Are you behind 7000 skeletons yet?
I bounced of very HoMM and HoMM-like, but maybe I'll give this a shot.Please scratch my olschool AoW-itch.
rushing economy is retarded what are you gonna take over mines with? Your basic trogs?
fey are trolling me with scrolls reeeeeeeeeee
>>738009913I bow to unfrozenI bow to hooded horseI bow to old lord mandalpharaoh's curse upon ubisoft
>>738009993Gift wrapped pixie
>>738009913the buildings in this picture look dumb or uninspired
>>738009993Its a based quest. And yes I would fuck the fairies.
sad to say but this might (haha) be a bit of a flop
>>738010194>>738010321:(
Its fun. But I feel the AI is a bit too overtuned and I can't quite get the comfy feel of earlier HoMM games.
>>738010194>>738009993Which mission?
>>738010406lower the difficulty, pussy
Game keeps too many dogshit mechanics for russian niggercattle like hero chaining
>>738010406Just play on normal or easy lol
>>738010487Play one hero mode
Dominions does everything I ever wanted out of HoMM (I got into the series back with HoMM I and played the shit out of II and III, then never really got into IV because life).I'm not sure I can go back.
>>738009963I finished the first mission on impossible had to retry the final fight and others a bunch of times to reduce casualties as much as possible. The mission was like a puzzle really and don't forget to bribe the temple fucker it makes multiple stacks on the road disappear.
>>738009913hey hey people xDD :laughing: :skull:
WHY IS EVERYTHING EA NOWI want to play but I tire of EA.
>>738009993
>>738010628If get the coin from the peasant, you can avoid paying the bribe.
>>738010667Because developers are lazy, greedy, and know retards will still buy.
>>738010406You're not entitled to a win
>>738009993correctionNOW
>>738010776Its not about wining its about a comfy adventure.
>>738010413Potentially second mission, the one on the right on global map. Where you choose between human and undeadPixies are located at the center of the map
Claim your herofu, /v/I'm taking the moth
>>738009993>Welcome back, scroll boy!LMAOOOOOO she burned your ass.
>>738010719Nah that's not worth it from my experience better to just gather gold by killing the behemoth stacks or whatever and pay gold rather than take on an enormous hive stack to help the peasant. You're gonna have much more casualties vs a hive stack and on impossible its not worth it.
>>738010551Don't bother, if he plays one hero he'll just complain about how it takes forever to build up
heroic strike hero, yay or nay?
>all those shitters crying on steam forumslmao
>>738010689Kek, nice catch, almost bought it.Fuck russia.
>>738010861I also take the moth. She's moth enough for both of us. I'll even let you be the one to carry her eggs.
>>738010689>CyprusI'm tired of every single Russian dev trying to get away with this lie.
can't say if they are worth it
>>738011043Not really, maybe just for FUN
Why diplomacy doesn't work?REEEEEEEEEEEE
>>738010689Any key site I can get this that ensures the devs don't see a single cent?
>>738011043I think the first one can have a stacked interaction with some other passive but I forgot what.
>>738010917>AI trying to kill you is "not sportsmanlike"KEK
>>738010689>>738010935>>738011020>>738011119What the hell is this low effort samefag?
>>738011131The stack on the left wont need a new slot since he already has troglodytes.
>>738010861Shadow matriarch from HOMM5 aka "how to give a young boy a thing for woment with giant hair"
>>738011212Shhh ignore the local schizo. It's our pet.
>>738010917>>738011175they need game journalist difficulty for players like thaton normal it's pretty heh normal, enemy in week 2 had pretty much same army as I did
>>738011119Steam.
>>738011175Are they playing on some smallest map? How can they reach castle week 1?
>>738010689That's WHY they're in cyprus, you dolt, just like owlcat games
>>738011254>we have morathi at home
>>738010689Its not like every American game you buy goes straight to Trump does it?
>>738010714Wait untill you see Temple's chocolate priestesses or Schism T5 succubuses.
>>738010917I played one game against normal. Most AI heroes suicided against me in the first fifteen minutes of the game, chasing my T1 unit across the whole battlefield while I picked them off.With that difficulty being this retarded, I worry what the Easy one is like.
