine is the fact that fucking spicy birbs are faster than teleporting devils.

I can add that I get triggered that devils who teleport through smoke and fire are not immune to fire.

The combo of spicy boiis and devils (fastest unit in the game and fire immunity) with armageddon could have been bretty good and give Inferno a great boost.


Fucking conflux REEEEEEEEEEE

>>4571568
t. Xyron

>>4571568
Inferno is fine as it is.

>>4571609
Inferno got best town soundtrack.

>>4559383
>Play real heroes game instead of bootlegged russkies sukablyas
Russian mods are too hard. I will never download them.Also afraid of russian spookware by vladimir putin.

>>4571609

this, the chance of efreetgeddon balances out any percieved faults. I wish the towm gate would have been twice as cheap though.

>>4559575
>From a fan perspective it was a bad idea to scrap Forge
Fanbois like >>4559578 and >>4562037
are exactly the SJW-tier cancer that killed forge

>>4562353
>bluriness or inconsistent
Use a CRT monitor. That or be a retard and shill for the "HD remake".

>>4567354
The HD remakes is HQ4X filters everywhere.

>>4571626
>Fanbois like this are exactly the SJW-tier cancer that killed forge
You don't know what you're talking about, do you?

At no point in any of the HoMMs before this expansion were any hints to its sci-fi nature, so most people thought of it as a high-fantasy TBS. The reception of Forge was mixed due to fans not being introduced to canonical sci-fi backstory unless they played M&M games, thus thinking that the city is not thematically-consistent with the rest of the game. At the time, there was a pressure from unsatisfied fans to not include any sci-fi elements in the story and some mouth-breathers even sent death threats to NWC employees. Than 3DO chose to scrap it - end of story.

An overwhelming amount of 'fanbois' still feel the same way about the Forge. If you don't like people having differing opinions, go join the Russians and mod that faction in the game.

>>4571671
But aliens were introduced in homm3 since the beginning! Inferno was there initially! So everybody should have known it was not just generic fantasy!

>>4571685
Nothing against M&M lore, but at no point in HoMM III campaign were Kreegans referred to as 'aliens' - Katherine and other allied factions called them 'devils'. Considering angels also became a part of Castle's unit composition, Inferno served as a nice contrast to the entire Castle faction.

>>4571713
This, I never heard about aliens back then.

Do I have to conquer the Tower settlements during the Fort Noxis scenario because I've been defending for three months
Tenk demons

>>4571713
>>4571671
I'm pro-Forge, but this is correct. They have fucked up by making Heroes exclusively fantasy, and then wanting to include pure sci-fi Forge like that.

>>4571630
I solved my problem.
>>4568379
>>4568389
>>4569223

>>4571671
The Kreegans are literally the same as the other Kreegans. They're interdimensional space-devil-aliens.

A very vocal minority that has no idea of the MM universe simply shit their pants and threw a temper tantrum for no reason over Forge.

>>4572460
Kreegans were never introduced as aliens in HoMM3 itself. HoMM also didn't have a single hint of sci-fi anywhere, it is pure medieval fantasy through and through. I know M&M proper has sci-fi shit in it, but when HoMM3 was made the ship had already sailed. They should have included sci-fi stuff in 1, 2 and RoE to ease players into it.

Forge absolutely didn't fit in HoMM3. It also had shit unit designs desu.

>>4572460
The real question is what percentage of HoMM players had known anything about the M&M's lore at the time the expansion was being made?

I have nothing against Jon Van Caneghem and the fact he immediately mixed fantasy and sci-fi genre in the very first M&M, but the first HoMM was presented to the unknowing audience as a cookie-cutter high fantasy with elves, wizards, warlocks etc. There was hardly any story in the original HoMM, let alone anything hinting at sci-fi.
M&M7 was published in '99, the same year HoMM3-RoE was released. I don't know what the overlap between TBS and CRPG players was, but do you believe most of HoMM1,2&3 players wanted to play seven M&M games spanning all the way back in '86 to familiarize themselves to the lore?

Hell, the only time I even saw the M&M games mentioned was in the slideshow (with some other NWC games) integrated into my HoMM3 installer.

>>4572460
The real question is what percentage of HoMM players had known anything about the M&M's lore at the time the expansion was being made?

