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17 years later and this game is still the best example how games can age like good wine.
whats your favourite town?
whats your favourite creature?
whats your favourite music theme?
lets talk about homm party people
skeletons are allowed
castle, archangel
and I'm not even good at the game
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Heкpoпoльs for life.
>whats your favourite creature?
Titan, because ranged Tier 7.
>whats your favourite music theme?
Stronghold hands down the best track in the game.
Who /HOTA/ here?
Also Cove is the best faction.
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
necropolis
>whats your favourite creature?
archangel, because they look neat
>whats your favourite music theme?
stronghold
also how the fuck do i get gud
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
I love the shit out of Conflux, but I just can't enjoy playing it knowing how OP it is.
>whats your favourite creature?
Enchanters.
>whats your favourite music theme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iNjldnNSPY - Stronghold has the best track. Tower has the second best.
>>344640881
>how the fuck do i get gud
You have to be be born a Russian
>>344640361
whats your favourite town?
Rampart / Dungeon
whats your favourite creature?
Sharpshooter
whats your favourite music theme?
Rampart theme for sure
This game is such a masterpiece.
Pic - Artyom. This always gets me.
>>344640361
I need a mod with the following features;
>quick buy all of my troops
>quick buy all of my troops
>quick buy all of my troops
>HD
That is it, please tell me if one exists!
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Can't choose between beautiful Castle and dosh making Rampart.
>whats your favourite creature?
Minotaur Kings
>whats your favourite music theme?
Battle theme 3 if I remember correctly.
>>344641254
https://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/
>>344640361
>Dungeon
best heroes, or at least the coolest ones
>Gnoll Marauder
Dont ask why, i guess it's their badass artwork
>Necropolis
>>344640618
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iNjldnNSPY
this man knows it
not using based ivor while listening to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nhf1xl0Rg
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Dungeon
>whats your favourite creature?
Unicorns
>whats your favourite music theme?
Tower I guess
why homm3 is so ultra comfy, is it the artstyle, music or both?
>>344642026
>>344641940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z_avCG9tPs
>>344641254
there is one, it's HOMM3 HD mod from ruskie you stupid negro
>>344642078
aliens and robots
>first time playing homm4 after gorgeous homm3
>>344640361
Dungeon
Minotaur
Combat 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSwATqPUsv0
>>344641226
Why the fuck do people keep bringing up squatting in every fucking Heroes3 thread? really sick of this shit
>>344642248
ruskies love homm3
>>344642248
It's just a friendly joke, calm down, Evgeny.
>>344642248
ruskies are know to go full autism for turn-based games, and ruskies are slavs, and squatting is slavs national sport.
>>344640361
Rampart.
I like the general theme(which sadly disappeared after homm3), the treasury and dragons.
Necropolis is of course a close second. Rampart also has a nice selection of heroes.
As for creature I think Vampire Lords. Getting critical mass of them is just so satisfying.
I'm not really that big of a fan of homm3 music.
When I think of good homm music I always think of homm2 Sorceress.
has anyone managed to win 1vs7 200% with every factions like this guy?
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKnownWorld
Quick, where can I download this?
I've been looking over torrents and shit but I don't want none of that.
>>344642340
>>344642361
>>344642382
I don't see how it adds anything to the threads. They aren't even humorous.
>>344642662
>nofunallowed.jpg
stay easy man, the pic was fun.
>all this bad grammar
Ruskie, go back to 2ch.
>>344640361
Necrorpolis
Lizardman/Lizardman Archer
Inferno
>>344642651
>and shit but I don't want none of that.
Are you like 18-21?
>>344642409
>treasury
I always have to stop myself from building it because it's too OP, especially on L/XL maps.
>>344642560
Man I can't win 1v2 on Normal, get out of here with this elitist craziness
HoMM 2 looks better.
Prove me wrong.You can't.
>>344642887
24, but I don't see how that has anything to do with this.
The torrent sites I went through were horrible and the ones I frequent don't have it.
>>344642208
>combat2
Damn straight. I forgot how much I loved the Combat music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6YL8dMSLJA
>>344642946
Yeah especially vs AI.
I have a map I made and pretty much finished 13 years ago, but I've made some minor changes every now and then since then.
Only a few weeks ago my brother asked for the last version and later on we talked a bit about it and I mentioned how I've been thinking about removing Treasuries from the map, he said I've said that before years ago.
Even back then 13+ years ago I made it so none of the 8 players started as Rampart to make it a little more balanced. Some have Rampart cities as more natural secondary cities though.
>>344642208
>combat 2
>>344643216
>24, but I don't see how that has anything to do with this.
Thought you were a young one since you seem so wary of torrents.
Kat has it.
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Dungeon is such a comfy town and the one I like playing the most. In terms of atmosphere they're all really good, but Necropolis is truly something else.
>whats your favourite creature?
Champions and Naga Queens
>whats your favourite music theme?
Tough one. They're all really good, but I'd probably pick Tower.
>>344643117
Shame the editor is so clunky.
Can't place objects behind eachother, you have to start from the top of the map and then work your way down.
>>344642152
nani
Haven't played in a long time, but who cares.
Time for lizards.
>Town
Necropolis
>Creature
Enchanter
>Music
Stronghold
I still absolutely hate how the AI will run at the slightest hint of losing. How does /v/ deal with it?
>>344643117
Both are god tier, no need to fight.
>>344643037
eh i used to be a noob but watching videos of skilled player make me play better, now i can beat 1 vs 4 on hard easy
>>344643713magic missileflee
>>344643708
>not Tazar
faggot, use the HD mod reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>>344643812
>using meme heroes
>>344643319
Post the map anon.
>Town
Rampart for overall comfy ambiance
>Units
The crusaders guys with two attacks are sick
>Music
Combat 4 and stronghold. But man it's hard to chose. Music in homm is fucking god tier
>>344643809
I used to give myself shackles of war back in the day.
Why is it so perfect?
HoMM V was alright.
Remember me?
>>344644053
Poseidon is OP.
It's very nice though, but not very comfy since you need to be fairly quick with going down before Hades wins.
>>344643812
It is the HD mod.
>>344644101
You don't have to spoiler that, you're absolutely right. The expansion packs were great too. V is to III what Age of Empires 3 is to 2
>>344643713
>hating good AI
>>344643809
>Aislinn or Deemer
>cast Meteor Storm in the early game
>flee
good days
>>344644101It was a nice return to what the series had established before IV came alongOn its own, IV wasn't entirely terrible, it just tried to take things in a different direction. I still enjoy it from time to time.
>>344644126
Pandora's Box fixed it by removing Hades
and then ruined it by adding a time limit
GOD TIER
H5 v3.1
H3
GOOD TIER
H2
H5 before TotE
H1
SINGLE-PLAYER NOVELTY TIER
H4
H6
PUT IT IN THE TRASHCAN TIER
H7
>>344644194
>no day 1 wyvern
scrub
>>344644454
I wish they didn't try to undo all of 4's changes, I really liked the hero system. It was retardedly imbalanced, but it was a good idea conceptually.