>>738010667Just a reminder it's on Gamepass in case anyone happens to have that and doesn't want to pay for Early Access testing
The campaign in hard is pretty... hard.Every scenario but the first has required me several tries learning the fucking gimmicks of the map and then tackle them with an strategy for the map which frankly made it a bit boring
>>738011131but left stack is basic trogs which are already in the armyit should merge those and add the upgraded trogs to the free slot
Hey janny, clean this up before this thread gets hijacked will ya?
>>738011427I need the Steam dopamine achievements...
>>738010667>WHY IS EVERYTHING EA NOWBecause the slipperly slope is real.People didn't tell EA to fuck off from the outset, and now we have games that are in development for a decade or more and are never finished.It's insane.
>>738009913Art looks like fucking ass. How could anyone in 2026 think this goofy mobile game aesthetic is appealing to anyone but 10 year olds (who are not going buy and play this game because they only play f2p mobileshit). This is going to massively hurt the game's longevity, regardless of how good or bad the gameplay is.
They should rip off the thing from heroes 5 where your entire army and hero cheer after you win a fight. For something so small it added a ton of flavor to the game.
>>738011478Thats just spring vs autumn in slavlands.
>>738012017it's looking a lot better in motion
>>738011478
>>738009913So the steam formula is confirmed once more? Peak x 5 = aprox copies sold on steam.
I like the game, but I feel like the gameplay is geared towards online/tournament play with how fast your heroes travel on the map and all the buildings with guards which grant rewards placed almost next to each other. I don't know, maybe it's because of the templates I chose so far. Just my overall thoughts.
its kind of lame and gayyou can also get it for free
>>738012114They literally do, though
>>738010628No minotaurs? No achievement for you...Did you clear those arguing skeletons to lose all of them?
>>738012243total reviews would probably be a better metric. it's around 1000 so far.
>>738011043What's the idea behind the design of this feature? Push player to pick lesser secondaries on their main hero with a promise, that maybe he will roll the right skills and unlock powerful bonus? Rather than sticking with meta?
>>738012243for day 1 numbers (both sales and concurrent) it probably aligns pretty well
>>738012410Yes. Problem is that you can get unlucky, and don't get specialization, and are then stuck with imperfect hero.
>>738010689>Cyprus>Sorry, I don't feel like financing putin's war. Get rid of putin and we talk. Until then shut the fuck up.It's even worse, it's russian jews, they're the only ones who use that tax haven.
>>738012385Speaking of these skeletons, how do you get the purple artefact near them on the hill? Did I mess up by not picking sides?
more nostaliga slop
The random map templates take their variables from text files, so they can be easily modded with just notepad.
Oh it's Russian? Bought 10 copies
>>738012385When playing on impossible, you will likely lose them before the skeletons.
>>738012362I only noticed it after battle when wictory screen covers it anyway
>>738010861I don't have portrait right now but for me it's Melody from Grove.
>>738009913I knew it's that fucking smiling guyi've seen him WH40k threads
>>738012556>Oh it's Russian? Bought 10 copiesIronic that your support for russia is nothing but lies.
>>738010861I took her yesterday already
>>738010861>>738010964>>738012701Slut moth
>>738010815Chew the fucking steak.
>>738009913Anyone tried it on deck yet? I did not like UI on demo. Text and icons were also too small on screen
speaking of adventures which template is like that? preferably with enemy players along the way so it isn't just pve until final battle
>>738010861My wife Zenith.>>738011419Played two games on normal difficulty and won without too much effort, the AI was fine. In both games it had an opportunity to rush my town when it was wide open but didn't and mostly stuck to their side of the map not too aggressive. Maybe they're just shitters but I see no issue with the normal difficulty yet.>>738011043Necromancy is barely noticable and waste of time.
>>738012923Onlyfans necromancer
Is there a way to make the in-game text bigger? I think there was an option like that in the demo, but can't find it in the game.
>>738012590I had five of them on last battle on impossible. First battle I lost one, then a few on immediate battles after that. Then you get enough cannon fodder and a healing spell, so you can't lose any until the end. I didn't do skeletons battle, and I bribed knights, cleared everything else. I'm not even sure if Skeletons battle is winnable on impossible.
for me its Ylvari
>>738009993>being a scrolls slave for a crumb of pixie pussy
insane how these devs expect me to manually go grab units from dwellings and resources from windmills even though it was solved in 4 already
>>738013383Inferior waifu
>>738010487Russians were first to introduce caravans, dunno why they were removed
based or cringe?
