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Previous Thread: >>5440617
HoMM3 pastebin: https://pastebin.com/6G9B1cMA

>> No.5473013

this
>dude rush capitol lmao
strat is fucking retarded
>dude just walk around with your starting tier 1 units for almost an entire week

>> No.5473034
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I'm not trying to hijack the thread and turn it into a discussion of other turn-based strategies (or role-playing games for that matter, sorry M&M fans) but I'm curious to know why has HoMM community survived for so long, especially when compared to the crowd who played Age of Wonders, King's Bounty or Disciples. How come that there are no generals for them and the only reliable place I can discuss Disciples II or Age of Wonders is here?

Is it the multiplayer, the map generator, the overall gameplay loop or something else (or all of it combined) that made this installment of HoMM an evergreen game?

Also, what did the other TBS games do better than HoMM?

>> No.5473040

>>5473013
Creature generators is meta, but sometimes in scenarios resources are too scarce that it would be more efficient to build economy first.

>> No.5473041

>>5473034
Disciples is not even a strategy game
just RPG

>> No.5473043

when should I uprgade my dwellings?

>> No.5473045

>>5473006
>Laughing that someone is bald

not cool

>> No.5473073

>>5473041
Because?

>> No.5473092

>>5473073
Because there's not a lot of strategy involved, apart from build orders, and most of the 'tactics' revolve around choosing the right upgrades for the hero you're going to bring along throughout the campaign.

>> No.5473138

>>5473092
>not a lot of strategy involved
Compared to what? HoMM? Are you serious?

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>>5473092
>Because there's not a lot of strategy involved
Which still doesn't change the fact it is a strategy game. You still need to manage and upgrade your parties, claim resources, research spells and explore the maps. Likewise, thanks to the more in-depth scenario editor, you can see the map changing dynamically - spawning more units, changing party allegiances, even modifying the terrain (though not at a level Age of Wonders did it) - making the scenarios much more unpredictable and varied.
>and most of the 'tactics' revolve around choosing the right upgrades for the hero
And that is different from leveling up or learning appropriate skills for your main hero in HoMM how exactly?

>>5473045
>not cool
Baldlet detected it's just harmless ribbing

>> No.5473276

>>5473260
are RPG games strategy games then?

>> No.5473280

>>5473138
Homm is a full strategy game while Disciples is just RPG game with resources grabbing

>> No.5473303

>>5473280
Master of Magic is a strategy game, HoMM is just King's Bounty derivative with town building.

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>>5473276
>are RPG games strategy games then?
No they aren't. That's why Disciples II isn't classified as an RPG but a TBS, or more specifically as a 4X game.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_turn-based_strategy_video_games

>>5473280
>Homm is a full strategy game while Disciples is just RPG game with resources grabbing
I like how you conveniently skipped the part where you have and maintain diplomatic relations with other players (although the system is really undercooked), upgrade your parties, research upgrades (or spells in this case) and explore the map. You know, when you describe it like that, it sounds like I'm talking about Civilization and not Witcher.

>> No.5473325

Disciples games are just washed up TBS
barely any strategy
it's all about griding and collect resources

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>>5473325
>Disciples games are just washed up TBS
Stop moving the goalposts please. You claimed they weren't RPGs, nobody said anything about them being good TBS. Admit you were wrong and then we can talk about why is HoMM a better TBS than Disciples, Lords of Magic etc.

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>>5473325
>Disciples games are just washed up TBS
Stop moving the goalposts please. You claimed they weren't TBS games, nobody said anything about them being good or complex TBS games. Admit you were wrong and then we can talk about why is HoMM a better TBS than Disciples, Lords of Magic etc.

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FACTORY FUCKING WHEN

>> No.5473368

>not gaming HoMM on the Gameboy

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bleh

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>>5473702

>> No.5474242

>>5473354
I hope never
because the concept sucks

>> No.5474250

>>5473013
depends on the map honestly, but yea if you play jeebus cross with lot of resources there is no point rushing capitol since you need the creatures to have map control

>> No.5474682

Necropolis is best town<div class="like-perk-cnt"><img alt="" src="//s.4cdn.org/image/skeletons/23.gif"></div>

>> No.5474687

>>5474682
woah what a bold statement to make, you like the most popular town in the game?! Woah unheard of

>> No.5474693

>>5474687
I'm just stating that it's objectively the best town, nerd<div class="like-perk-cnt"><img alt="" src="//s.4cdn.org/image/skeletons/1.gif"></div>

>> No.5474703

>>5474693
>overpowered town is the best
ugh I can't even, you are so brave SLAAYYY QUEEEN YASS

>> No.5474712

>>5474703
>overpowered town is the best
Um yeah duh lol<div class="like-perk-cnt"><img alt="" src="//s.4cdn.org/image/skeletons/1.gif"></div>