>>344643901
I should probably upload it somewhere, but I don't think it's that great. I was pretty young when I first started on it, so now I see a lot of things I consider bad. Like an abundance of lumber mills concentrated in area just because there's lots of forests there.
When I play homm3 I usually play Reclamation or The Dark Continent(a great custom map of africa that are on some homm3 map sites, pretty much the only map I've downloaded that I've liked)
>>344644101
2,3 and 5 are the best HoMM games.
>>344644115
Yes, but it's not your thread. Gonna replay you later this week tho.
>>344644476
It changes the terrain a lot, so not really a fan of it.
I think I might play as Zeus next time and edit away the victory condition.
Playing as Poseidon without the victory condition would make the map too easy.
>>344644481
Oh boz, time for some unpopular opinions.
H3=H2>H6=H4>H5>H7
Haven´t played H1.
>>344640361
Was Sandro the best written necromancer ever?
>there are people on this board who actually played pre-made maps instead of playing the randomly generated ones exclusively
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Probably Ramparts. It has a very serene theme and most of the units give off a very calming vibe for me. The town music is also pretty great.
>whats your favourite creature?
The fucking Champion. The sound they make when they move and attack is so damn satisfying. They look cool as shit too.
>whats your favourite music theme?
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ObS62Js-4 Homm3s music scales with the size of battles, this played during the toughest battles, iirc.
>>344644736
It boggles my mind how anyone could rank 4 higher than anything. Changes were not that good and it looked like SHIT. It was visually absolutely atrocious. Heroes system was fun tho, if unbalanced.
>whats your favourite music theme?
There's only one correct answer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8tXAc7ur7M
New World Computing had no rights to have writers that good.
Some of the campaigns in HoMM, especially 4, are extremely well written and Tarnum saga would make for a great fantasy series
>>344645047
>Heroes VI
Yeah, no
>>344644972
Good campaigns, and hero system was fun as shit. It's a great game to break, especially in Singleplayer.
>>344645153
Great argument, Vasya
>>344645271
Read the thread title and get out of here with your newfangled shit, nigger.
>>344640361
favourite town:
Schneeschloss
favourite creatures:
upgegradete Pappteufel (Gremlins? Tower Lv1)
Henseler Wolfenreiter
Sittenstrolche (Thought Elementals)
>favourite music theme
COMBAT02.mp3
>favourite Player Name
Mädchentoilette
>>344645056
I play the Shadow of Death campaign once a year. Slowly building up the 4 heroes feels so great.
>>344645342
The new one is you.
The music track is actually from H2.
>>344645047
nice, updated homm2 grass
>>344645047
For a game that was supposed to celebrate series' anniversary they really fucked up everything they could.
Music is good but a little on the bland side compared to many, many memorable pieces from the series. I think it's mainly music direction fault though, even the returning music sounds weaker.
By the way best main menu theme coming in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-0LbZ6UVoM
>>344645491
I know and that's exactly what I pointed out in my original post
>>344645047
tears in the rain scoob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEXBJ3P9Bg&ab_channel=shantiRRR
>>344644636
check out Malagorn the Savior if you haven't already, it's one of my favorites
I disliked most story driven maps (couldn't get into Sander's Folly) but I loved Goldheart.
Ringing of Victory is challenging and has a fun story but supplying the main hero with troops is insanely tedious
>>344644481
What was up with Tribes? Don't like brown people hmmm? You RACIST anon?!
>>344645518
>For a game that was supposed to celebrate series' anniversary they really fucked up everything they could.
Even then, it was at least slightly fun. Heroes VII was an anus abortion and confirmed that there will never actually be a good game in this series again.
>>344644481
>>344644736
was 7 that bad?
>>344645782
VII was an unfinished cash-grab. If they had worked on it another year or so, it might've turned out decent.
>>344644636
Do you have a link for The Dark Continent? I can't find it.
>>344642382
>squatting is slavs national sport.
It's every poor country's national sport because they live in shitholes with nothing to do and nothing to sit on...
>>344645815
7 is complete garbage. AI barely works, editor is clunky, online doesn't work at all, campaign has no redeeming qualities and barely passes as Heroes gameplay, town building economics aren't well thought out, there's some interesting abilities here and there (mostly in Sylvan) but overall it's a downgrade even from H6.
>>344645940
Gimme a minute I'm gonna look it up.
>>344645985
Have you ever seen a nigger squat? Me neither. Squat is a slav thing.
>>344645853
>VII was an unfinished cash-grab.
That's about as much respect as they give this series now. It could be good again with a decent budget and a team who actually wants to put in effort, but I doubt that Ubijews will willingly part with enough shekels to make it happen.
>>344645940
Here:
http://www.celestialheavens.com/search2.php?map_name=Dark+Continent&author_name=&size=&nr_players=&playing_type=&version=h3sod&sort_by=map_name&order=asc&multiplayer=&month=&year=&minimaps=on&results1=20&page=1&action=search&submit=Search
>>344646197
It seems to be more of a (post)communism thing. North Koreans squat all the time too.
>>344646197
Fuck off you 12yo meme master
>>344645985
>weak calf faggot detected
Can't squat without losing your balance, fattie?
>>344646112
It's such a shame because I really wanted to like VII.
I think it was the steam winter sale this year where I bought the boundle with III HD.
Played VII for about 20mins and didn't like it.
Then played III HD for over a hour and just realized that it's still miles better than VII but stopped playing there so I can refund the games.
I really liked the visuals in VII though but everything just felt clunky and shit.
It's also a shame that III HD has no addons otherwise I would have bought just that instead.
>>344646261
thanks anon
>>344646452
projecting much?
>be a slav
>can't slav squat
>tfw
>>344646347
Technically not a nigger
>>344643476
>>344643117
Play the Heroes 3 SW mod, basically H2 graphics with H3 game play. It's a delight
>>344646606
Clearly not a fucking slav though.
>>344646693
>playing H2 without H2 graphics
Isn't that sacrilege?
So what was the best combined artifact in HoMM 3?
>>344647110
>>344646883
why? It is the Heroes 3 Engine with Heroes 2 graphics.
Basically (game play vise) everything is superior to Heroes 2. And with you also have the option to play like a "purist "
>>344640361
Steam HD version's online is dead?
I got a copy of the HD version in the humble bundle, is it bad enough that I should pay for a copy of 3 complete on gog?
>>344647892
Yes
>>344647431
>Basically (game play vise) everything is superior to Heroes 2.
Not really
>>344647865
>>344647892
Ubisoft/Steam "HD" version is shit.
It's just Restoration of Erathia with no expansions, Conflux or random map generator. And the shitty new sprites that don't look like the originals.