>>738013695didn't know NWC were russians
>>738013598You can recruit external dwellings from town as tentacle faction.
>>738009913This seems like a downgrade on HOMM3 or even HOMMVIt's weird how indistinct the characters feel on the battle grid compared to the older games. The old artstyles did a way better job of looking clear and appealing.
>>738009913>250k copies sold on launchCompare that to ubishits heroes of might and magic 7 selling barely 70k copies on launchlmao slavs btfo multibillion studios once again
>>738010591Based Dominions enjoyer.
>>738013719Based. Music is inferior to 3 or 4.
>>738013719It's cringe. I love it too and have fond memories but HOMM3 released in 1999 and it gets severely overblown because of nostalgia. The worship has gotten stale at this point and Olden Era is a pretty good successor so far but if one thing will be this games problem is the constant comparisons to homm3
I feel like from a thematic viewpoint, many units in this game don't really leave a strong impression.Schism units for instance look fuckin lame, except for the tentacle-sluts.
>>738012243But since Steam takes 30% of the profit, you need to subtract total sales by 1/3rd.
>>738013819There's dozens of us, I'm sure
>>738012017You lost. You can stop using script about graphics and art style and start enjoying game
>>738013719I'd rather listen to something fresh. OE music was nice so far, haven't heard everything yet. You faggots are overblown how bad it is, as usual.
This looks interesting. How's the waifus?
>>738010406dishonest liar, you never played hmm 3 and i play on the lowest difficulty without a shame
>>737992120>>737992527What are you talking about? There is no "Bright"
>>738014146Just play some gachaslop.
>>738010591>>738013819real unc Knowers>>738014005a good dozen, at least (not bad!)
I need coom mods NOW
>>738009913>250k of EA gameGrim.
>>738013598>>738013695Olden Era takes place before HoM&M4 and 1.
>>738013984Hard disagree. Schizo units are fun to look at, have strong silhouettes. Jellyfish a cute, fat bastard is always cool, tentacle succubus yes please. Guess cultists can be amore distinct. Hive is much more mid, Only like the t1 parasites.
>>738012509theres a gold pickup hidden further back. pick that and road opens up to artefact. it's minor artefact, in next lvl you get some mythics that far outweigh it.
>>738009993grrr bratty pixie rape correction is needed
i was a HoMM4 casualfagredpill me on this because it looks more like pre 4 HoMM
>>738014226it's ubisoft not EA
>>738011043chrono is broken if you get it. Pack your hero with neutral lvl 7/6 units and watch them grow each battle.
does it matter wich second mission I pick for the campaign and if I support necro or temple?
>>738014578I wonder how many sales Unfrozen lost because of the war
>>738014517It is 2+3+5. No features you like from 4 are present. Don't even bother, if you don't enjoy other entrees
>>738014587ahh I read it as getting skeletons from dead enemy troops
>>738014667What did 2 have that 3 didn't?
>>738014852soul
>>738014852Cartoony, fairytale visuals and whimsy. H3 is much more Frazetta and fantasy pulp book covers inspired.
>>738009913>yetI NEVER LEFTI NEVER LEEEEEEFT
>>738015026>fake numbers
>>738009913I wish they give this attention to 4. It's the Heroes game that needs it the most, and somehow has the best campaign in the entire series.
>>738009913>install via gameplay>gamepass bugs out and won't finish downloadThanks for nothing microshit(I work at msft)
>>738013719based, Olden Era soundtrack is beyond generic and nothing is memorable.I pray that it is the temporary EA ost
Is Sandro in or he wasn't born yet in Olden Era?
>>738015174only hero I have seen from 3 so far is Gunnar
>>738015174not born, he becomes lich in SoD campaign centuries later
ohhhhh Romero didn't make music for this, now it makes sense, that's why it's so mid
>>738010689Well I was going to pirate any way but now I can do so and say it is for moral reasons
>developed by russiansYep, that's a skip.
>>738009913Does anyone besides Slavs care about the series?
>Just developing games instead of fighting for JewtinBased!
>>738015538People with taste care about it.
>>738015549I have a friend in Hong Kong with me that fled because he was a robotics expert and didn't want to die in Ukraine or make golems for the war.
>>738015473Saaaaars, we won.....
After playing a lot of games in this genre, I've come to realize I don't actually like unlimited unit stack size. It makes getting a feel for how units function way harder because a stack of 50 of something behaves fundamentally differently from a stack of 20. And the endgame throws all tactics out the window and just becomes a "I have a spell that kills everything and/or stack of 8 billion magic resistant units, I win"
Are politics really that much more interesting than video games?