>> No.5474738

>>5473034
>HoMM an evergreen game
one word soul

>> No.5474742

>>5473317
it does feel like an RPG with base camp upgrades though

>> No.5474930

>>5474738
>soul
Yeah, but that applies to the other games as well. They're visually distinct from each other and have their own feel and atmosphere. Just listen to their soundtracks:
>AoW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R9QEZ0HfZY
>D2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jgIJgBFocY
>LoM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tartD6jC4Gw

>>5474742
>it does feel like an RPG with base camp upgrades though
I feel like you're misunderstanding what RPG stands for. There's no real role-playing to be found here, only choosing what type of perks you can give to your hero after leveling them up and choosing what unit tree to pursue, both of which are found in HoMM games. That's why we don't consider HoMM games to be RPGs. On the other hand, Might & Magic is an RPG through and through.

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>Homm3 Demon town is the worst one
>Disciples Demon town is the best one

What were they mean by this?

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>> No.5475117

>>5475091
Should have cropped out the bottom.

>> No.5475120

>>5475091
Oh, it's THAT day again.

>> No.5475202

>>5475040
quick rundown on this game? looks hella comfy

>> No.5475238
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>>5475202
it is

whole game is about terraforming the map and grindfest to max levels
battles are kinda lame, just troops standing in front of each other but that's a part of the charm

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>>5475202
>looks hella comfy
IMO, it's sequel is top comfy, not to mention the OST:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WzuMqaUgGk

>>5475040
And Undead faction is OP in both, so it balances itself out.

>> No.5475294

>>5475091
Disney is a weird choice, wouldnt you want to say a company people would be excited about?

>> No.5475327

>>5475091
Nothing would make M&M any worse.

>> No.5475336

>>5475327
at this point i don't even know why isn't ubi discontinuing HOMM and M&M, always major failures. I guess it must be selling on europe or something.

>> No.5475361

>>5475327
Can M&M get worse? Heroes has become generic garbage and baseline MM became a mess even before that.

Like maybe if they released Might and Magic, the cover-based shooter...

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>>5475361
>cover based shooter
We've been there.

>> No.5475454

>>5475369
Lol I liked that game

>> No.5475759
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I had to<div class="like-perk-cnt"><img alt="" src="//s.4cdn.org/image/skeletons/22.gif"></div>

>> No.5475760

>>5475238
>>5475264
Should i play both or skip to 2

>> No.5475778

>>5475369
>haven't heard of this so look it up
>appears to be fantasy quake/counterstrike
>railgun staff
High capacity assault throwing axes
>shotgun orb
>holy hand grenades

I'm sold. Looks like they borrowed a bunch of models from quest for the dragonbone staff, another spinoff I liked. The dwarf attack sound played immediately in my head when I saw it

Was making all these spinoffs partly thr cause of 3DO going bankrupt?

>> No.5475829

>>5475760
I would skip to 2 as it does everything 1 does but better. The only reason to play 1 is to see the art which is just as good as 2

>> No.5476163 [DELETED] 

>>5475829
just installed 1 and as soon as i finished map 1 for demon campaign the game froze and the game stopped responding. I istalled the gog version, using windows 10

>> No.5476167

>>5475336
It does ok in the Chinese Mobile market. Everywhere else it seems like a lost cause.

>> No.5476169

>>5475829
just installed 1 and as soon as i finished map 1 for demon campaign the game froze and stopped responding. I istalled the gog version, using windows 10

>> No.5476178

>>5475778
No, they put too much money into their other projects, particularly licensing costs for a baseball game (High Heat). NWC always made money.

>> No.5476209

>>5476169
yeah sadly they both take some fiddling with to get working on win 10. I forgot the last time I played 1 so not sure if theres a work around but if you look on the gog forum you should be able to find one I"d think

>> No.5476456

Time to play HOMM6 again

>> No.5476495

How necessary is it to have a cleric and sorcerer in the party in M&M VII? Is a druid a satisfactory replacement for either?

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>>5476456
> HOMM6

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>>5475829
>The only reason to play 1 is to see the art which is just as good as 2

Artstyle in 2 is disgusting
they rejected Patrick Lambert's drawing for some unknown reason
this is how D2 should look like

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playing mm6

>Still earlyish game, lv 13
>Clearing temple of tsantsan or something in bootleg bay
>Its filled with witch doctors and cannibals, and cobras
>Expert air magic wizard eye
>Reveals location of treasures
>Find gold plate armor of recovery
>54 armor and fast recovery
>Item description says its probably the best armor in the realm

It made me feel a small happiness in my mundane life

>> No.5476629

>Disciples 3 is released unfinished
tfw when no new Disciples games.

>> No.5476632

>>5475829
Had played D2 first, then tried played D1. I liked the art but gameplay was clunky compared to D2.

>> No.5476674

>>5476629
>tfw when no new Disciples games
A better fate than whatever Ubi did to Might and Magic:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pTZNwE6L8

>> No.5476676

>>5476674
dafuq with that cartoony style?