>>344647892
The HD version doesn't have any expansions, no map generator, no conflux and isn't compatible with the metric shit ton of mods that have been developed for HoMM3 over the years. They basically got a blur tool and removed all of the details on the game's original sprites and called it HD.
On top of that, the GOG version is cheaper, as far as I know.
>>344640361
Necronon no fun allowed HotA version
Any dragon really
Fortress theme
>>344648075
lol, what does H2 do better than H3 ? And I repeat, you can play like a "purist" and turn off the wait function,range penalty and fly speed. Essentially the same as H2, only bigger.
how is this not true?
>CTRL+F "Fortress"
>1 result
Disappointed desu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20AFkjaZqo
>generate extra-large map
>1 player only
>no objective
maybe i'm autistic but its really comfy to play this game open world
How can other games even compete?
>>344648978
>lol, what does H2 do better than H3 ?
Asymmetrical balance, tradeoff economy management, tradeoff army composition.
>Essentially the same as H2, only bigger.
They are very different games.
>>344649083
Patrician taste
Guys, I need some help finding a long lost map for HoMM3, I've asked in the majority of threads on /v/, but to no avail.
Basically it was an XL map but it was shaped and terrain'd like it was the H3 logo (The shield with the Griffin on it), and it had all the crazy stuff like Azure and Rust Dragons and their respective lairs. As far as I remember it had no underground level. Thanks in advance.
>no Heroes IV music mod for Heroes III
>>344640361
best town coming through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US9Moa3upTY
>>344647110
nigga please, its obviouslyCloak of shitting thousands of liches
there is no contest thats the most broken item
>Town
Rampart
>Creature
Mighty Gorgon
>Music
Always mute the music. Weaker then both 2 and 4 in that aspect.
![tumblr_inline_ntgslfKWCu1sysrze_400[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4SB95zs.jpg "tumblr inline ntgslfKWCu1sysrze 400[1]")
>Look up custom maps
>They're all gimmicky, extreme or just shit
>No comfy regular scenarios with a good map to fight on
>>344649372
Went through all the extra lage maps on celestialheavens but I couldn't find it anon.
There's a 5 player map with the homm logo on homm2, so decided to give it a chance to look for it.
Sure it's XL?
>>344649796
What do you expect from HoMM3 maps? A Lost Temple clone?
WE WUZ KNIGGAZ
>>344649796
Try Dark Continent imo:
http://www.celestialheavens.com/search2.php?map_name=Dark+Continent&author_name=&size=&nr_players=&playing_type=&version=&sort_by=map_name&order=asc&multiplayer=&month=&year=&minimaps=on&results1=20&page=1&action=search&submit=Search
Some cities are set, others are random.
There are some minor events for like 1 city.
The underground isn't retarded, but there are actual gaves.
You may want to turn off the victory condition in the editor though.
>>344650042
Not 100% sure it was XL, but I remember it was pretty big. But it is definitely for homm3.
>>344640361
>town
depends on the map, stronghold/rampart
> creature
death knight
>music
fortress theme
>>344649796
The Lord of War
>>344649564
>Always mute the music. Weaker then both 2 and 4 in that aspect.
shit taste tbqh
How would you make heroes 8 if you were in charge of development?
>>344650489
Like Age of Wonders 3, but with better artstyle.
>>344650489
Dwarves and elves in one faction.
or
Elves+Genies in one faction and humans+dwarves in one faction.
>>344650489
>How would you make heroes 8 if you were in charge of development?
Hire a qualified AI designer.
Put it on consoles and mobiles in addition to just PC
Make sure the map editor is usable by literally anyone, down to toddlers, this is important
>>344640361
Well fuck, thinking about Heroes III makes me want to kill myself over the fact that gaming industry has gone to shit. How come this game has never been topped? Nostalgia aside, it really blows modern games out of the fucking water. Is AOE III worth playing?Anyway, Dungeon for life.
>>344650679
>2 in 1 faction
That shit killed IV.
Or were you being ironic and just want the nuheroes to go under?
>>344650831
AoE3?
You mean AoW?
I enjoyed the Commonwealth campaign, but I haven't really given it a solid chance since then.
It does some good things in combat, and some bad stuff.
The flanking+guard mechanics were cool.
>>344650489
I wouldn't. Let it rest, people. It's never going to be good again. We're only diluting the series with more shit than good and that's going to be the legacy of the series after all us oldfags who remember HoMM2 and 3 die off.
>>344650679
>Dwarves and elves
So rampart?
>>344650893
It worked for homm1, homm2, and homm3.
The forest faction got bland when it was elves without dwarves.
>>344650831
AoW3 is good although different than previous games. I don't like some aspects of it but overall it's definitely worth playing with both add-ons.
thats a nice stack of t7 units u got there pal it would be a shame if anything happens to them
I am a complete noob. What order should I play campaigns in?
>Fortress/Dungeon
>Dragon Flies or Minotaurs
>Rampart and Stronghold
>>344652338
Restoration - Shadow - Armageddon
>>344652040
how can one unit be so fucking basedtoo bad Dragon Flies and Wyvern are shit
>>344652623
They really synergize perfectly with fortress too.
High defense and lower attack makes for better synergy when they can kill with a proc anyway.
>tfw forge town never ever because of an autistic vocal minority that had never played the mainline games
>>344652040
Good thing my archangels have big brother to watch their back. You're at the pub enjoying a cold drink when suddenly this tin can of asswhopery smacks your bitch's ass. She tries to protest but what came out of that upper vagina resembled more a satisfactory moan, which increased our protagonist's resolve, enabling him to smack her other fine cheek as well. You're barely able to grasp what happened in front of your eyes before a third smack sent more sound vibrations throughout the room and in your direction. Our hero then notices your pathetic presence in the area and walks up towards you. What do you do?What can you do?CLANK CLENK CLANK CLENK CLANK CLENK CLANK CLENK
How do I play towns that dont have good shooters?
It's always a fukn drag when heroes are <lvl10 and cant even take mines
>>344640361
>Necropolis
>Power Lich
>Necropolis
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Tower, Necropolis
>whats your favourite creature?
Titan, Lich
>whats your favourite music theme?
idk
Also played Solmyr all day every day.
Chain Lightning from the start was just too good.
>>344652878
Fuck the RPG and your pseudo robotic memes. Heroes became the main series and the backlash should have been expected. 3DO should have adapted. I can't imagine how I would have reacted as a kid if I knew of those sci fi stuff.And they really blew it by not allowing an insectoid castle. Would have been great
Also anyone knows of any miniatures for Heroes? Even 3D print schematics. I really want to paint an army, and I really crave a miniature Dendroid.
>>344643708
>fortress
>wystan
mah ligga
>>344653360
You sound like you were a faggy kid if you didn't like '80s sci-fi fantasy. Too bad NWC went bankrupt and sold the rights to Ubisoft. Now the series will always stay generic western fantasy.