I have nothing against Jon Van Caneghem and the fact he immediately mixed fantasy and sci-fi genre in the very first M&M, but the first HoMM was presented to the unknowing audience as a cookie-cutter high fantasy with elves, wizards, warlocks etc. There was hardly any story in the original HoMM, let alone anything hinting at sci-fi.
M&M7 was published in '99, the same year HoMM3-RoE was released. I don't know what the overlap between TBS and CRPG players was, but do you believe most of HoMM1,2&3 players wanted to play seven M&M games spanning all the way back to first one published in '86, just to familiarize themselves to the lore?

Hell, the only time I even saw the M&M games mentioned was in the slideshow (with some other NWC games) integrated into my HoMM3 installer.

Basically, what anon said here >>4572491

>>4572568
Maybe they should've reread the lore since there are layers upon layers of this onion.

>>4572579
sup saxondragon

>>4571614
Indeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHaLZBxJMdc

Been playing M&M 7 for a while and still didn't skill my paladin in a weapon class.
He can reach GM in mace but people say mace it is a shit weapon.
He also can get mastery in swords and thus two-weld them, is that better than grand mastery in mace?
Where should I spend my points?

>>4573923
Sorry I can't help you much, but this guy seems knowledgeable enough - check his Character Creation tutorial for any relevant information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dleBIAjth8w

>>4572491
>>4572568
It absolutely did fit HoMM 3, just as Sci-Fi fit into Might and Magic. It's simply an issue of overly zealous fans who have no idea of the wider lore.

The Kreegans might not be introduced as aliens in HoMM3, but they are. The Colony Zod is basically this giant alien colony full of the Kreegans and alien technology such as laser blasters.

Even if we put your strongest argument forward, i.e. the fans aren't introduced to this lore unless they played MM, that still doesn't justify sending the developers death threats over Forge.

A: They are wrong about Sci-Fi being jarring in this setting. It belongs into the Might and Magic setting like swords and spellbooks.
B: A simple internet search even at the time would have lifted them out of their ignorance about Sci-Fi and Might and Magic. Since AT LEAST Might and Magic 6, Sci-Fi has been a major aspect of every plot.

Their reaction was wrong on a lore level, on a human level, and on a level of being a fan. They can't be that big fans if they don't know half of the setting they're playing in first, second off, they don't demonstrate openness to new concepts.

Look at Conflux. It is a boring hot mess of a faction. It has generic units based off the four (five) Elements, and they're basically extremely good at magic. That's it. Every other faction in the game has a unique, unpredictable twist to them, but as soon as you read "Elementals" you know they're going full ancient philosophy and just tossing the four elements at you.

Forge > generic ass Conflux every day.

This is a good example of when you should NOT listen to rabid fans.

>>4574030
Not those anons and while I do agree to an extent, the Forge we have been presented with sucked major ass just from a visual design standpoint. The units were hot garbage and the town screen itself was ugly as sin. If you wanna go the sci-fi route, make it look like it fits instead of slapping some industrial shit and modern-looking scyscrapers together. Have a consistent design that works visually like all the other towns. The only defense I could put forth for it is that it probably was still early in development but I don't remember enough about it.

>>4574107
I agree with that

>>4573923
Paladins should go to master sword first, get mace second, and late game dump points into mace for paralyze. Mace is a crappy weapon, but the paralyze effect is basically an instakill. Paladins also have the neat ability on light path to cast Paralyze from distance or beat enemies into Paralyze in melee.

>>4574030
>internet
>1999
Most people didn't even have dial-up then. I agree they should have stuck with Forge, but there would have to be an intro campaign to merge correctly. The designs were uninspired, but we don't know how they ultimately would have turned out. About the Kreegan, a lot of the people complaining hadn't watched the MM6 opening. Simply starting with that and expanding the opening cinematic would have been doable and not that hard. I feel this was more a miss by NWC because they didn't do it before RoE and the conflict was inevitable.

The series has been sci-fi since MM1. If you haven't you should read the MM2 manual and the spaceship logs on Darkside.

>>4574261
maybe in your third world shithole but online gaming was alive and well

>>4559306
some of mine:

https://mega.nz/#F!BM8QjSpC!7EWs1nfDYlkxkpka0pmH4Q

>>4574261
>Most people didn't even have dial-up then
Bullshit. I know a guy that found about Armageddon Blade being a thing through Internet in fucking Poland of all places.