>> No.5476689
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>>5476676
Here's your Sandro, bro. Gotta make it cute for those Chinese 9-year-old playing gacha games.

>> No.5476695

>>5476689
STAPH IT!!!

>> No.5476696

>>5474703
t. r*mpart cuck

>> No.5476698

>>5476689
he looks like that kike from the nu-star wars films

>> No.5476706

>>5476689
What the fuck. Hooded skull isn't harmonious enough for them or something? Can't have spooky skeleton promoting superstition to Chinese kids?

>> No.5476953

>>5476689
Does he at least turn into a skeleton at some point?

Who the fuck even plays this shit? Are there hardcore fans of the newer games somewhere who actually care about all the shitty ubisoft lore?

>> No.5476981

>>5475778
>Dragonbone staff

That was my first strategy game as a kid and I ended up begging my parents for a PC to play Homm3. I was so upset when I found out I couldn't get a massive stack of ghosts in 3 by killing my own peasants.

Are the creatures all the same as in king's bounty? I've not played the original and it would explain why some of them look like heroes creatures and others look completely different (like the demons)

>> No.5477006

>>5474930
>I feel like you're misunderstanding what RPG stands for.
I feel like you're the one that misunderstands what RPG stands for.
this isn't tg, nerd. hell, most and some of the best /vr/ RPGs are just dungeon crawlers. and Disciples feels *a lot* like that -> feels like an RPG

>> No.5477010

>>5476632
>gameplay was clunky compared to D2.
this. but luckily I played the first one when it came out, so I still enjoyed it a lot

>> No.5477069

>>5477006
>I feel like you're the one that misunderstands what RPG stands for
And I feel you're acting disingenuous:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4X

Both role-playing games and 4X games can be turn-based but "Divinity: Original Sin 2" is most definitely not in the same genre "Disciples II" is. I do concede that Disciples might feel like a dungeon crawler, but that's simply because I haven't played enough games of such type to refute your statement.

For me (based on the definition), RPGs allow you to roleplay, customize your character and/or make decisions that impact the story as well as to level up your character as you see fit. Disciples only has the latter, but so does HoMM, which is why I am so puzzled by your claim it feels like an RPG. Then again, I might be using a more recent standard for classifying what game is or isn't and RPG, so I won't press this issue further.

>> No.5477306

>>5476689
Sóydro

>> No.5477329
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You dumb little fucks in this thread. Why is no one talking about the shit fest that is HOTA online game play...

These people are unreal, I tried to learn the rules of starting a match, including bidding for the starting town and colour.
Also, they put the game in russian and when the factions show up I don't what is what. Really inconvenient. These guys I play with are most of the time really suck major dick and are not behaving supportingly.

I used to play with people who don't give a shit. I mean it is nice and all that the whole russian and polish nation is addicted to this romantic rpg from the golden times. However this sportsmanship is getting out of hand. I like to watch the good polish players. I am a pretty solid heroes player myself even though I say so myself, singleplayer has no use and no AI stands a match even with meme solmyr but fuck this stupid hota rules and slavic hecks

>> No.5477361

>>5477329
slav'd

>> No.5477365

>>5475778
It was so much of a quake clone it was essentially just a reskin, and nobody was going to buy a full priced game when they could grab a free mod isntead.

>> No.5477391

>>5477329
>playing homm online

I can't fucking imagine how long the game would take

>> No.5477518

>>5477391
Well actually when u play M map 160% it will last about 20-30 minutes playing time. XL matches can last 3 hours, not that they want to prolong it but every turn takes a long time to finish.
I actually played some HOMM online with no rules so there are still exceptions.

>> No.5477591

>>5473354
Hopefully never

>> No.5477619

>>5476616
>Artstyle in 2 is disgusting

Well thats an opinion I guess

>> No.5477793

>>5477518
>20-30 minutes playing time
He's not including the 1-2 hours of straight up waiting. That's only 20-30 minutes of YOUR turns, not everyone else's turns. Double that for every map above medium.
There's also my FAVORITE AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH thing people do online: join your lobby, wait for their turn, and just afk. Have fun realizing they aren't actually there.

>> No.5477805

>>5475369
>The Princess has been rescused!
>The Warlord... has escaped....
I remember back in the day. LoMM has some of my favorite wand/staff/rod designs of all time.
>Three rounds into a game
>Literally everyone has the Death Blossom Bow because it's overpowered as fuck
>BEW-..... BEW BAM-BAMPHBAMPH-BAM-BAMPH
I still have PTSD flashbacks of people spamming DB rain in Stoneham's tower and you never being able to escape.

>> No.5477904

>>5477793
HOTA has simultaneous turns.