"Nice" thread
MODERATORS CLEAN UP THE VIDEO GAME THREAD NOW
I actually want to build mage guild in every town because it levels up spells, neat mechanic
>>738015837I'm not stupid enough to disconnect who I'm supporting by buying a game just to play some shitty games. Think before you post next time.
>>738009993>First Pixieto get fucked by Big Human Cock.
Countries I don't buy games fromRussiaChinaKorea
>>738016018Oh that's how you improve spells efficiently, that is actually neat.Guess multiple markets and alchemy shops improve prices, applying the same logic.
>>738016021I always wonder if shit-eating faggots like you are actually real, or they're just pretending for easy (you)s.
>>738016176This. Based and same.
>>738016176>KoreaWhich one?
>>738015310But he did?
>>738010689meanwhile the EU still gives them billions
>>738016449They are real, but they only exist because of virtue signaling. None of that is actual strongly held belief. And they bend their knee at the very moment where it would be inconvenient.
>zigger game>ukrainian representationidgianyway holy fuck the difficulty is real, i dont think i'm that out of practice in homm but i just get my bussy gaped
The fuck am I looking at? This UI is garbage. I have no clue what is affecting who.
i'm a total war chuddy, will the complex nature of this game filter me?
>>738017023Have you tried hovering over icons?
>>738017052Obviously. Is it global? Are these ALL book spells? Isn't this supposed to be how heroes learn new spells, not me?
the water faction, schizo or something, is kinda gayotoh the reworked inferno into the hive, which is the final humiliation of the cuckold devils
>>738010689Bought two copies, one for me, one for my friend. Hope Putin gets another missile.
>>738017152chunches are good exercise, fatty
/pol/roaches into Global Rule 15 N O W
>>738009913I saw this on Steam. Is it just a remake or what?
Wtf this game have more players than Diablo4 now time to buy it. Solo hero and campaign is what interests me, that hero vs hero in multiplayer might be good also called arena I think. So anyone who tried all fractions yet whats your favourite ones in Olden Era?>>738015005Its like more than 20% but bait more
I'm too lazy to read the thread, what got the /k/ faggots raiding this thread shitposting about Russia?
>>738017382Diablo has most players on blizz launcher and console.
>>738009913>early access>looks and sounds worse than a 30 year old titlelmao
>>738017092Seriously it's confusing. Like when I level up a hero sometimes it has a "Allow the hero to learn new spells in X class." option but I the DM am the one learning all the spells, aren't I? What do they have to do with it?
>>738017439True that i uninstalled blizz launcher a few years ago and completely forgot about it, feels good man. Still 50k + for such game aint bad surprised that many people like this type of games, since there is clearly many noobs that have never played HOMM but playing Olden Era now.
>>738017589Thats literally every modern game
haven't tried it yet, what's your favourite QoL feature that was missing from HoMM3?
>>738017715It's clearly good and many old fans are happy that a new homm exists and is of more than servicable quality. Demo got them 1 million wishlist very fast.
As you can see, very powerful spell. Only creatures who play HoMM are immune.
>>738017589Yeah my only issue is how it looks, but there is ton of new mechanics in the game and new upgrades. I saw there is plenty of settings for graphics so maybe way to make it look better, wish it had a bit less cartoonish style.
>>738017804hey /k/ fag can you tell us why you're raiding the thread with your discord?
>>738014174Meant Contrast, as in Brightness & Contrast. Saturation is also nice, but game feels much crispier in person than on youtube, colors are vivid enough imo
looks fun but EA = no buyIm not beta testing
>>738015061The campaigns in 4 are phenomenal. Absolutely love the lore, worldbuilding and all the characters. Shame it was released unfinished. I liked 4's gameplay the most too, even if it was broken and unbalanced. A remake of HOMM4 with the art style of classic isometric crpgs and 90s RTS games would be really nice.
>>738017382>So anyone who tried all fractions yet whats your favourite ones in Olden Era?dungeon seems interestingi think the factions seem kinda gay in general, dungeon and conflux are decent but why is castle some faggoty temple now? what's with the water shit? why is necropolis so cartoonish rather than a more dark and decrepit style of homm3 and the like?none of it is bad, but it's a bit meh. like a homm mod for dota>>738017418just a bit of funposting about muh #2 army in the world failing hilariously to stomp on the poorest country in europe, don't take 4chin too seriously
>>738015061It would be nice to revisit this style of homm again, just make sure people know it's a spinoff/ experimental.