>>4574326
¡Dios mio! Gave me an el virus!

>>4574326
>posting dolphin porn maps

>>4574454
>>4574459
dont even know what youre saying. do what you want

>>4574326
>>4574495
Don't worry about these two (>>4574454 >>4574459), they're just being mean.

I looked at your maps and they're pretty solid - not my style since they are a free-for-all type (no teams, nobody has an advantage, no special objective etc), but that's just a personal preference.
Your map-making skills obviously improved over time (from 1->6) - your maps got bigger, you became more confident with using different terrains and more creative with the way you decorate your maps - so keep up the good work!
One complain that I have that is actually relevant in multiplayer is the issue of native terrain, since all your maps use grass terrain as a default terrain all players will travel on. Here's a link if you want to read more about it (http://heroes.thelazy.net/wiki/Terrain)) but the short explanation is that each Town has it's own native terrain. Creatures fighting on their own native terrain get +1 attack, +1 defense and +1 speed. Grass is a native terrain for Castle, Rampart and Conflux and in most of your maps you have a player that starts either with a Castle, Rampart or a Conflux by default. This means these players will get an unfair advantage over others. If you want to make things balanced, use a terrain not native to any fixed player Town as a default one.
Also something purely related to aesthetics - put different decorations on top of each other to create an illusion of uniqueness. Download my concepts posted here (>>4563226) and here (>>4561924) and see how much decorations I used just for filling out a small area.

Keep having fun making maps!

>>4574326
>>4574495
Don't worry about these two (>>4574454 >>4574459), they're just being mean.

I looked at your maps and they're pretty solid - not my style since they are a free-for-all type (no teams, nobody has an advantage, no special objective etc), but that's just a personal preference.
Your map-making skills obviously improved over time (from 1->6) - your maps got bigger, you became more confident with using different terrains and more creative with the way you decorate your maps - so keep up the good work!
One complain that I have that is actually relevant in multiplayer is the issue of native terrain, since all your maps use grass terrain as a default terrain all players will travel on. Here's a link if you want to read more about it (http://heroes.thelazy.net/wiki/Terrain)) but the short explanation is that each Town has it's own native terrain. Creatures fighting on their own native terrain get +1 attack, +1 defense and +1 speed. Grass is a native terrain for Castle, Rampart and Conflux and in most of your maps you have a player that starts either with a Castle, Rampart or a Conflux by default. This means these players will get an unfair advantage over others. If you want to make things balanced, use a terrain not native to any fixed player Town as a default one.
Also something purely related to aesthetics - put different decorations on top of each other to create an illusion of uniqueness. Download my concepts posted here (>>4563226) and here (>>4561924) and see how many decorative pieces I used just for filling out a small area.

Have fun making maps anon!

>>4574591
>[Deleted]
That's what you get for disregarding our feelings.

Just finished the last SoD campaign, it was quite hard compared to others. Even with a lot of vampire lords.

>>4574649
I was bitching about it here few months ago. I was getting fucked by rng and then won it thanks to rng. Worst campaign in the game.

>>4574759
I didn't get town portal nor dimension door, it was quite a pain at the second map, and the last one I won only thanks to water elemental spell.
Never seen such growth handicap also.

>>4574772
Now I'm not sure if I was clear, I implied bonus Sandro campaign about pre-ROE story.

Whats the most beautiful homm3 custom map? Whoever made the art direction for the game is a genius

>>4574792
Ye, I meant that one too. Was stuck on the second to last for quite a while and won it by taking the only castle AI had and defending there. And finished last map purely because of luck too. When AI left his castle, I took it, and got summon earth elemental spell from there. I don't know how could it be possible without any kind of summon spell tho, if I remember right, you get an army at your doorstep by the end of the first or second week, and there's no way to beat it regularly.

>>4573923
Don't power game, nerd. It's not even a hard game. I beat it recently with four knights, one had mace and sword. Paralyze is cool. Play for swag. Video games are for fun.

>>4574649
I got stuck on some Crag Hack scenario and took a break to play Restoration of Erathia since I never beat it back when. I'm about to beat that and have to go back to SoD. I hope I learned something about how to play.