>> No.5477912

>>5477329
Just contact MeKick and ask him for how to play with Anglo players. I don't think he will tell you to fuck off and will be to help you get on the right track
Write him an email, tweet to him, send him message through Facebook, whatever you choose

>> No.5477936

>>5475369
>The Princess has been rescused!
>The Warlord... has escaped....
I remember back in the day. LoMM has some of my favorite wand/staff/rod designs of all time.
>Three rounds into a game
>Literally everyone has the Death Blossom Bow because it's overpowered as fuck
>BEW-..... BEW BAM-BAMPHBAMPH-BAM-BAMPH
I still have PTSD flashbacks of people spamming DB rain in Stoneham's tower and you never being able to escape.

>> No.5477939

>>5477936
Nani the fuck just happened? This is the wrong thread and not even what I typed. What the fuck

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Map-maker here! Sorry for working so slow, I was preoccupied with irl stuff and I wasn't sure how to continue. I'll probably move the waterfall around until I find a place where it looks the best but the right corner is pretty much set in stone (I'll fill in the empty space with some trees later).

>> No.5478759

>>5476602
What if i play all the games equally

>> No.5478764

>>5476706
1. The game takes place before Sandro becomes a skeleton
2. Iirc skulls are a taboo in china
>>5476953
I play it although i didn't finish the story yet. Majority of the players are either chinese or russian, so i guess some die-hard fans picked it up. It's basically a worse League of Angels. I picked it up because i like playing gatcha games because i got much free time at my job and in those you can just click something every 10 minutes without needing to pay attention to the game at all, and in the genre, this one isn't so bad.

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>>5474242
>>5477591

>> No.5479072

is there any work on a new homm game?

>> No.5479264

>>5479072
The series is dead

>> No.5479289

>>5479264
It's maybe for the best anyway

>> No.5479315

>>5478759
half-shelved

>> No.5479372
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Was he autistic?

>> No.5480081
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First time playing Might and Magic 3, what are some good party compositions?

>> No.5480085

>>5480081
Read the pastebin. Archers and Paladins are great, but for a first playthrough you would be better off with a cleric and sorcerer as well. You need a rogue or ninja for disarm until mid-game, but eventually you can learn thievery on any character and dump him.

>> No.5480583

Shill your homm discords

>> No.5480658

>>5480583
I remember some time ago some anon here actally made a discord server
There were three people there in total and it was mostly just "tfw no gf" until it died

>> No.5480683

>>5480658
why would you do anything with 4channers, you're fucking horrible

>> No.5481045

is there a youtube channel or a twitch stream that has guides on how to play the different for homm3 ?

>> No.5481090

>>5481045
MeKick is probs who you'll need, though he's not exactly making exactly "guides" in its formal sense
His educational material is basically his very detailed and sensically clear commentary during his various playthroughs with different towns, strategies, tactics, maps, challenges, limitations and explaining mechanics, AI behaviour, his decision making based on circumstances, priorities, preferences and thus pointing out how YOU should think about the game and what to take into consideration. Don't expect concentrated package of guidelines, but rather journey-like way of learning through the eyes and mind of a mentor
MeKick has both YouTube channel and Twitch under the name "TheKnownWorld". He just started streaming again after bit of a half-a-year break - stream schedule is usually every Saturday, time varies though he tends to leave a notice about when the stream stars in his media outlets
Other folks you might wanna check out are Dave, currently considered one of the very best HoMM3 players - his Twitch channel is "dave_hun"
RamsRock could also be your guy, great friend of MeKick, also great player - his twitch is "Ramsrock39"

>> No.5481273

>>5481090
I would say that if you're gonna watch his videos, play them at 1.5 speed minimum, each one is multiple hours long

>> No.5481371

>>5480683
For fun

>> No.5481449

>>5477619
Not him, but the art direction in D2 is just over the top. Like the entire game, which is so fucking emo it's just painful at times. D1 at least understood how to get shit done and not look like rejects from a bad emo music clip.

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>>5481045
It's called "Tribute to Strategists" and it's a handbook of how to use various game mechanics.
As in - read, nigger, read!

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>>5479372
>Was he autistic?
Kinda. According to the lore, Soloniel and Galean confronted him, demanding that the Dwarves be punished for killing Elven refugees who fled to the Clan's territory during the demon invasion. Wotan promptly chimped out, killed Gallean and threw his heart into the Sun. Cue Soloniel getting roasted in the process of retrieving the heart, realizing it was all in vain and turning into Mortis. That didn't work out well for Wotan, did it?

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Question, does anyone have a pic of the devil only from this screen? I know that it's a composite of two pieces of artwork, and I found the angel, but not the separate picture for the devil.

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>>5482451
the separate angel piece.

Also, does anyone have a good source for all the artwork for HOMM3, like the ones in the main menu, loading screens, etc?

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>ywn ride on the back of glorious sparkly burb

POST BURBS!