>>344640361
Fortress
Mighty Gorgon
Fortress
Thoughts on HotA?
>>344652623
The point of Wyverns is to get them day 1 and go clear Dragon Fly Hive to get even more and then robbing the area blind
>>344654125
Pretty good
Never understood the changed models for halbardiers and orcs though.
>>344654125
Impure.
>>344654125
Nice but original graphics, including Cove units, are rather off-putting.
>>344652878
>vocal minority
Keep telling yourself that.
Rampart, i love the beatuy of it and the scenery. trees and shit you know.
i was and still am pretty shit at the game but i do like it.
>>344653360
>Fuck the RPG and your pseudo robotic memes.
FUCK YOU.
>>344654554
Q: WHY DID YOU PULL THE FORGE?
GF: Reason One: As much as I thought the actions of many fans showed a lack of vision and an inherent distrust for a company who have given them hundreds of hours of quality gameplay, I still didn't want to fight our fans. Reason Two: There wasn't enough pro-Forge activity.
Q: DO YOU THINK 50% OF THE HEROES FANS WERE AGAINST THE FORGE?
GF: No. Total, the number of emails we received asking to remove the Forge were less than 100. I doubt 3DO received much more. As a series, Heroes has sold over 750,000 copies world wide. I would be surprised if more than 5% of the audience would have 'boycotted' the product. However, I still felt 5% was too high.
Q: DOES SCIENCE FICTION BELONG IN HEROES?
GF: Yes. Science fiction is the foundation of the Might and Magic universe. It is the reason the Might and Magic universe exists. At its core, the Might and Magic is about advanced civilizations who have descend into barbarism. If you disagree, your reasoning is emotional, not logical. Many people forget the Inferno is not populated by demons. It's populated by aliens who look like demons. If I told you the origin of the Arch Angels I'm sure many of you would have a heart attack.
>>344654076
my nigga. only tazar, no dmg.
>>344650489
Hexagon tiles, go back to using the older setting and lore, actually make unique models for each individual hero, more sidegrades for units in each faction, caravans, get Paul Anthony Romero back to compose some more awesome music...
Honestly, HoMM 3's gameplay with all of the cool features that HoMM 5 added would be the tits. I wouldn't even mind if it was strictly 2D.
>>344654684
HoMM became independent from M&M lore since it showed none of that sci-fi shittery. Yes, it's the same world and shit, but at the same time separate. HoMM touched none of it and thus became generic fantasy and honestly I think it's for the better.
>>344655131
>HoMM became independent from M&M lore since it showed none of that sci-fi shittery.
Fiery Moon begs to differ, kiddo.
>>344655131
>atomic explosion in the back of Armageddon's Blade main menu and one of the cinematics
>electric bulbs in AB intro movie
You pure-fantasy cucks never cease to amaze me.
>mfw ever since I stopped being a teenager it's too hard to learn new game mechanics
What happened
>>344655301
>>344655242
I'm not against mixing fantasy and sci-fi, but Heroes is better without it.
>>344655131
It became generic fantasy because ubisoft retconned the entire setting and replaced it with generic fantasy. The later MM games may have been more subtle with sci-fi but it was still there.
>>344655632
Heroes became generic fantasy even before Ubisoft. Not like it's a bad thing, since it was generic fantasy since H1.
>>344655592
How is it better? Less faction variety is better?
>>344655928
I don't see how being generic fantasy restrict faction variety. There are plenty of magical beasts and folklore to fit into couple other factions.
>>344652152
lulz
>>344654814
Alkin is mah boi.
>>344649372
>>344650353
Anyone?
>>344655009
Which was the last game Paul did the music of?
Sweet an HoMM topic
>>344657772
He did music for every Heroes game.
>>344657772
He's done music for every HoMM game except 7. Unsurprisingly, that is also the most shitty HoMM game in existence.
>>344657965
>>344657972
I thought so as well, but the guy I quoted said "bring Paul back" so I assumed he left or something.
>>344658064
I was just presuming that he wasn't going to be working on future Heroes titles, since Ubisoft seems to not give a shit about making quality entries in this series anymore. But I'm not a fortune teller, so who knows?
where is papa sandro
>>344652623
Dragon Flies are perfect for magic heavy characters since they always go first, which means you'll always get the first cast. The only problem with that is.. Well, you know.
>Fortress
>Magic
>pick neither
>>344658597
You don't need anything more than slow and/or haste, and blessing.
Anyone else still play Heroes 2?
I've played this game for well over a decade and I still have no idea what the strategies are. I can never win unless playing on Easy and I can't beat any campaign maps. I usually have 1 hero with all my units and a bunch of other heroes whose job is running from my towns to my hero to deliver more troops. Where can I learn how to play properly?
>>344658491
thingkn of skellingtons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KByla_uGhro
top comfy
Rampart fave town
Storm Elemental fave unit
Stronghold fave town music
I think this may be my all time favorite game.
PTSD warningHeroes 2 Genies
>>344640361
Not only did it age well, it is a game that is loved and played to this day.
Pity that Ubishit doesn't try to make a game that is better than it.
Heroes V was closest, but it was just Heroes III in 3D.
VI and VII aren't good at all.
I mean, are they suffering from lack of grey matter?
>>344658931
- Logistics is OP. Get a main logistics hero. The more steps the better.
- Get a second hero to do all the unnecessary steps your main doesn't have to perform (like, kill the guards, then move on and have the second hero claim the mine and resources on that same turn).
- Ranged units are broken. If neutral guards are ranged, you got shafted for example with inevitable casualties. As Ramparts you can use this to quickly get master archers, split the stacks and then rape and pillage the map.
- Learn which castles are brokenly broken and which suck ass.
How do I into multiplayer? I checked on GameRanger, and there were a few games, but most were in progress already - and all were Slav-central.
Should I even bother if I'm not a native Slav? I've played this game all my life, but never got into multiplayer.
>>344659148
Say what you want, but HoMM4 had the better music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnAl0QvsVgA
>>344659148
I still listen to the soundtrack every few months.
>>344659372
I only remember liches..
>>344654857
Talk about going supreme strategist.
>>344644115
I miss you.
>>344659407
>, but it was just Heroes III in 3D
if only
>>344654684
>No. Total, the number of emails we received asking to remove the Forge were less than 100.
I didn't know about the forge preview and i don't think i would have bothered sending them an email back then. How is this representative at all? Try pulling a forge nowadays and see what happens.
Why is Conflux such a meme town?
>>344659540
homm2 liches sucked
homm2 genies were flying gorgons on crack who could move to any tile on the battlefield
>>344659780
My favourite units from HoMM 2 were ghosts. They were insanely OP, but so damn fun at the same time.