>>4573923
>not going 4 monks

dumb

>>4574637
Thank you for your reply!

I did these several years ago when I was still a pothead and played Heroes with a friend of mine. I didn't touch the game in years now. I know about the concepts of diversity and all that. If it doesn't show, then maybe I didn't upload all maps, cant remember It's really a long time ago. Maybe 10 years or more.

I am aware of the native terrain thing. I just liked the grass terrain. And we decided we don't care :) remember, they were made for us alone.

Then there is the thing with some maps using some "races" as default starts. We enjoyed these more then others, so if I wanted to make a map that had less then 8 different start zones, some of those we hated wont be an option.

Last, about advantages: There are custom events, some of them weekly, that benefit the human player and the AI players in different ways. Some boost the AI quite a lot (like giving them a lot of resources).

I will check which maps I uploaded to see whats in there later.

Who's the most chad unit in 3?

>>4575336
the swordsman.

>>4575336

>>4574952
>implying power gaming isn't fun

>>4575336
Minotaur kangs.
>>4574954
Yeah, Crag's campaign is tricky.

>>4573923
>no Goblin in party
??

Are you a racist

please post some more on topic memes

>>4575694

>>4575710

>>4575714

>>4575717

>>4575694
This one is my favorite.

>>4575750
Why russian?

>>4575758
Because it's from a russian site and you will understand it anyway.

>>4575336
Each tier have its own chad.

>>4575694
Wrong beer m8

>>4575808
mmm...

>>4575796
Translation: Last map in the "Unholy Alliance" campaign (if it wasn't obvious). They should've cropped out the guy representing Christian since he wasn't taking part in that campaign.

>>4575812
>import/craft beer fag
Disgusting. Superior beverage coming through.

>>4575935
lol wut

>>4575965
You tell me, you're the one drinking muddy European swill.

>been playing necro for the past few maps
>decide to go all random for a change
>get necro
>get gold
>first hero in the tavern is Vokial
>mfw

>>4575971
Browar Behemot.

>>4575935
anons like you make it important to save pictures like mine

>>4575965
>>4575980
>>4575986
trolled

>>4574952
>not a hard game
>played 4 knights

>>4573923
Funny how everyone I know picked the same 2 guys (the male human and dwarf) in any team. I guess the other guys are too ugly. Me personally I like the female goblin chick with short hair.
As for your question, don't min-max your characters. I run a paladin / thief / monk / sorcerer currently and I totally went mace for paladin because stun is free and powerful.
Also why did you learn so many useless skills like Unarmed?

>>4575989
You sure did troll us anon!

Am I late to the party with mems

>>4575986
Let me tell you something you wretched little man: if you want to get fucked up, you drink real alcohol, like vodka or whiskey. If you want to get a little buzz and enjoy a refreshing beverage, you have a nice light beer. If you're sitting around drinking stale brown piss and pretending to enjoy it, you're a faggot. Imported and craft beers are a beverage relegated only to the biggest of hipsters and homosexuals that want to fit in and imagine they are men of taste. They're the kind of retards who sit around sipping their beer like it's fine wine, imaging themselves to be some kind of autistic connoisseur. No, you do not have good taste, you are not special, you are not a man of refinement: you are just a simple faggot in a sea of simple faggots who would rather endure disgusting European dirt water than a nice refreshing light beer. Now, save this picture and make a point of looking at it every day and know that this corn dog represents you, and the man looking at you represents every heterosexual man you've ever come across. Look at it, look at it and let it serve as a personal reminder to never replicate this faggotry in the future.

Good day sir.

>>4576134
Party hard.

>>4575796
Can you provide the original photo? (And continuation?)

>>4576149
could this be the birth of an epic new meme?

>>4576149
Don't want to sound like a barbarian, but what kind of food has the guy on the photo?

>>4576341
Soy-on-a-stick

>>4576042
>4 knights
>hard
It can be annoying at times, but not hard. Get a gate master and wind master and let body building cover for your lack of healing. I would figure the worst full party comp would be 4 thieves or something.

>>4576341
Prolly the corn dog mentioned in the tl;dr text, so I'll forgive you for not making the connection.

And speaking of memes, you can't forget the classics.

>>4576426
Four knights was mostly boring, except tunnels to Eofol, which was a trek. I regretted not playing something swag like four rangers with GM bows.