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>> No.5482787

Crag
The
Hack

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>>5482787
(defensive screeching)

>> No.5482814

>>5473034
HOMM3 was not just a great game. It was massively widespread in pirated cds and cheap magazine discount copies all over the world. It's initial accessible learning curve paired with generic, easily recognizable fantasy themes, made it very attractive for both hardcore and casual players alike. For some reason I've also noticed it seems to be a popular game among women.

>> No.5482832

>>5480081
I usually run Pal/Kni/Rob/Dru/Cle/Sor
You can shuck out the Robber when you get Thievery on others late game (or take cheapy routes to do it fast-ish), although they're never really terrible in my experience. You can easily swap them for a Barbarian though, or one of the frontline spellcasters.

>> No.5483571

>>5481449
Huh you see a gorgeous gothic arstyle as “super emo.” Whats your take on Bosch paintings?

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>>5482814
> I've also noticed it seems to be a popular game among women

it's really weird that girls like this game

>> No.5483984

>>5483948
Why?

>> No.5484357
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>>5483984
>Not playing Septienna to empower one's self with fantasies of draining the life out of all the jealous bitches who made comments about her on facebook.

>> No.5484752

>>5482451
The devil - http://h3.heroes.net.pl/uploaded/gallery/files/artworks/art4.jpg

>>5482456
Bulk of them is on fan sites but some HD graphics are on individual artists' pages or on Russian vk groups.

>> No.5484773

There exists a picture of a cute girl in a bra playing homm3. I think it was in one of those "post yourself" threads on heroescommunity. Ive never seen any pics from that thread posted here

>> No.5484917

>>5484773
homm3 blowjob porn is very nice

>> No.5485058

>>5473006
HoMM is a terrible series and anyone who plays it should feel bad.

>> No.5485103

>>5485058
Well I'm convinced. See you nerds later

>> No.5485236

Shadow of Death is way harder than Dragon Slayer

>> No.5485575

SoD is artificial difficulty.

>> No.5486148

>>5484752
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for the link!

>> No.5486273
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To this day i'm still sad the Hota team had to abort Cathedral town. Sweet jeez it had the best unit art/flavour ever. Snow dwarves were also really cool.

>> No.5486857
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What's better?
Warrior Lord or Mage Lord?

>> No.5486882
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>>5486273
hota-dude here.

Cathedral on this screen is never going to happen indeed. We have another concept of Cathedral town but I really doubt anyone is going to work on any new towns once Factory and maybe one or two more factions will be added. Of course it's possible that factory can be the last new town but I know we can do better than that and I have my hopes high.

Snow dwarves aren't that abandoned, but their fate is not certain too. The only 100% thing as for now is Factory.

>> No.5486893

>>5486857
i personally go for guildmaster because i love the hero that comes with it

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>>5486882
>hota-dude here
Hey HotA dude, not that anon but it's nice to see you here again! Considering that you've kept it lore-friendly so far, have you guys considered adding Vori elves?
According to the lore, three creatures lived on Vori - Snow Elves, Frost Giants and Azure dragons - so you could have a mix of these creatures along with polar bears, arctic wolves etc. Balancing the Azure dragons would likely be a nightmare but you could just create another tier 7 unit.
And as a bonus, their native terrain would be snow (obviously), you wouldn't even have to create any additional decorations (although it would be highly appreciated), just creature dwellings.

>>5486857
>What's better?
That depends one whether you're playing a saga or a single scenario.
Picking a Warrior Lord makes the most sense for smaller scenarios (I'm referring to the map size), while the Guildmaster and Mage Lord are better for larger ones. Saga is a different animal altogether, as pretty much every combination of lord and hero is viable in the long run.

>> No.5486905

>>5486897
Kronverk, if it's gonna be released, is likely to represent Vori instead of random snow dwarves with no place in the universe.
Will there be vori elves themselves I can't confirm, but no azure dragons 100%.

>> No.5486912

>>5486905
>Kronverk, if it's gonna be released, is likely to represent Vori instead of random snow dwarves with no place in the universe
Awesome, tanks for sharing that with us!
>but no azure dragons 100%
That makes sense, Azures are in a league of their own.

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Hey anons, map-maker here! Just to inform those few anons interested in my stuff that the Rampart concept is progressing quite nicely! I'll probably move the waterfall around to see where it looks the best. Then, I can start making the grove look as pretty as possible!

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Hey anons, map-maker here! Just to inform those few anons interested in my stuff that the Rampart concept is progressing quite nicely! I'll probably move the waterfall around to see where it looks the best. Do you have any complaints about the current layout?

>> No.5487978

>>5486882
First thank you for all efforts on this beautiful add-on.
Second is nice to see not all work on new factions has been dropped. I imagine it's A LOT of work to make AND balance a new faction. Hope Factory will be awesome as it seems right now.

>> No.5488326

>>5486882
hey, can you tell if hota is planning to actually balance secondary skills? Whats the point on reworking resistance while first aid/eagle eye/learning are clearly worse skills to pick?