>>344659568
OK, it had a lot of new mechanisms that made the game more enriched, but overall it was a 3D version of Heroes III with new stuff.
>>344659468
>- Get a second hero to do all the unnecessary steps your main doesn't have to perform (like, kill the guards, then move on and have the second hero claim the mine and resources on that same turn).
but then my main hero will have an XP deficiency. isn't that bad?
>>344659851
Couldn't get them on the right version of homm2 unless the scenario specifically gave them to you
>>344659540
Heroes 2 Genies had a random chance to instantlly kill half your unit stack
>>344659909
>but then my main hero will have an XP deficiency. isn't that bad?
Will he?
Your main hero doesn't sit around and do nothing just because your other hero goes and kills some guards.
Your secondary hero kills some weak guards, and your main hero goes and kills some stronger guards.
>>344659909
Claim the treasure chests for the xp and have your add do the rest. You gain nothing from flagging a mine or claiming that pile of rocks. The steps add up to a full turn within a week or two, and you're free to fight and get more xp.
>whats your favourite town?
Inferno. I know it's fucking terrible, but I like colors and aesthetics. It does have to bonus to possess the completely broken Castle Gate
whats your favourite creature?
Tough one. Ranged units that have an area-of-effect attack are always fun, so I'll go with Magogs or Liches.
whats your favourite music theme?
Inferno. I like the deep, brassy main theme.
>>344660087
Efreet sultans are OP
Who else think 3D in this game was a mistake? I really dislike how empty the maps feel compared to HoMM3 where every tile could be used for something. Not to mention how hard it is to spot certain land marks on 3D.
>>344660176
Oh yes, they're a lot of fun, too.
Using Pit Lords to resurrect dead armies as Demons is fun too.
>Town
Castle
>Creature
Vampire Lords
>Theme
Main Menu Theme, although Stronghold is best town theme
>Hero
Sandro
>>344660426
I don't know if it's a mistake, but it wasn't done right yet.
>>344640361
Necropolis
Vampire Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYMAuPEiE8
Why is this game so popular in Russia? What went right in the 90s that made every kid (and many adults) play this in Russia?
>>344640361
I can't get my CD copy to work no matter how many tricks I've found and tried online and it makes me sad.
>>344658931
wait a minute, does Alagar have a moustache?
>>344640361
Fortress
mighty gorgon
Stronghold theme
>>344642026
That is literally the worst theme in the entire game. I can't stand Rampart mostly because the theme is just that dull
special buildings were broken as fuck
>Rampart gets magic money printer
>Inferno gets town portal
>Fortress gets a lousy +2 attack/defense during a siege
Damn inferno hero womans always making my dick diamonds when i was a kid.
>>344662160
>Cover of darkness
Would lieutenants be a good addition to the series? Like you could pay to give a stack a hero unit that could level up, wear special items, and unlock special abilities /spells(dependent of the type of unit in the stack, so an angel stack had an angel lieutenant and a magog stack had a magog lieutenant each with different skill trees) , and who could be killed if the rest of the stack died.
>>344662737
make the mod anon
>>344662737
It would be pretty cool. Like >>344664212 said, you could try making a mod for it in HoMM 3 and seeing how it works out gameplay-wise.
>>344662160
Stable master race
>>344660930
Came pre-installed on computers or something
>>344664212
How hard is it, making mods for H3?
>>344662160
Conflux gets essentially a "know every single spell as long as your character knows what and how in the appropriate masteries" rainbow.
>>344658931
>>344642560
nigger you watch this guy play a couple of 1vs7 games then you'll become a good Heroes 3 player
>>344664987
conflux a best
>>344664987
Wasnt that their grail building?
They deleted whole Forge town because few neckbeards got butthurt
>>344665078
Gimmicky with the whole elementals thing, but fun.
>>344665176
Oh yeah, right.
Seriously I forgot what was their special building.
>>344665249
Pity. Though the models would need some changes.
>>344665249
Good. It looks like shit and would tarnish H3 reputation.
>>344640361
Funny I've been replaying this for the last 4 days or so.
I'm having a problem though.. I don't understand when I'm supposed to leave my Capital to conquer the rest of the map.
EVERY FUCKING TIME that I try to conquer the map with my main hero, leaving my capital with only a hero and few troops to defend it, the CPU will attack it and take it since I'm too far away to defend it.
It's basically trade-base: the video game, as I see it now. Is it supposed to be played like this? It's really annoying..
also
>whats your favourite town
Dungeon
>whats your favourite creature?
Efreet Sultan
>whats your favourite music theme?
Rampart
I've heard of this series but I've never played one. Is this game a good place to start? What makes this game so special and beloved anyway?
>>344665576
>H3 reputation
MM anti sci-fi newfags are the worst
>>344657849
Which scenario is this?
>>344665176
both, special building was a magic school that could teach your hero every magic secondary skill (air magic, earth, etc.)
the grail was the most broken grail since it gave you all the spells in the game
>>344665249
>cyborg zombie
sheeeeeeit
Homm V is 10 years old
People who played it as kids now have own kids
HoMM V is considered as classic now
>>344665671
your main hero are supose to always on the run to hunt the enemy capital
for the last time watch video of experts reeeeeeee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITN0SA5gxUY
>>344665753
>Is this game a good place to start?
The best
>What makes this game so special and beloved anyway?
Easy to learn but hard to master, addictive gameplay, variety, top notch art style and music.
>>344665753
The aesthetics are really good (great music, good spritework, the adventure map is filled with thousands of lines of flavortext making picking up a sword of +3 attack far more interesting than it would otherwise be), and the combat/adventuring/strategy aspects are well combined and are just generally really conductive to playing for hours and hours, even if they are slightly shallow.
>>344660075
>Claim the treasure chests for the xp
never do this on higher difficulties. You really need the gold since you start with less. You get levels from larger packs of enemies due to difficulty.
Your main hero should be the one wrecking neutrals and enemy heroes, give him the strongest army.
You can have a secondary to clear trash neutrals and to pick up stuff but he won't be nearly as strong, then add 2-X heroes for transporting new units, capture stuff and picking up shit.
>>344665249
well if that is what it looks like the it's ok. It sticks out like a sore thumb and every unit looks like a fucking ghostbuster wtf
>>344642176
I'm still mad after all these years.
>>344666748
I started with HoMM 3, loved HoMM V and my son is 4 months old.
>>344666763
>not baiting the main enemy hero with your main hero and sending guerilla armies to his capital while he's away
>>344665671
you have to learn to make more with less. Castle sieges can be absolutely destructive for the enemy force if RNG catapult is not with them. Towers might not seem to deal a lot of damage but they add up fast. If you have something to suicide on the catapult to take it out instantly then it's worth it since they won't be able to get inside unless they have a spell for it.
Also learn what spells to use and on what. A simple blind can give you enough time to dwindle down his army while the big one is cc'ed.