>>4576461
So early army gets the first strike = it's better, right?

>>4576469
early army is way fucking better because it lets you creep hard as fuck.

is /campaignposting/ allowed?

>>4576469
Basically yes, but keep in mind that 99% of H3 advice is based on MP assumptions and thus might not be very accurate for random SP map X.

Is there a way to play a bunch of balanced battles like the way one would play chess tactics?

I don't think the time dedication of online play or killing the computer from zero resources appeals to me anymore.

>>4576506

the AI is a cheating retard, so don't expect much balance. You can always just play chess, even that isn't balanced. Homm matches are up to RNG Gods anyway.

>>4576474
>is (...)posting allowed?
Sure

>>4575710
>tfw my father has been playing since 1999 and he beats all maps on impossible with castle every single fucking time
>his top list is only archangels
>he complained that only map he had to use conflux for was Clover Kingdoms
>this is his main hero

>>4575808
yeah mighty gorgons are probably most chad with their death stare and how quickly the fuckstacks can be created

Based lawful good dad.

>>4576762
Your dad sounds pretty cool anon. Caitlin is a strange choice due to her specialty not being really useful for a main. Ask him why he didn't choose Adela? IMO, she's a much better Cleric hero than Caitlin.

>>4576802
350 gold is really really useful in impossible single player. You can main switch easily enough anyway.

>>4576815
He sometimes switches his main to Adela, but usually out of only liking catilin he beats entire map.
And he would probs hate multiplayer cause he loves heroes for lack of balance.

>>4576762
She reminds him of the girl he wanted to fuck instead of yo fat momma

>>4577070
she rather looks like ma young momma

>>4576523
Are there consistent ways to make the AI cheat? The most blatant case I've seen so far is an AI hero going right next to a bunch of phoenixes and stop there without triggering a fight.

>>4576762
Fake. It's physically impossible to beat Barbarian Breakout on impossible.

>>4577145
It's a default map so he probably beaten it like 15 years ago, and even on fucking heroes 3 forum there is a thread with strats
fucking casual

>>4576523
I don't mean balanced. It's just there are only a few fights over an entire map that feel like they could go either way. It'd be fun to archive these for replay.

>>4577070
Which homm3 would you marry?

>>4577612
Jenova.

>>4577612
Tazar

>>4577091

>>4576506
Look for 'Arena' type of custom maps.

>Population of underage meme spouting fags increases

>>4577341

just use the map editor and make as many heroes with as big as armies as you want

Why does VMCI have to be such hot garbage. I just want new towns to fuck around with and cove is really, really fucking boring. Tried to set this shit up 4 times now, did everything in the forums, but the furthest i´ve got, with forge town installed, is random maps not being creatable. FUCK.

>>4578587
srsly considering to learn how to mod this game just to add fucking forge myself. About to flay someone.

>>4560246
>Yeah the cheat codes reference the Matrix, but what do you expect from a bunch of huge nerds in the 90s.

The cheat codes changed between the vanilla game and the expansions. I don't remember which one used which, but one of them had Matrix references, another had Star Wars Episode 1, and another had Monty Pythons Holy Grail (nwcshrubbery and the like).

>>4565392
>How about not setting the game in 2K?

bitch, you are small time.

>>4575812
fuck me, that looks so damn tasty.

Except for the fact that the bottles are filled to the brim. Immersion shattered.

I suck ass at this game, what'a legit Town strat for beginners?

>>4578787
>Town
Castle*

>>4578787
Inferno :^)