>> No.5488751

What the fuck is going on with the heroes wiki at thelazy? I wanted to check something 3 days ago and I've only been getting "502 Bad Gateway" error ever since.

>> No.5488804

>>5488751
Same shit.

>> No.5489432

>>5488751
>>5488804
Looks like it's back.

>> No.5489532

>>5489432
Nice, thanks for letting us know.

>> No.5489662

>>5486882
Hey anon give my regards to whichever one of you made "Island of Dust", "Glorious Days" and "Barren Lands" they're fucking great

>> No.5489828

>>5476616
Holy fuck im angry now. I cannot play Disciples 2 due to the horrible edgelord artstyle even though I enjoyed 1 throughly.

>>5483948
Kings Bounty the Legend's sequel had a female protag because apperently it was super popular with the grills.

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>>5488326
They will be fixed eventually. But with all backlash we got from changing resistance... idk when.
Resistance was reworked first because people from online were raging about it's "random bullshit". With eagle eye you can just ignore it and it doesn't affect your chances to win in an unpredictable way.

>>5489662
aww so nice to see someone likes my map! Out of this three I did "Island of dust". It's shape is actually based on HoMM1 map!

And here's another L map I'm slowly working on

>> No.5490428

>>5490417
>>5490417
if a skill is so bad to the point you should just ignore it, maybe it shouldn't be in the game in the first place.

I'm ok with resistance now and i'm ok with resistance before, it wasn't bad but it wasn't shit either like the ones i've mentioned. I think it was better than it is right now since you have no way to avoid completely a spell other than having recanter's cloak or similar stuff.

So basically what happened is you guys nerfed an already mediocre secondary skill.

>> No.5490479

>>5490428
meant to say it wasn't good

>> No.5490484

>>5490428
>nerfed

but it was buffed. Reducing spellpower is more vital in online since it affects ressurection, direct damage spells, summon elementals etc.

The original resistance wasn't a bad skill (no it was, I don't recall a single time it helped me in singleplayer) but it's existance was an issue in human vs human.

>if a skill is so bad to the point you should just ignore it, maybe it shouldn't be in the game in the first place.
just imagine....
>hota deletes eagle eye
> hero fans go REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>5489828

>> No.5490513

>>5490484
>hero fans go REEEE
A subset of HoMM fans would go REEEE regardless of what you did. However, you must admit that revamping Resistance while leaving arguably worse skills like Eagle Eye and Learning untouched rubbed a decent chunk of HotA players the wrong way. I mean, I didn't care too much as I stick to singleplayer and map editor (also, "Island of Dust" is a cool-looking map) but even I felt a little bit miffed, mostly because I wanted to make a scenario in which you need to beat Thorgrim wearing the Pedant of Reflection and now I could no longer make his Dwarves completely immune to magic.
I'm curious: have you people considered merging the damping effect (i.e. reducing spellpower) with the old effect (% to completely resist spells)? I understand that would make the skill incredibly powerful so you could tinker with the percentages a bit. You can also look at Enlightenment in H5 when revamping Learning. As for Eagle Eye, yeah, I got nothing.

>> No.5490542

>>5490513
I proposed an idea some number of thread back to just turn eagle eye into the old resistance. It would likely require to lower the chance, given that you can also obtain the new resistance to combine with this, but I think it could work. Plus there's still the three EE artifacts you can use to enhance this, so that has to be taken into consideration too.
With mass spells I would guess it would allow you to prevent one, maybe two units from being affected, at most.
The name could also make sense with this change, if you think of it as you, the hero, manually intercepting the enemy's spell from working on your unit(s), rather than the units themselves having any actual resistance from the skill.

>> No.5490753

>>5490542
the great problem of changing skills is 20 years of game's existance.

One can not simply take eagle eye and make it something completely different (especially as confusing as giving it other exsisting skill's mechanic). "New" Eagle eye must be connected with spells and learning. And here is the challenge.

We had many ideas. Good ideas, but it's like a rule - for every good idea you can think of exploit with it. So now it's not only good idea thematically connected to old eagle eye. but this idea must also not create exploits when used with other game mechanics.

>> No.5490883

>>5490753
oh by the way, that guy with "evil hobbits" was kinda right about that. And about "desert" terrain with black lakes.

>> No.5491476

>>5486882
>We have another concept of Cathedral town but I really doubt anyone is going to work on any new towns once Factory and maybe one or two more factions will be added. Of course it's possible that factory can be the last new town but I know we can do better than that and I have my hopes high.
Will we ever get alignments that aren't neutral? Pirates are fine as neutral, but 5 neutral alignments seems really pushing it. More than that just seems like an odd choice.

Also I gotta say it's a bit sad Cathedral is getting axed, I loved the autumnal themed town. Will anything from it be used as neutral units, like the Lepers? It seems odd to have all the assets and completely scrap them when some seem like they could easily be repurposed.

