HotA just dropped an update with the new faction - Bulwark.Are you playing? What do you think about it? Just about to start my first game right now.
Thanks for the heads up, need to download this asapAny other new features?
Graphical quality seems kinda ass, almost WoG tier. Looks like they rushed this out of the door.The event scripting update, however, is great.
What's with the low speed? Better have solid abilities
>>729790504A new bulwark specific hero skill, not much else. No new campaign either, I assume they add one later.>>729790749My thoughts exactly. The new skill gives a small speed boost, but even with that it seems they are the slowest faction in the game now.
>>729790438Looks like shit desu
>>729790438post the town screen, it's all that matters
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>>729790438When are they going to do the other factions rumored to be in HotA? I saw Palace and Cathedral were the next ones in the future updates.
>>729791549that doesn't look right.
>>729791549That looks like DOGSHIT compared to Cove and Factory, the fuck happened here???
>>729791639First time hearing about that.Honestly even Bulwark surprised me, I had thought only Cove and Factory were planned.
>>729791549Looks...too cramped or i don't how to explain it.
>>729791780Yeah, I get it. It kind of lacks a central focus point, everything is kind of strewn about.I do like the northern lights, moonlit mountains and the sky.
>>729790438HotA fucking sucks. I only play vanilla H3 or In the Wake of Gods if I want a tougher game.the mod that puts H3 in the HOMM2 engine is also cool but it's not finished
>>729792000>In the Wake of Gods if I want a tougher gamenigga what
>>729792000>In the Wake of Gods >if I want a tougher game
>>729792062if you only play PVE I could see why you might think it's easier, especially if you enable stupid bonuses like starting with a banner in front of your town. PVP people don't do that.
>>729792165people play WoG multiplayer? why? which options do they play with? there's so much broken stuff in WoG that I feel like you'd need ot strip it down to almost vanilla for it to make any sense
>>729792242I play with slavs on IRC but most of those pregame options are disabled because they do make the game too easy, though a lot of them like the one that increases the amount of creatures in undefeated stacks every week. Slavs also like burning towns to the ground to recruit ghosts and try to build up massive ghost stacks.
>>729790438I don't want to play as some faggot Snowelf! Give me a Viking Warrior!
>>729790438I think the dlc content sucks. Only good recent addition is the HD mod.
>>729792000WoG is such garbage I have no idea how anyone can boot up that unbalanced ugly mess with a straight face.
>>729792926Isn't Wog just one big shitpost?
>>729792957Basically. It's just content bloat for the sake of it.
>>729792926funny, I say the same thing about HotAI would rather play fucking Heroes 5 or the HOMM5.5 mod than another game of HotA.
>>729790438So how do we feel about this faction lore wise?
>>729790438>>729793012This faction is way too much "icewind dale" and not very Might and Magic. I guess it's better than cowboy robot town or whatever
>>729792983It's how I feel about both mods too. They just feel very unnecessary
>>729793057at least there are options so various HOMM fans can find something they like. I find some of the crazy shit in WOG refreshing, when someone gets one of the deities that gives them permanent stats every week, players will band together to shit on them and at least destroy the deity unit they have, if not defeat them entirely. When you're playing a nearly solved game that is over 20 years old, wild new mechanics can change it up aren't so bad as long as you don't go for the super overpowered stuff. Deities are rare and not easy to get, but the options like double creature growth per week make games spiral out of control too fast.
>>729791549Honestly looks pretty good, i think its probably the best looking modded base. The others have that 90's cg render vibe iirc
>>729792983Weird to call HotA unbalanced, when most of the changes they did (outside of the new factions) are just balancing changes influenced directly by the multiplayer. Buffing learning or eagle eye so that they aren't a waste of a slot, or nerfing necromancy so that it doesn't mean instant win are pretty logical changes. Even stuff like magog freeaim or being able to choose between melee or ranged attack are hard to argue against.
>>729793318I never said it was unbalanced, I just don't like it combined with how overhyped it is and people say it's the "definitive HOMM3 experience", I absolutely hate things like Interference and letting the AI use Berserk which has a fucking AOE in HotA, and basically forces the player to get the Pendant of Dispassion. In PVP, I don't like how you can't hire defeated heroes which makes artifacts disappear from the game forever, also FUCK Giselle for having Interference specialty.
They should've stopped after cove.
this shit is sacrilegious to the lore
>>729791549this looks straight up AI generated
>>729793695Snow Elves are part of the old lore.https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Pure-blood
>>729793695Who cares at this point.Have you seen the Schizm?
>>729791549Hell yeah, Skyrim faction.
>>729790438>Mammoths
>>729794778Mammoths are great. And tasty.
>>729794816Well said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7DpW5tvKTMi'm not sold on the town music
>>729794778I wish they kept the lil dude on top from the Kronwerk version.