>Infernofags got turned into bugzlol
>>738017023those are first circle spellsnotice how some of them are connected together, than means they are part of the same school of magicthe spells also have levels depending on your skill in that particular school of magic
>>738009913I want to play, but can't decide which faction to try, the tutorial had Temple and the scenario Triumvirate or whatever they're calledCan you give me a rundown on the other factions, like what's the coolest things to try about them?Didn't get a single answer last thread :(
>>738018284>funpostingbut it's all seethe just look at >>738018341
>>738017878You bet on the wrong horse /pol/ troon
>>738017382Schism is the most fun and kind of OP. But all of them are great and have various gameplay approaches.
>>738016449That's because you mistakenly assume everyone else is a spineless faggot just like you.
>>738018443Looks like you are the one seething /pol/ trannies believed kyiv in 3 days while /k/ gods said complete Russian humiliation ritual and we know who was right
I think the series is long overdue for some major gameplay overhaul. HOMM and MM brands should be merged into one. Owlcat has proven it can work with their Pathfinder games. Maybe they shouldn't have quite as much of emphasis on RPG gameplay as Pathfinder games, but I think it would be neat if you could explore dungeons and settlements with your party in the campaign mode.
High morale sfx sounds like someone biting into an apple.
>>738018443Seems like the one seething is you.
>>738018385>like what's the coolest things to try about them?play Dungeon, go magic hero (bottom two rows in hero select)get black dragons and tier 5 mage guild to unlock armageddon and just blast everything with piss
>>738017418It's a good Russian game, that's literally it
>>738009993Sex with pixies.How's the game so far? Is it more of a HoMM3 / 5 kind of thing or is it more of a HoMM 6 / 7 stuff? I hope it's the former.
>>738018515>>738018565What am I seething about? you're the one obsessing about /pol/itics in a video games thread. I am asking why are you raiding the thread about a game that has nothing to do with it.
A streamer played this 10 days straight. It is that good?
>>738018603Russia has literally never produced a good game.Prove me wrong
>>738018385Try Dungeon or Grove, they focus on creature abilities and pure combat tactics, yet still straightforward and strong. Especially Dungeon.Hive and Schizo are the trickiest to play effectively. Hive has only one ranged unit at Tier 6.
>>738018621Sorry you lost monkey. I'll continue to laugh at you though
>>738018645gagNow cope with your stalker 2, lmao
>>738018645Space Rangers ez
>>738018709It's a simple question, why are you raiding this thread?
>>738018720Stalker 1 btfo anything Russia has ever produced
>>738018632Mr Streamer would never lie to you
>>738018645Case in point
>Stalker 1
>>738018645tetrispathologicarguably pathfinder wotrSex with Stalin (no i'm not joking)>>738018720i actually enjoyed evil islands when i was a young kid and had shit all to playwoudln't call it good tho
>>738018852Go on....
>>738018370>pick a hero that specializes in Arcane>don't seem to have any spells except Shackles, both in or out of battle>okay Ill go to the magic observatory and learn upgrade or learn something from Arcane>pick Energize>I still only have ShacklesI still don't get it.
>>738019015Forgot image it doesnt really matter, text gets the point across.
>>738019015You have to visit the city to learn the spell with your hero
Never into HOMM series before. Any anon care to tell me whats this game about? Single game campaign like warcraft or unite the land like age of empire?
>>738015061>>738018132Shame the expansions largely omitted the established in the base game characters and countries.
>>738019062Both
>>738019051Oh.
>>738019062you rob the neighboring lands of resources to build up your crib so you can hire a bunch of goons to fuck up your enemy who does the sameyou also get a lot of various spells on your hero but in reality there's like 5 that are game-winning and 60 that aren't worth bothering with
>>738019062It's like Civilization + CRPG with exploration and tactical turn-based grid combat.
>walk around getting resources>do not fight any mob since they all run from my army>pass turns >get buildings>get units>AI stumbled in>kill him>VICTORYriveting... something is missing, Homm3 wasn't like this
>>738009913Why does it look like a mobile game?