>>344666748
>Homm V
why is this fucking game so slow between turns? Like holy fuck
>>344667652
>my son
>>344667652reee normie
>mfw MM thread
I fucking love every single one of you.
Anyone got some good mods working for M&M 6-8?
I tried one but I couldn't get the high res mod to work along with it.
>>344667912
>mfw I can't play MM6 because I keep feeling like I walk in diagonale
>>344650190
Edric mah neg
>>344667912
I play just with the Grayface patch with an expanded window.
>>344668070
>not playing with classic controls
fag
>>344668445
choose me or suffer
>no furry race
Who else started using Ironfist as family name in other RPG?
>>344669334
source
>>344669528
https://twitter.com/BITTER_TEEN/status/602534653954633728
>>344669334
you have gnolls you moron
Best combat theme coming through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ObS62Js-4
Opinions on WoG? It's never gonna get finished, right? ;_;
>>344670135
>not 2
>>344670020
>gnolls
>a whole race
>>344640361
Tower
Ghost Dragon
Snow theme
I love the AI turn themes, they are so comfytoo bad new computers finish AI turns in 1-2 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qsk3Z7a6Ng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVL4f3zLpI
>>344670402
yes gnolls are race
I had one month to kill that titan in the corner....
>tfw Expert Level Fire Magic
>Berzerk spell on enemies two strongest units
>>344667912
>leave store without buying anything
>owner gets buttblasted and calls you a cheapskate
>>344671315
>Old version of HoMM3
>Never knew about patches as a kid
>Sacrifice can target enemy creatures as the sacrificed stack
>You can then resurrect your own
>>344671178
what map?
>>344644768
Sandro is love
Sandro is life
Anyone up for a multiplayer game on gameranger? Would prefer to play with HD mod as well.
>>344644768
I actually dislike that they retconned him to be the real illuminati mastermind behind Erathian war
>>344645153
But it's just a remix from HoMM II
>>344649564
>Always mute the music
What a pleb
>>344642651
Gog you mongrel
Does Stronghold have any redeeming qualities, because honestly I couldn't find any.
>>344672952
Cyclops
>>344649564
>Always mute the music.
You disgust me
>>344671798
Don't remember, had to dig that up from 2010
>>344659372
Some of Heroes 2's neutral creatures were fucking bullshit. The ghouls and the medusa in particular
>>344673063
Don't forget Behemoths.
>>344649564
On a level between 1 and 10, you hit infinity on the disgust scale.
>>344673156
>Jack_burger.webm
>oh god not again
>please don't let it be pink, please don't let it be p-
WHY DOES HE KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
>>344640361
>whats your favorite town?
Necropolis
>whats your favorite creature?
Black Dragon
>whats your favorite music theme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYMAuPEiE8
Hearing it is enough to make me play it.
Check my GoG, HoMM2 and HoMM3 in my list.
Time to install.
Good old times when fantasy games didn't have Blizzardeque "artstyle"
>>344649564
what mod is this? I need it.
>>344673440
Succession Wars
>prefer HoMM IV
>no one likes it
>>344673531
thanks
>>344673339
He'll die one day, anon.
>>344640361
Dungeon
Black Dragon / Minotaur
Stronghold
>least favourite town:
Conflux
>>344640361
>STRONGHOLD
>THUNDERBIRDS
>STRONGHOLD
What's your opinion about Gelu?
More like Gayu amrite?
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Necropolis
>whats your favourite creature?
Ghost dragons
>whats your favourite music theme?
Necro theme and the Rampart theme
>>344673540
It's shit
>>344673954
>>344673540
The campaigns were good and heroes in the army were decent but everything else was awful.
![1378038_765927720099865_827346800_n[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iJNhcFq.jpg "1378038 765927720099865 827346800 n[1]")
>mfw surviving this siege
>>344659490
It has a few good tracks (and a lot of shit tracks), but overall HoMM3 wins that as well.
The one thing I adored about HoMM4 is the heroes system. I loved powering up heroes and taking them to the battles.
>>344674074
I only liked caravan and advanced classes and music of course
>>344674074
>no mention of caravans
The surreal clay graphics look better too.
>>344674173
Rocs are the only dangerous things there desu senpai
>>344674239
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDXNSWJLuo
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Necropolis
>whats your favourite creature?
Black Knights/Dread Knights or Sharpshooters
>whats your favourite music theme?
Fuck you for making me choose, but Rampart or Conflux
>>344674074
Yeah, the campaigns and heroes were really good. Shame about the rest.
My dream game would be everything from HoMM3 + heroes system and campaign quality from HoMM4.
>>344673540
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV8299-mLHM
>>344674315
>The surreal clay graphics
What!?
>>344674353
As I said, it had a few good tracks. I really disliked the town themes for example, though.
>>344674414
Perfect heroes game should have 2 modes
war mode with classic standing hero
adventure mode with fighting heroes
>>344673540
I did like the character classes for the heroes and that you could flag the mill.
Pity Ubisoft didn't try to implant those ideas into Heroes V.
On the other hand they did get the caravans from it in Tribes of The East.
>>344674502
> town themes for example
pleb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJY6079YvI
HoMM 3 is the best one, but for me HoMM 2 will always be the favorite, it holds that sweet combination of childhood nostalgia from when I was probably 7 years old playing it first time at my cousins place. Usually play it every few years. Also played HoMM 1 at least once through the campaign. All three are dear in their own way.
4 was such disappointment when it came but still played it quite a bit. HoMM 5 is pretty good with all the expansions but unfortunately generic in the setting and troop design. Never played 6 and 7 and I guess I didn't miss anything.
I guess I am not the only one played HoMM in this manner
>picking your hero based on how cool their portrait was and not based on their skill
There were so many mechanics and gameplay things I only learned to value at older age and after years and years of gameplay.
>>344673845
>implying
rolling for my next game
1 Castle
2 Tower
3 Rampart
4 Inferno
5 Necropolis
6 Dungeon
7 Stronghold
8 Fortress
9 Conflux
0 Forge
>>344674994
lmao just give up now
>>344674826
>he posts the only good town theme
I wonder why.
>>344674828
>picking your hero based on how cool their portrait was and not based on their skill
fuck yeah young me always did this. Never picked Tower because they all looked so weird.
>>344640361
My fav town varies between undead and tower.
Fav unit is vampire Lord
Favorite music is tough. I really enjoy the human theme.
>party people
Me and My friends used to have a hot seat game running at our parties, but we'd always end up getting too drunk and distracted by womenz.
Homm3 is my second favorite game ever and I am always happy to see it still has a community.
Discuss.