>>729790848I don't get it
you guys wait for day of reckoning?
>>729795321literal who
>>729793512>no idea how anyone can boot up that unbalanced ugly mess with a straight face>funny, I say the same thing about HotA
>>729795353https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yiz6Rsv2Zco
>>729791549I like the concept, but why is it so low resolution?
>>729793695ok
>>729793695Sup tourist.Kill yourself.
>>729794992This feels more lore friendly than OP's pic
>>729795919How am I a tourist
>>729795178The longer a fight goes the more buffs you get, up to +6 attack, +6 defense and +3 speed
OH NONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOMMFAGS... IT'S OVER...>THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF HOTAKEKSLITERALLY WOG TIER DONUTSTEEL GARBAGEKEKAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>Pirates>Steampunk Cowboys>SkyrimWhat could possibly be next on the Anything But Forge list?
>>729794992>rhinos
>>729796894day of reckoning will have forge>>729795582
>>729795929Not really, the continent of Vori is not associated with Dwarves so it would be much less lore-friendly to have a bunch of Dwarves running around.
I like WoG
will try this new version but WoG is still king.
>>729797747>>729797783what level of samefagging is this
>>729797820i did not hide the fact that those 2 posts are by me and they are the only posts in this thread by me. I have made only 2 posts and I did not hide that I am their maker. I could actually lie and say that this post is not mine because I have a pic of another Steam Deck by another person who is not me, but I am honest here - this is my 3rd post. its not samefagging.
>>729797820I don't think you understand what samefagging means
Buy an ad, ass steam dick shill
>>729795321>day of reckoning>image is at night
>>729798019u tell them that the 'ick on 'eck device can be used for heroes 3 and not only for cumming on it and they complain... here is another device that is NOT for cumming on it and for playing h3
>>729797296The Pleistocene was crazy man
>nu-/v/ unironically defends wake of gods slopThis board is dead, but doesn't surprise me seeing as just a few days earlier there was a doom thread full of sharty tourists defending Graf.
>>729798309explain what is wrong with wog and why should i hate it
>>729798309instead of you being happy that people are discussing a 27 years old game more than most games made in the last year combined, you complain that someone likes some of its wacky mods. I did not say that base h3 is bad or anything, I just said I like WoG
>>729798309Graf is based. Trannies are not.Simple as.
>>729798667>texture filtering is basedLike I said, dead board, dead website.
>>729798713Retard.
>>729798732I accept your concession.
>>729798713>my opinion is not shared by 100% of other people>the website is dead, the board is deadHow much Karma does your reddit account has? the idea of people not sharing your opinion is quite common here, its not like on reddit where people who have just slightly different opinion are removed.
>>729798763All you accept is dick in your mouth.
>>729798786Good morning sir!
>>729790438Disciples > HeroesSimple as
>>729798863even in 2015 people had different opinions about stuff and were from the same country. i may be a "sir" to you but even indians do not all share the same opinion.
>>729798786i realise this is a homm thread so im not gonna call you a tourist in regards to doom, but if you knew anything about doom youd know why texture filtering is abhorrent
>>729798924i did not say anything about texture filtering... all of this discussion is off-topic, lets stop it.
>>729790438>Zero flyerDead on arrival when I just hide behind my castle.
Damn, and here I thought I was the only WoG fan remaining.WoG is great because you can pick and choose which of its features to disable. I customize my game and have a great experience every time.Can't do that with HotA. You are stuck with what they give you, and I hate much of it.
>>729799275The T7 casts expert teleport on allied units
>>729790438>Are you playingI'm not a 13 year old slav, no
>>729799454>/v/ doesn't play vidyaNext you're gonna tell me that OP is a fag?
I'm guessing the next town they'll do will be a sand one, since that is the only terrain type without an associated town.HoMM2's barbarian had a much more arabian tone than its 3 equivalent and there is a bunch of Egypt shit to use form the M&M games so it should be able to fit easily enough.
they need to make new terrain
>>729799549This isn't video games, this is slop
>>729801425Hand crafted fan-mod that has been updating for 20 years is pretty much the very opposite of slop anon.Use a different word if you want to shit on it, but you can't possibly be implying that this is mass produced, minimal effort, lowest common denominator shit, because that is what slop is. It even got an official definition as such this year.
>>729799984The previous town was a sand town
>>729801550>Hand crafted fan-mod that has been updating for 20 years is pretty much the very opposite of slop anon.HoMM is literally broken slop only play by third worlders that is too poorly made and unbalanced to be played beyond casually without a billion house rules. "Soul" is nuance in game design, and HoMM3 doesn't have any. Its low effort to begin with.
>>729801828name your top 10 favourite games
>>729799984Does the game really need more towns?