>>738018608it's 3/5 with some pvp balance faggotry mixed in
Songs of Conquest is better
>>738019043This artstyle is indistinguishable from cheap ass mobileshit for toddlers. How could anyone possibly think this is acceptable for a HOMM game? Same type of retardation plaguing Civilization series. You're not going to bring millions of mobileshit toddlers into these types of autistic PC games by making them look like mobileshit. The type of zoomers that might be interested in such games would appreciate the classic look. All they accomplish is just piss off and turn away their long term fans with this shit.
>>738018608It's borrowing from 2,3,5 the most. Campaign is like Kings Bounty, but not complete yet. More demanding on actually using your brain, but flexible in rules and difficulty to have fun. It's not that pvp focused at all. Devs are very responsive and change shit fast.
>>738019529kys
>>738019519No!
>>738019529>t.
>>738019529funny you say that when Civ 7 crashed and burned even though it went for more realistic graphics and Civ 6 has more players now.
>>738009913I want to fuck this female voiced black dragon.
>>738019627>Even Civ 5 has more players than 7Holy grimRather grave.
So how does multiplayer work? Some heroes are just WAAAY better than others, is it just autolose if you pick a bad one and the enemy picks a good one?
>>738011119Game Pass. They got paid a flat amount by Xbox already so you're not only ensuring they don't see a single cent, you're literally diluting the value of what they earned
>>738019739pvp in homm is always turbosweat, if you don't go meta and use every exploit you just lose
>>738019739It seems to be the same as homm3 pvp which is generate a completely rng template and pray your side of the map generated better than enemies. There's basically 0 "pvp" as both of you are just farming your side of the map until 1 player decided he's finally strong enough and attacks.
Which of the M&M games are worth playing besides 6? I want to get into the lore shit but I also don't want to play tedious dated games.
>>738019685I'm listening attentively.
>>738019940Series isn't for you then sorry
>>7380199406,7,88 is set in same lands as OE and easiest
>>738019940M&M 8 is the most lore relevant and is the easiest out of them all.
>>7380199916 7 !!!!!!
>>738020223we are all 40+ here anon..
Does this shit not work with your castle? I click Reinforcement and then I click on as many of buildings as I can, and it never does anything for any of them.
>>738019348>>738019531Neat, these are good to hear. I'll check it out once it goes gold.Thanks anons, take this rare lich art as a token of my thanks.
>>738020305>external dwelling (not town)>36 squares>usable 1 a daydouble check all these
>>738020464Why does a town not count as an "external dwelling."
>Unfrozen is RussianInteresting. I liked Iratus but I tend to ignore most Slav games since there is a certain feeling of weirdness to them. Not 100% sure I want to pull the trigger on this game after the demo though. People seem to think 3 is better and I've hardly played 3 as well.
>>738020464So wait, absolutely none of these things are external dwellings?
>>738019980>>738019685I'm loosing my shit nigger. I can't handle it. I know some ruski motherfucker with 30k hours with Winter Wyvern came up with this character. My dick twitches every time I hear her speak.
>>738009913So is this worth 30 dollars? Is it fun vs just AI?
>>738020305Did you actually recruit the units in the town?
literally me
>>738020697I did, I have Onyx Dancers waiting in there. I mash click all over my town and just nothing happens.
>>738020693Its alright.
>>738020647not ones you control at leastyou need to go there once and put a little flag on them
>>738020647It should be a on map Building that produces Units, under your control (have a flag of your color near it)I can only see lumbermill and stone here, those don't give you units
Can someone explain to me in lame man's terms how Mage Guild works here? Since there is no Wisdom skill am I supposed to build a couple of Mage Guild levels first, see what spells are inside and which school of magic they belong to and then pick a magic school as a skill for my hero when he levels up?
>>738020731>left hand goonerschizo moment
>>738020926I'm left-handed tho
>>738019739PvP sweat rules let both players ban 3 heroes from the opponents faction. A faction needs to have at least 4 op heroes for that to be an issue.
>>738020926using a left hand is almost like somebody else jerking you off
>>738020823There is a wisdom skill. And every town has a preferred magic school
I can't go back to traditional HoMM after playing Songs of Conquest and Age of Wonders 4 which both evolve the formula in different ways.
>>738020926I left hand goon as well. Lets me use the mouse or phone with my right.
So with dimension door being restricted by zones how templates like firewalk are gonna play out?Also control spells are hidden behind level so it's gonna be pain to farm control heroes.