>> No.5491594

>>5490505
Пepвыe пpикoльны, втopыe гoтишнee

>> No.5491602

>>5490484
literally nobody is going to give a fuck if eagle eye is removed from the game

>> No.5491640

>>5491602
Removing it would actually increase chances to get useful skills on level ups.

>> No.5491654

>>5491640
which is a bad thing i suppose

>> No.5491725

>>5490505
This hurts.

>> No.5492183
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Expert Eagle Eye: When you defeat a hero, you learn all spells in his spellbook.

>> No.5492510

>>5492183
how about making eagle eye take over scouting and scouting gives detailed information like numbers and stats?

>> No.5492630

>>5492183
>When you defeat a hero, you learn all spells in his spellbook.
The problem with the Eagle is the fact you have artifacts boosting the chance of you being able to learn a spell. If Expert Eagle Eye can automatically give you every spell the opponent has learned up to that point, it makes the artifacts useless.

Honestly, Eagle Eye might be one of the shittiest secondary skills to balance. Resistance can be further buffed by combining the new damping effect (i.e. reducing spellpower) with the old one (% to completely resist spells), Learning can be buffed by turning it into H5's Enlightenment, but fuck me if I know how to make Eagle Eye useful without turning it into a completely different skill.

>>5492510
>how about making eagle eye take over scouting
HotA anon restated that Eagle Eye must be somehow connected with spells and learning.

>> No.5492660

Personally I made a simple txt mod for myself (for SoD) where I completely banned Eagle eye, Learning, First aid, Navigation, Luck, Diplomacy from all hero classes; banned all eagle eye artifacts (and many other artifacts like +diplo, +necro, pendants of life/death, levi boots & sea capt hat) and did many other simple txt changes (changed artifacts classes, made Resurrection water magic, DD always max 1/day, made weak lvl 4 spells like Slayer or Sorrow lvl 3 instead, cheaper devils dwelling in inferno, 1 firebird/week, swapped prices of basic vamps and magi dwellings etc).
>>5492183
Still useless. If you killed enemy main hero, just take their town(s) and learn spells from magic guilds. And in 1v1 MP your Eagle eye is useless, it doesn't help to clear map faster, it doesn't help in final battle, it just gives you spells when you already won. Just ban this skill completely. And Learning too.

>> No.5493062

>>5490505
this looks fine but I prefer what we got

>> No.5493072

>>5490505
Wizard Leader named Myzrael.
Myzrael is the guardian of The Empire in D2.

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>>5487582
Looking good so far! Keep it up

>> No.5494123

>>5492660
>Personally I made a simple txt mod for myself
Tbqf, that doesn't sound simple at all.

>>5493241
>Looking good so far! Keep it up
Will do!

>> No.5494187

>>5481870
>wotan stops the elven rapefugees before they can cultirally enrich cute dearven tenderfeet
Absolutely based and redpilled

>> No.5494197

>>5493072
Deepest lore

>> No.5494226

>>5494187
>cute
Yeah, if women with facial hair is your thing.

>> No.5494884

>>5494187
>Absolutely based and redpilled
And then Mortis went on a murder spree and killed a bunch of dwarves, including their king.

>> No.5495961

Bump!

>> No.5495986

>>5478764
Yeah, skulls are taboo but killing newborn girls isn't. Remember to ban any chinks from anything you hold authority on. Segregate them to their own little internet.

>> No.5496116

>>5494226
You don't see the bigger picture, anon. Those trannie tenderfeet graduate into top tier alchemist waifus.

>> No.5496440

>>5490417
Map looks good! I like how everything is a little bit more spread out compared to "Island of Dust". Reminds me of SoD's campaign maps.

>> No.5496676

>>5487582
Interested anon here. Looks good. Going to try to keep up with these threads so as to follow your progress.

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>>5496676
>Looks good
Thanks!
>Going to try to keep up with these threads so as to follow your progress.
I won't be completing it any time soon (too much irl stuff) so you don't have to be too vigilant.

>>5496116
>Those trannie tenderfeet graduate into top tier alchemist waifus
Funny thing, I originally thought they were just very effeminate-looking boys when I was a kid.

>> No.5499307

Page 10 bump.

What's your favorite terrain? Mine's swamp with its oppressive movement penalty, the split-splat when heroes move on it, and how effective the music/theme is at creating the correct atmosphere.

>> No.5499343

>>5499307
fucking hota adding meme pirate town with fucking swamp terrain as native when they could've done it with sand terrain.

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>>5499343
>pirates in the desert
10/10 big brain post

>> No.5499442

>>5499431
its not desert terrain its sand, and
sand is the combat terrain for all tiles next to water.

>> No.5499443

>>5499442
also none of the other towns use sand as a native terrain so it would have made perfect sense

>> No.5499462

>>5499442
>>5499443
Yeah, give pirates "thematic" bonus of two fucking tile wide strip of terrain that's usually covered in rocks and shit. Real good game design there, mate.