>>729801751No it had its own terrain "Wasteland", imported from HoMM2.Sand is still unrepresented, as it is listed here:https://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/Terrain
>>729801924"Need"? No.But I still think its fun when these additions drop, especially with how polished they are.
>>729790438Looks very low-effort compared to the other 2 towns.
>>729793695It's scifi, i ain't gotta explain shit
>>729799984>>729801932It should be unrepresented because random map templates use sand as neutral terrain
>watch a chanell doing 1v1s of HoMM3 units>HotAshit always has absurdly unbalanced special abilities that mop the floor with real game unitsNice balance patch rusnigs
>>729803437why are you lying? there is absolutely nothing that compares to absolute broknenness of necropolison release factory was really underpowered, its ok right nownew town seem just okay, with up and downsides, just how it should be
>>729790438>high health and armor>low speedmakes sense.even their tier 1 units can tank a hit from a storm ele
>>729798901I like the concept of 6 vs 6 niggas with no movement grid. Makes things way faster. Shame nuDisciples dropped this
>>729790438New heroes seem boring. No clear favourite who can be broken super late game with lots of levels and % specialization
HOMM3 still gets updates? Or is this something else?
>>729807064https://h3hota.com
>>729799984>>729801924>>729803059Alright I just photoshopped together an image of what it could look like, because I have nothing better to fucking do apparently, pulling entirely from the M&M games.Themed mostly around "the Ancients" that seeded Erathia, the faction having access to ancient tech that they don't understand.>T1: Wanderer > CutthroatBasic bitch units>T2: Serpentman > Serpentman EldersBurrows to ignore terrain, upgraded has range>T3: Nomads > RoughridersUnits from the game, but could replace them with Salamanders if they should stay neutral>T4: Acolyte of the Sun > Priest of the Sun>T4: Acolyte of the Moon > Priest of the MoonSpellcasting unit that is different depending on building choices, Acolytes of the Moon were followers of the Kreegan, aka the demons, so they would be the "evil" choice.>T5 Djinn > Grand DjinnM&M makes a distinction between Genie, Djinn, and Efreet, so it would make sense to use Djinn here. >T6 Sentinel > GuardianThe Ancient protectors of the Pyramid of Varn, (which is actually a massive spaceship)>T7: Enforcer Unit > Terminator UnitMore Ancient protectors but less conspicuous, referring to, or using, the Heavenly Forge from MM7 Behold.
>>729807181>Egypt>last unit is a fucking sea mineM&M lore is so stupid
>>729807064Horn of the Abyss (or HotA) is an unofficial yet comprehensive expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic III, designed as a continuation of the classic expansions.https://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/Horn_of_the_Abyssthere is also WoGhttps://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/In_the_Wake_of_Godsand DoR, but it didnt came out yethttps://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/Day_of_Reckoning
>>729807175>>729807327Well fuck, time to locate my old install then.
>>729807310That's the beauty of the setting.
>>729807181Sorta existshttps://vcmi.eu/Mod%20Repository/Town/Pavilion%20Town/
>>729807635Yeah, but that's just a whole new faction without using any M&M lore.At least HotA tries to incorporate the lore.
I should beat the shadow of death campaign eventually and go play some hota, I haven't played homm3 in a while. But I got my fill dumping 40 hours on the demo for the new game.How are the hota campaigns? Good?
>>729807964>How are the hota campaignsHard as fuck
>>729790848This shit is op on mammoth
>>729801828>implying anon HOMM II was/is considered the greatest strategy game of all time in the early 80s/90s m8
>>729807181Looks fun. Like subtle scifi without going full onto it like the Forge
>>729808867>of all time>in the early 80s/90s
I literally only want forge. Factory is gay as fuck and is not an acceptable replacement.
>>729790438wtf it's out?I thought it would take years like Factory
>>729810801I don't know man..
>>729810801forge looks like shit and fans were right to shit on them for it>>729810913makes sense honestly, after they figured how to do it, next towns can be made faster. I bet that with placeholder graphics and no new building/unit mechanics they could make a new town in like a day.
>>729810913>>729811635Bulwark (previously Kronwerk) was actually one of the first things the HotA team started working on, its mentioned in their very first announcement.The actually shelved it in order to make factory, but they already had a decade of work into the faction so presumably it was easy enough to pick it back up.
>>729810913>I thought it would take years like FactoryThey only released the faction this update, they are releasing its campaign in later updates.
>>729791549You should at least try to capture it correctly to be fair and not fuck up the scaling like you dragged it into mspaint
>>729791549>>729812350How can I scale the game interfaces? It's too smoll on 4k
>>729791549i might prefer faggotshit to notnorthrend
>>729812467This one is a bit too flat, reminds me of HoMM4 town screens.