>>4578787
Tower, upgrade gremlin's building on day 1

>>4578787
>>4578789
I'm gonna assume you actually mean "Castle", as in, the human/gryphon/angel Castle in pic related.
In which case, if you truly suck ass, here are some basics that work for most towns:
>Gold>XP in chests
>use the gold to buy dwellings; your goal is at least level 6 dwelling (Castle: Cavaliers) by end of week 1, + Castle if you can afford it;
>Castle in particular sometimes (very rarely) allows you to get Angels in week 1 with a very specific beeline build
>just for safety, though, upgrade your Archer's Tower (Marksmen) early on and get Cavaliers + Castle, can't go wrong with that
>"might" heroes (Castle: Knights) have stronger and more resilient units and can learn just enough magic to buff their entire army and kill shit, better secondary skills, traditionally better as "main heroes"
>"magic" heroes (Castle: Clerics) can potentially fight efficiently with Magic Arrow (if you get it) and their extreme late game (Implode/CL everything, teleport around the whole map) can be strong too
>solid starter heroes include: Valeska, Tyris, Sorsha, Adela (starts with Diplomacy, which is broken OP, can be considered also a bit of a crutch, so YMMV) and Caitlin
>split your Pikemen into stacks of 1-1-1-1-1-rest of Pikemen
>those single Pikemen allow you to use the most basic vs AI trick, which is baiting with fodder
>single Pikemen stacks are often preferred by the AI in battles, so they waste time killing them or just getting to them (slow units like Dwarves or Zombies in particular can be kited this way)
>you can also use your single Pikemen (and other units) to surround your Marksmen to make sure they're never in melee (which is where they lose a lot of effectiveness)
>early creeping with this strat should be done as such: surround your Marksmen with units, send small Pikes as bait, liberally use WAIT command to avoid the "broken arrow"
>use whatever spells you can get; Magic Arrow, Shield, Stone Skin, Bless, Bloodlust are all really helpful early on

>>4578910
Some common terms:
>"Broken Arrow"
When it's your shooter unit's turn, hover over the enemy unit. If it's too far away from your shooter and you don't have the right artifacts (or if they aren't Sharpshooters, which they probably won't), the arrow will be "broken" = you deal 50% damage. If the enemies are slow walkers you should often press "Wait" in the bottom right corner; you don't lose your Marksmen's turn, they will just be moved to the end of the queue. This way they will be more effective. Of course, don't use this against other shooters or units that will reach you first. "Wait" command is essential to learn the tricks of to really efficiently wage battles, though.
>"Powerstack"
Whatever is your biggest unit stack and your biggest damage dealer is your Powerstack. Often, with Castle, esp. if you have a lot of level 1 dwellings, your Powerstack will be your Pikemen/Halberdiers. The idea of a Powerstack is that it can one-shot enemy stacks without them being able to retaliate, or at least deliver a hefty amount of damage. You generally want to avoid trading damage with your powerstack (e.g. attacking someone who will survive the attack and counter), which is where the following technique comes handy:
>Baiting the counterattack
Remember those stacks of 1 Pikeman I told you to get? You can use them to "soak up" the enemy's counterattack. Every unit gets a single counterattack (except Gryphons and units under spell Counterstrike). For instance, if you want to poke a handful of Rocs with a large powerstack of Pikemen and are afraid that the Rocs will live and take out some of your Pikes,you should instead send a single Pike to punch them first; then, when the Powerstack follows up on that attack, their powerful punch won't be countered.
(cont.)

>>4578923
>
>Chaining
An advanced technique, you can live without it generally if you're new, but remember that your movement speed depends on the speed of your slowest unit. You can use "chains" of secondary heroes to do multiple things:
>Reinforce your main hero who is away on a big campaign too far away from his capital city, and doesn't know Town Portal yet; simply have secondary heroes pass each other units all the way until you reach your main
>Have your main hero give all his slowest units to a "patsy" hero at the end of the turn so that he can start the next day with more movement points (but if you get attacked by AI in the interturn, you're fucked)
>Finally, you can have multiple heroes cover more of the map by simply passing each other the army and clearing out stacks.
I wouldn't bother too much with intricate chaining when you're just starting off, but knowing technique #1 is going to save you a ton of headache.
>Retreat and Surrender
Important shit. Retreat sacrifices your hero's entire army, but you can rebuy him at a tavern with all his artifacts and level ups and a small starter stack of units. Surrender pays a fuckton of gold to the enemy hero (can't be used in battles vs neutrals), depending on your army size; if you can pay the fee, your entire army and your hero is available for repurchase at a tavern. Surrender can be used as a "poor man's Town Portal" if you have enough dosh, where you purposefully surrender your hero to the enemy just to rebuy them in a tavern in the same turn. You can also employ gay Retreat/Surrender tactics to constantly harass an enemy hero with spells.