>> No.5499693

>>5499307
Snow, because I'm a towerfag and I like snow

>> No.5500106

>>5499462
Or they could have come up with something else - like, make water their native terrain for example. Give the pirate heroes an ability to not lose any movement points when embarking/disembarking. That would actually make sense

>> No.5500167

>>5499343
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove_swamp

>> No.5500218

>>5494884
It gets even better when Mortis sacrifices the demo savior and rightful heir to the human throne to resurrect Gallean, only to be ultimately rejected by him.
Now she just hates everyone and everyone hates her.

>> No.5500248

>>5499462
>two fucking tile wide strip of terrain that's usually covered in rocks and shit

lol what?

>> No.5500672

>>5475040
>Disciples Demon town is the best one
All dmg is either weapon or fire.
You can have utility mages or dmg not both.
Demons and gargoyls are strong but take two slots and awful lot of XP to level.TL,DR: Second worts just bit above undead.

>> No.5501573

Kings Bounty is so comfy.
When are they adding wives to HoMM?

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>>5499442
>implying deserts dont have sand
A landlocked arid sandy region is the literally the last place youd find pirates

>> No.5501654

>everyone says Necro is OP
>new so play as Necro
>everyone says rush units
>I rush out units
>everyone says take gold only from chests
>I take gold only, use for units and buildings
>CPU stomps me before 3rd week is over with three dozen level 7 units that apparently came out of their ass
I just don't understand the strategy of this game. I've followed guides, I've watched videos, every single time the CPU just appears on the third week with a fuckhuge army that should be impossible to make if they are playing by the same rules I am. If I rush to level 7 units, I might have a half dozen of them by the same period of time. Is it like Brood War where the AI actually does cheat or something?

>> No.5501718

>>5500167
FUCK EM, SWAMP IS FOR MY HOMIE FORTRESS AND NOT SOME MEME ASS GAY PIRATES

>> No.5501854

>>5501654
AI does cheat so you have to use cheap tactics on it, like fighting and retreating.

>> No.5501937

>>5501654
> CPU stomps me before 3rd week is over with three dozen level 7 units
Never happened in my games on random maps. Are you sure you aren't playing some scenario that's supposed to be an extra challenge? Or some weird mod?

>> No.5501949

>>5501654
Necro has a somewhat slow start, especially if you have no idea what you're doing
If you want to play the game on easy mode go Conflux, they have the best early and mid game and the easiest hero progression because they are sure to get any type of basic magic they might want
Otherwise learn the game with Rampart or Castle
Also what the fuck are you doing playing a map where you get pounded over and over, play the campaigns to start or some easier scenarios.

>> No.5502185

>>5501623
yeah that was what I was implying, good job reading

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>>5490417
Wow, another russian HoMM 3 gamer here, just like me. What a good surprise.

>> No.5502505

>>5501854
You mean running in a hero with spells and a single unit and just nailing them with magic? I do that for the larger armies, but still end up getting chunked by sheer numbers when it finishes blowing through all my throw-away heroes.

>>5501937
Random, L, no underground, little water, weak monsters. I get 1 town, get it built up, get heroes going(usually 2 teams and bunch of scouts/resource collectors), then at the start of week 4 here comes the CPU with three dozen dragons. Fucking hell, where does the AI get them? I don't understand how I can have 6-7 level 7 units at the same time the CPU is pulling 30. Does the CPU get multiple towns to start even if you don't?

>>5501949
>conflux
If I'm gonna do that, I might as well just use cheats.

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Is there some mod or setting to Heroes 3 to disable AI heroes fleeing the battle? This is extremely annoying.

>> No.5502914

>>5502505
Probably has diplomacy and is recruiting neutral level 7s

>> No.5503727

>>5495986
Jesus christ dude
Go back to /pol/ please

>> No.5504062

>>5502505
As I said, "AI has 30 dragons at week 3-4" never happened to me on random maps.
> Does the CPU get multiple towns to start even if you don't?
On random maps - no, everyones starts with one town.

>> No.5504690

For someone new to HoMM3 how would you guys describe all of the factions playstyles?
I got Horn of the abyss also

>> No.5504697

>>5504690
Necro the best
Castle the most balanced
Dungeon Dracageddon
Rest is shit

>> No.5504723

>>5504690
tower is my waifu, big boy shooters
inferno is weak, but my second waifu, they do stuff
don't play the rest

>> No.5504760

>>5504723
Inferno looks cool, I know they are garbage in base game and Necro and conflux are OP, does this change at all in HotA?

>> No.5504763

>>5504690
Stronghold is week 1 behemoths and all offense.
Fortress is day 2 wyverns and special abilities.
Both of them suffer from the lack of level 4 mage guilds, which means they can't get Town Portal, Resurrection, or Prayer.