>>344675385
>diplomacy and fire in low tier
>>344675385
>pathfinding
>anything but god tier
4400 POWER LICHES
>>344675385
>wisdom not in "pick or shit"-tier
>>344675507
IJust realized I got pathfinding and scouting mixed up
My bad. I stand by everything else though
I know it's kinda heretical, but how does the tablet version fares ? Either the ubisoft one or VCMI on android, going to be away from the computer during the holidays and I love myself some comfy HoMM3
>>344675385
what's wrong with Fire magic
>>344675385
>Pathfinding low tier
This pic was made by a moron
>>344675385
Intelligence is overkill
>>344675805
This
Blind, Berserk and Dragonslayer are one of the most useful spells
>>344675826
It is crazy if you roll this guy though.
>>344675280
I've used the map editor to set my portrait to this guy and give myself 9999 stacks of each dragon type. Thinking back it was stupid as hell but 10 year old me enjoyed the steamroll.
>>344675805
Not that anon but it has MAYBE 2 useful spells in the whole school. And that's only if you consider Dracogeddon to be a viable tactic.Compared that to earth magic which has
>Slow
>Stoneskin
>Anti-magic
>Meteor Shower
>Town Portal
>Animate Dead
>Implosion
etc etc
>>344675385
nigga, diplomacy is even more broken than necromancy have you been snorting pixie dust ?
>>344675385
Diplomacy is an absolute steamroll.
It's even banned in multiplayer because of that.
>>344676187
>>344676275
Well I guess I put it too low because I meain necro and diplomacy is too expensive for skeleton fodder
>>344675385
>leadership not in high
>luck not in low
>>344675385
Fixed your pic. Discuss.
>>344676536
Hi
It's much better having the enemy get no morale, than you getting morale.
>>344676717
Logistics also in God tier, it's mandatory skill for your main hero
>>344676536
Both attributes cap at +3. It's fairly easy to replace Leadership with a couple low tier artifacts or adventure items
>>344676125
I feel like offensive spells are a bad choice most of time. You're better off spending the first rounds with Prayer, Bless, Stone Skin, and from then on save the spell in case you have to cast Cure.
Exceptions are Meteor Shower or Chain Lighntning when attacking a town. Or when I need to get rid off an enemy unit immediately (e.g. Dendroids/Medusa Queens when they froze one of my units)
>>344676717
Well, pathfinding is negated by angel wings or fly, so it's not that good on long maps, unless these things are disabled.
>>344676810
As a necromancer spirit of oppression is my husbando desu
>>344677198
Of course there is situational stuff to consider. But in general that is how I'd rank everything.
>>344677198
Also, dimension door.
>>344676536
Most maps have enough morale boosting locations to make up for Leadership.
>>344665671
Get Expert Earth Magic
Learn Town Portal
Win the game
>maps let you choose what player you are and your faction
>choose anything but Tower, starting area is snow
>choose anything but Stronghold, starting area is desert
Every time. Every time I have to look up the map in the editor.
VII has potential id say, if only the developers cared more...
maybe with the upcoming expnsion theyll fix things up. Imo it will be better then VI or IV after xpac.
>destroying enemy catapult on turn 1
>>344677748
Fucking how? Shittons of troops?
>>344677683
I'm interested. Tell me why you see potential? (after being disappointed by VI I kind of stopped caring about the new ones)
>>344677748
>catapult destroys gate on turn 1
>find wizard's well components during first month
Fucking hell this thread made me reinstall
All For One here I come
>>344677803
implosion or lightining bolt work wonders on that
otherwise you need a fast sacrificable unit or decent shooter stacks (ballistics also works wonders for that)
and then they cast earthquake and destroy your gate
>>344665249
>They deleted whole Forge town so a few neckbeards got butthurt
>>344677918
Me and my little brother have played HoMM since II.
Played a lot of II, played the shit out of III (still play it every xmas when we meet up, it became a tradition).
When IV came out, we tried it but agreed to keep playing III instead.
V we both liked and played a lot.
VI shit again, and now we ofc gave VII a chance, and agreed that it took some steps in the right direction, but needs more to become like V. III levels of perfection probably never ever gonna happen again, but with 1 or 2 good expansions this game still could reach V.
>>344665249
What is the history of this? Is it in the game files, or something?
>>344678912
http://mightandmagic.wikia.com/wiki/Forge_(town)
>>344675280
>Hero has an awesome portrait
>Specialization: Eagle eye
>>344679171
At least these guys were cool.
>>344675385
If only Eagle Eye had more utilities. Like it starts in a shitty way, then on level two it turns more useful, and on level three it would be actually useful.
>>344679171
You can say this one is very powerful by the size of the boobs.
>>344679573
>pathfinding mid tier
>fire magic high tier
What?
>>344679573
>sorcery
>low
Please explain.
>>344679197
And THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM
Like for fucks sake, the game has zero Pathfinding or Diplomacy-focused heroes but Eagle Eye gets SEVEN? What's the fucking point? Did they even playtest their skills?
>>344679859
It's a very minor bonus to nuking spells in a game where the war is won on the overworld map and the most important combat spells don't do any damage.
>>344680494
>>344679197
>>344675280
>Eagle Eye
Doesn't WoG buff this ability a bit? I think it makes you randomly learn spells of any variety (dependent on Wisdom), not just ones you see?
>>344675031
If he can get two Inferno castles, then he's set.
I don't consider Castle Gate Inferno to be cheating on the same level as Town Portal, since Inferno has other issues to compensate.
>>344676014
this nigga knows whats up
>>344676014
>guy
You've played the campaign right?
Dragonslayer is the best campaign
Man, this game is just too good. It's definitely one my favorite games of all time - it always gets a place in my 3x3 chart.
A question for people in this thread: Do you mostly play single-player or multi-player?
Multiplayer games seem hard to get nowadays. I did a bit of hotseat multiplayer back in the day, but it would always be the case that the person playing with me would get bored after an hour, and we would never finish.
I see some games on Gameranger, but they are almost always in progress (and even more of them are Slav-central). If anyone here plays multiplayer, how do you get into games? I'm sure they ban certain stuff in multiplayer (e.g. Town Portal), so what are the games like? How do I into multiplayer, period?
I wonder if Heroes of Might and Magic could work as a tabletop game.
I wish they made an MMORPG ala Everquest with Might and Magic lore.
>>344682161
>Heroes HD
>>344682001
I never beat it
>>344682457
Could have been fine if all of the expansions were included...
>>344682457
It's amazing how well this game still look in 1920x1080
>>344682536
Pixels are interpreted bad, it's also just painted by brush in photoshop
>>344682457
I just used a random picture. I use HD mod + WoG to play regularly; got the base game for $4 on GoG (not sure if it's still that price).
I have the old CD version somewhere, but I can't find it.
>>344682457
it looks waaay better the hd patch
I was and still am terrible at these games because I simply can not into strategy games but I remember often opening the game as a kid just to listen to the beautiful OST.
Maybe I'll actually try to get into HoMM, but I doubt that will ever happen.