>>4578910
>>4578923
>>4578932
And also, as a general purpose tactic for keeping your shit alive: before engaging shooters, split your Cavaliers/Gryphons/Angels into a few stacks. Standing on a tile adjacent to the enemy shooters means they can't shoot, they can only use their melee (and most shooters, unless they have "No melee penalty", are not very capable in close combat).
Another trick: If you're blocking a shooter with a single Gryphon or Pikeman and he will die if he punches the shooter (enemy stack is something like 12 Beholders), you don't have to attack the shooter with the unit; just park the unit right next to the shooter and the shooter will be forced to move.

Anyway, as you build up, you should aim at getting your Angels + Castle at around week 2/3, unless the map is poor and/or you're playing on 200%.
>Why not Capitol first? Some guide from 2001 tells me to do so
You can probably go Capitol first when you're new, but
>frankly, that's boring, you spend the first 2 weeks not doing anything because you have no units and just building up your town, especially on maps where you're boxed in and can't just pick up a ton of free shit off the ground with no guards
>you will not have the incentive to learn how to wage early game battles with just a handful of units
>it will just be a poor habit that you will have to shake off once you start getting good

Only get money buildings if you have a strong core of units to fight with (Marksmen + Cavaliers) and you're out of ways to make gold in other ways. Or, if the map is REALLY poor and you're completely out of options.

>>4578952
And, for a final point: always make sure your hero picks up a magic book (as a general rule "Might" heroes have to pay 500 gold at a Mage Guild, Magic heroes get it for free). Even if your hero has very little Spell Power and Knowledge, spells are really powerful. You can boost your SP and Knowledge fairly easily with artifacts once you get going, and just a few points in Spell Power is enough to maintain a few utility spells like Haste, Slow and Blind (1 point of SP = 1 turn of duration). You should learn an Expert Magic (preferrably 2; in single player, you will probably enjoy Earth and Water the most, but Fire and Air are also great) and, if the game looks like it will take long (it's a large map, lots of enemies, etc.), definitely Wisdom. Spells are really powerful and you should learn the gist of it. "Expert" magic is important not only because it increases the raw numbers on spells and reduces their mana cost, but because it turns many spells of a given school (Slow, Haste, Forgetfulness, Bless, Curse, etc.) into Mass versions, which are a huge benefit in combat and which are readily usable by anyone.

Why has no one ever made a proper 2D Heroes of Might and Magic III inspired game?

>>4580632
Because 4 showed that people don't really need anything besides 3.

>>4580632

I would make an anime version of Heroes 3 with better, deeper & more interesting heroes incl. waifus you can fuck in hentai scenes! Pixies are fine too!!

>>4580647
Amazing, what's you patreon?

>>4580647

First tell me about Inferno

>>4580657
It has best music theme.

>>4580643
Wut about succ wars?

>>4580632
I'm working on one but it's not fantasy zoo, or not only, so people might be mad because of that. And I'm planning to have cutscenes.

>>4580920
fantasy zoo?

>>4580927
fantasy setting and mythological creatures
fighting with centaurs, griffins and phoenixes and whatnot

Guys I can't complete the griffin scenario from Restoration of Erathia am I retarded? What strategy do you suggest?

>>4580941
Don't attack small villages, there are ambushes just before the gates.
Try to clear griffin conservatory early and kill neutrals with acquired angels.

>>4580647
Why are pixies so slutty?

>>4581016
Very high week growth, you basically have to breed them 24/7.

>>4581016
they are living onaholes

>>4559306
i like your image, op

I spent too much time on Long Live the Queen holy shit that's why I am not going to play online anytime soon of I don't git gud

Nice, we might get to play succ wars next year.

>>4581907
give me the succ
i want the succ

>>4581932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwOZyfjon0

Aside from necro and conflux, which is the strongest town?

Dungeon?

>>4583285
1. Castle
2. Rampart
3. Stronghold
4. Fortress
5. Dungeon
6. Tower

>>4583294
Really? Dungeon is that low? I thought the good cheap ranged beholders and medusas would make early clearing super easy and with flying units like harpies manticores and dragons you could storm other castles without much trouble.

>>4583294
>Inferno cries in a corner

>>4578932
>Surrender can be used as a "poor man's Town Portal" if you have enough dosh
So can Retreat, if you have a secondary hero to pass the army to. Then you just attack whatever stack is closest and Retreat.