All devs should be required to have cute women present their vidya games to ushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DArcEDRmViY
>>738021019>Age of Wonders 4In that case they evolved it in THE WRONG WAY.
>>738020823Intelligence is the new wisdom. You can pay to unlock individual spells, so you aren't gigafucked if you pick a school and end up not getting spells for it.
>>738021019>Age of WondersI can't get into it because of the Paradox DLC policy.
>>738021110I semi-agree but the game is still fun in it's own way. Songs of Conquest has better bones/mechanics but the campaign is kind of lame and the maps are boring.
>>738021110what is the point of just making AoW 1 or 2 again? I think it's good how it is now. If I want focused race game I'm going to fire up shadow magic, if I want to roleplay and customize fantasy cultures I'll play 4.
>>738021169just download it retard
>>738021169You're not missing out.It's trash for people who don't even like 4x strategy games.It pretty much lost all of it's cool MoM elements and racial distinctiveness.
dafuq my post get deleted for?
>>738021019They feel significantly different, especially AoW4. They'll never replace HoMM for me.
>>738021019>Age of Wonders 4>The game with $20 DLCs that barely add anything to the gameYeah it certainly evolved the genre...
>>738009913when I tried the demo I felt like combat was too short to make use of the interesting effects of units
>>738020268>I am too old to appreciate the simple joy of funny numbers
>>738009913can't wait for someone to make a graphical mod to demobile this game.
>>738021315Ah yes, the inherent humor of sequential numbers. 1 2 is hilarious as well lil gen alpha kids will find that out soon.
>>738019873on tournament maps you can have up to THREE pvp fights
>>738021159>>738020992Oh I need to look into it more deeply.
>>738021228I don't mind change/improvements, but they threw everything overboard that made AoW distinct and great.The whole "build your own race thing" is especially jarring, since it makes everything feel the same.And most of the spells are "safe", you dont get the ridiculous effects you had in AoW 1 for example. AoW 2 was already more "balanced" in that regard, but there was still cool things you could do.
>>738021296Play on harder difficulty, 150%, those require you to be tactical to win anything. Release is significantly harder than demo in general.
why Fortress never appeared after 3? My lizard boys are completely forgotten and shat on
>>738021315The thing about 67 is that alphoomers gaslit themselves into thinking it's funny. It has no inherent humoristic quality, at least 69 is haha the joke is sex, 67 doesn't even have that much.
>>738021292>deep onesThat reminds me, I really should finish playing Shadows of the Forbidden Gods.
>>738021521What killed Fortress? The ice age.
>>738021521have faith, we are getting a lizer island water faction later, trust
Campaign is very comfy so far. I hope they add more campaign missions etc.
>>738021563The more uncs seethe the funnier it gets.
>>738021747This, the funny part of 67 is for some reason it makes unc seethe and mald.
>>738021107gamers are winning
Why doesn't this work? I got the talent that is suppose to me it so my creatures counter attack before the enemy attacks, but it doesn't work.What am I missing?
As someone who never played HoMM, is this shit viable as a singleplayer game? I have no friend to play with.
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>>738021874I just started but I think I saw this trait.It only works if you get attacked while the stack is on Wait.
>>73802188490% of people play HoM&M alone.
>>738021942But I keep waiting and my units still doesn't counter attack first.
>>738021884yeah, majority of people play it as a CRPG
>>738021884No it's a PvP game
>>738021859>>738021897alright i am buying
did they hire the whole dev team to post in this thread?how much polish shekels do you get an hour?
>>738021984It might just be borked.
>>738021884the AI is cheating out the ass right now, even on normal>single hero mode>4 weeks over>enemy rolls up with 10 tier 7 units + restye nah
>>73802188499% of my time playing homm was single player, with the 1% being hotseat with irl friendsnever touched online and probably never will
Still can't get a totally solid read if it's fun/addicting/worth it. Seems like maybe it has "potential" but not fully there yet from what I gather
>>738022093nigger its free in certain russian forumtry it youtself
>>738022085For me it's playing the All around map>start of week 2>enemy comes with like 20 tier 6 units >their hero has insane stats while also having all the spells
Yeah I'm gonna get a refund I think. Game has promise but right now it has some issues that while not fundamental to the game, are dragging it down.