>>344682978
just play small maps and you will get it good
>>344682978
watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITN0SA5gxUY
How did they do the AI for this game? Barring stupid cheesy nonsense like Town Portal or Water Walk (where you can just beat the AI by doing this shit), the AI for this game is surprisingly very competent - certainly better than games like Civ and AoE - HoMM3 has some of the best AI out of all strategy games (and making strategy AI is no easy task).
Does anyone know anything about the AI for this? Who was behind it? Why was it so competent in comparison to the AI for similar turn-based games?
>>344683643
What I'm also curious about is, how the hell could they simulate battles so quickly, to give you instant quick combat results and <1 second enemy AI turns. This shit is absurd
>>344683643
I would guess it's because it basically only has to worry about expanding.
In stuff like age of wonders it has to do that plus calculate where/when to set up cities and what to research.
>>344683643
>Why was it so competent in comparison to the AI for similar turn-based games?
More limited amount of moves.
In a game like civ the AI has to compete with you moving any number of pieces over the overworld, while in homm there's a cap with the #heroes, and it gets even more limited since the hero needs a sizeable army to do anything that is a threat.
whats your favourite town?
Dungeon
whats your favourite creature?
This is hard, probably the Chimera. Aesthetically I generally like most of the Dungeon creatures and kind of dislike the fortress' ones aside from Lizardmen and Hydras
whats your favourite music theme?
Rampart
>>344684475
>Chimera
>>344683643
AI is just go to the nearest resource, go to the nearest enemy and go to the nearest town
>>344640361
I still don't know how to get a good army. I am good at rts, but fail at these turn based games
>>344684786
omg, it's literally like ur mom lmao
>>344684786
Umm, not really. I've seen the AI actively prioritize less-defended castles to go after.
>>344684926
All about minimizing losses and getting enough gold to buy every usable unit you can get your hands on.
Lads get dubs and you get to choose the country I play
>>344685601
moot stole our dubs because he was jelly
>>344667770
Wow just won my first game thanks to you. I think I underestimated how useful some spells are. Also managing money more carefully instead of buying buildings every day.
>>344685601
>playing casual Paradox nonsense instead of HoMM3
>>344686582
>paradox games
>casual
m8888888888888888888888888
>pick that dorf hero
>max spell resist skill
>faggot enemies don't cast spells
reee
>>344660657
>Vampire Lords
My fucking nigga right here
>>344686582
I'll have you fookin know that I'm not a fookin casual. I've tried most of the grand strat games in the market
>>344662737
Already exists in the WoG mod.
>>344687675
Every time I hear Vampire Lords, I remember H2 Vampires with their "bluergh". Loved that shit.
>>344687923
Holy fuck, I haven't played this game in at least 10 years, and completely forgot it was a thing, but reading your post made me hear it in my head with perfect clarity. Yellow-robed motherfuckers.
>>344679282
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNe5npkid-s
>>344687675
>Lego
Damn.
Just remembered that around the time of homm1-2, I think homm2 was out and not homm3.
We were playing with lego and making the homm2 armies.
I think we were playing with them as well, roleplaying and doing battles according to some ruleset based on homm.
I get a very satisfying feeling when I think back to my lego unicorn.
>>344662737
No that would be terrible for homm where there's a limited number of pieces on the battlefield where a single piece can represent hundreds of units.
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
Tower
>whats your favourite creature?
Arch Mage
>whats your favourite music theme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6f3l4XR8E&index=21
Its fucking amazing.
Alright real nigga questions
Capitol rush or Castle rush?
>>344690253
You don't have enough gold for your units with castle rush, but you snowball gold with capitol, so it's somewhat obvious.
>>344690253
always economy, gotta jew them all out
>>344690253
Behemoth rush
>>344690253
Capitol only.
>clear Dragon Fly Hive
>no free unit slot
every time
>>344690253
first build all creature buildings, then capitol then castle
Dare you attack my army?
Noone likes Naga Queen? What heresy is this?
>>344640361
>whats your favourite town?
my main evolved over the years... When I was a kid it was Stronghold, then it was Rampart for a very long time, and for the past year or so I've been getting into Necropolis. Still have trouble with them on Hard and Impossible though. I'm used to dropping level 1 units ASAP, that's why I have trouble utilizing all those Skeletons right
>whats your favourite creature?
<- this mean motherfucker right there. He's immortal against level 1-2 units
>whats your favourite music theme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49S9m5TGsUM
I feel like the initial four factions are a perfect fit, but after that it's not as clear.
Classic fantasy story is a warrior stopping the evil wizard, so Knight vs Warlock makes perfect sense.
You cover might on one side, and magic on the other.
Add two and you get the classic female enchantress, and the muscle for the evil wizard. Both more on the chaotic side than the first two.
When it comes to Wizard and Necromancer I'm not sure I see it. Skeletons are rad, but undead could have gone under evil wizard under Warlock.
Maybe as extreme lawful where Warlock and Knight are more neutral on that alignment scale.
How do you like your factions?
>>344691702
>Naga Queen
I rarely play Tower but they're a bitch to beat that's for sure
HoMM I has the best aesthetics
>whats your favourite town?
Tower/rampart
>whats your favourite creature?
Dragons!
>whats your favourite music theme?
All map themes actually.
>>344649564
>Always mute the music
This series has literally some of the most beautiful OSTs and you mute it?
Congratulations anon. I don't consider my jimmies rustled often but you just did it.
westeros map when
>>344693901
make it yourself holy shit
>>344640361
I always liked bastion, because dragons, cool elves and neat heroes with cool gimmick like gelu
as for creature, my most favourite is the black knight
and for town music, stronghold, but bastion close second because of how tranquil it is and how many fond memories I have that coincide with that tune
>>344693998
Hey I'm not going to put any effort whatsoever into the stuff I like.
>>344693901
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/maps.php?keywords=westeros&type&size&difficulty&sort=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCu-2Kh7vzE
>yfw
>>344692242
Which of the M&M games has this glorious bastard?
>>344694557
This scared the shit out of me as a kid. The way the legs stop moving was terrifying.I'd always look away.
>>344647232
>>344647595
skelly-mindI completely agree
>>344683643
It's also impressive that the AI behaves differently based on difficulty, not just less resources on easy and Cheating resources on harder difficulties.
>>344694557
fucking time limit maps
just let me explore in peace
>>344640361
I'm glad I was able to experience it in my childhood, when it first came out. Now whenever I come back to it, it brings back so many good memories.
Truly, one of the best games ever made.
>>344695965
I guess it's because has limited options on lower difficulties, as it can't surrender or wait. Making it harder for it to reach it's full potential.
>About to ambush an unguarded castle
>AI makes 4-5 jumps with town portal then huddles in there with far too many troops to risk it
![Hero_Elleshar[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/BvFcV9e.png "Hero Elleshar[1]")
![vampire[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/GajVQFc.jpg "vampire[1]")