>>4583301

Dungeon is expensive as fuck tho

>>4583301
Everything is expensive. Beholders need one of every resource and everything is gated behind it, minos need 10 fucking gems, dragons are gated behind every dwelling and mage guild, and manticores suck dick are just no help at all. Early shooters would be nice, if you could have them, but on Impossible that might very well not happen very soon, it might not even happen in week 1 without trading, and your build-up is generally delayed to hell and back. IMO actual early shooters would be something like marksmen or elves that you can have early week 1 with basic resources.

>>4583526
Do you start with zero resources in pvp too?

>>4583294
That's weird, Dungeon was way above Necropolis and Conflux in the /vr/ poll:

http://www.strawpoll.me/14728058/r

>>4583636
Black dragon meme multiplied by noobs.

>>4583591
Not in standard MP, it's needlessly tedious and only done in SP to not cripple the AI more than it already is, and standard MP play is to buy 8 heroes day 1 so you can explore and fight efficiently.

>>4583526
>early shooters
Who cares about those when upgraded Harpies have no-retaliation strike-and-return (basically shooters).

>>4586056
Aaaand fire shield.

>>4586056
> no damage
> no health/durability
> counteracts shooters by standing next to them, thus easily dying

Yeah, they're not TOO bad but they're also not something I'd bank my main strategy on for early game. Plus you have to spend a good turn upgrading the harpy loft which you could otherwise spending, you know, BUILDING SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

>>4586069
Harpy loft IS important for dungeon.

>>4586072
t. Lorelei

>Inferno is ha-
>random maps are fu-

>>4587291
thinking about it I feel the Pendant of Courage might be better

>>4587291
>no earth magic

I guess DD and and berserk are good enough

>>4587791
>berserk
He's obviously going for the Armageddon strat.

>>4583285
>>4583294
>>4583301
You never asked whether your question pertains to Single or Multiplayer, and very often this kind of question depends on map type. Or even SoD vs HotA.

That said, >>4583294 is a very subjective list that doesn't take a lot of things into account (Tower goes highly up on S maps, because Solmyr + Master Gremlins will fuck your shit up; Castle gets brought down a peg on poorer maps where you can't just 1 week Angels; Rampart is lackluster in the late game; Fortress is super good on maps with lots of Dragonfly Hives, which are conveniently most random map templates). Any tier list of towns isn't going to be a numeric list and towns themselves are more nuanced than most give them credit for.

>>4586069
Harpy Hags are essential to 200% survival as Dungeon, esp. with the Evil Eye building having such a busted cost, because they're fast, non-retal flyers. They can kite walkers for days, they're quite durable because Overlords are good heroes. Parking themselves next to archers isn't even a big problem because archers hit for pitiful amounts of HP in melee anyway. You can easily fit tech up to Manticores + Castle + upg. Hags on a rich map. Hags also rock if you have level 2 dwellings nearby, which you often do.

Also, Dungeon doesn't deserve a low position on the tierlist simply because of how strong Shakti is as a starting hero (Offense / Tactics / LOTS of Trogs), and Summoning Portal cheese can firmly make them have a scarier army than others.

>>4588104
>play WoG as Dungeon
>reach mid-late game
>get rid of shitty monster dwellings leaving only azure dragons and other high tier dwellings
>get dem blue dragons from Summoning Portal
>feelsgoodman

>>4588120
I once had a game where I rolled a Red Dragon dwelling next to my Dungeon and I had Shakti. Sacrificed some Trogs to get it, then went for straight Summoning Portal instead of building up, because I would get 2 Dragons a week from week 1 anyway.

Summoning Portal cheese is the only surmountable way I can see anyone beating Adventures of Jared Haret in a semi-legit way.

>>4588120
How do you get rid of dwellings? Is it a WoG feature?

>>4588160
Yes.

How do we fix cove lads?

>>4588296
It's perfect, nothing to fix.

Week of bumping off page 8. Bonus campaign in Restoration of Erathia? What is this? Sounds like MM7's plot.

>>4588296
Deinstall the mod it comes with.

>>4588296
Target the Pirates first, then the rest. They’re a real danger.

Hey guys I decided to try out the HD mod and I really like it but for one thing. There's no flavor text when visiting random structures anymore. Is there an option to add all that back in?