>>738012243It's reviews x50
>>738022093it will never be fun with an attitude like that, this a life defining choice
>pick the hydra hero on dungeon>can clear all camps at start even at higher difficulties this doesn't seem balanced
>>738009913>cartoony>lol ui>homm3 reskinYeah I'll skip and just play the classic
>>738021859looks like a girl who fell in love with me in elementary school. as in she looks like that todayshame I was edgy autist but oh well
>>738022380all high-tier unit starts are OP, yes
HOMM sisters what do we think about the Hive? I think they don't fit the game what is this Zerg bullshit
>>738022730I think they fit well aesthetically and mechanically.
>>738022730Eh. They aren't the worst.
>>738022846because you're a dev
>>738022730Lame as fuck. Wasted faction slot, honestly. On the flipside I really like Grove this time.
>>738022875
>get units>bleed all of them in a single normal battlehow do I stop this, this is killing my enjoyment>ummm just be strategicI am
Why are 3 of the six playable factions some form of elf?
>>738023005Because.
>>738023005dark elf continent, deal with it
>>738022974Savescum until you learn to play
>>738023052>>738023057Pretty gay 2bqh
>>738022974post a battle result where you though you lost too much, so we can diagnose
>>738023080nigga I played this series before half this board was born
so how many homos do you have at the beginning? Is more than 2 too many?
>Playing on normal>Think I'm doing okay>AI army rolls up with 300 nigga doomstacksHow the fuck do they recruit so many units? Where did they get them from?
>no wells in Olden Era
I can't imagine playing fucking humans in a fantasy game. How spiritually empty one must be to see all these species and say "fuck that I will play generic knights" I mean nigga just go play age of empires you base ass nigga
>>738023270the harder the difficulty the more AI cheats, even on normal it cheats already
I think it's kind of lame how every faction but one has a low tier shooter now. in the old games you had a balance between rushdown and shooting factions but now everyone but hive is ranged cheese. skeleton archers are especially offensive.
>>738023370This but playing as m*les.
>>738023370they made John Johnson, the jobber sword&shield guy enthusiast, specifically to dab on people like that>>738023282there are wells though, both the kind that replenishes mana, and for movement points
>>738023005in lore only native nonbeat race there are elves
>>738023519>skeleton archers are especially offensive.why, did they call you a nigger?
>>738009913So is this supposed to be HoMM IX/X?I thought HoMM was owned by Ubisoft how did the devs get permission to make game?
>>738023370I don't want to play them either, but a game like this does require a basic bitch faction to contrast the other factions against. Fantasy feels more fantastical when viewed next to the mundane.
>>738023519you are just dumb, I'm afraid
>>738023806They called a skinny. Or a fleshy.
>>738023563Being okay playing as a male is called being normal and not mentally ill.
>>738023370>spiritually empty>human faction is called temple>end tier unit is a literal angelno it is you who has forsaken god to consort with freaks, abominations and demons
>>738023916>Non christian Angels
MAGIC heroes or MIGHT heroes?Who is better?
>>738023806butterball
>>738023845Wait till you hear about Cove being in the official HoM&M3 board game.
>>738023845Ubisoft licensed it out. Like how they would throw a cum tissue into the trash. I don't know what cut they are getting but by the looks of it Ubisoft just said okey whaever and aren't involved in any way.
>>738023960Think laterally.
>>738023845>Hi Ubisoft-sama, we are big hommo fans and will make the game on our own budget, just give us IP rights, here is the demo btw>Yes, please, do anything with HoMM series, our company is imploding, just please do something, pleeeeeaseand here we are
>>738023916>3rd tier unit is a mythical flying creature>4th tier unit is a woman with a fat assWhat did god mean by this?
>>738023916Those are bootleg angels they made as a cope after the real angels left them. This is the actual lore, read the unit description for angels.
For me it's Lightweaver.
>week two>the enemy hero that invades is like lvl 20 that does his auto attack twice a round, casts 2 spells each round and has insane statsThis is the biggest reason it's impossible to win against them on some maps.I seriously don't understand how you are suppose to win the All Around map at 150% difficulty or more. The only way to win is probably some insane level of cheese, because the enemy is literally cheating
Fuck this game reminds me that III and V have both been on my backlog for a few years now. Which should I play first?
>>738024081>generic 3d cgi faceUtterly ruined.
>>7380241323 and then 5. Both are good.
>>738023960Magic is so busted
>>738024132Olden Era
>>738023916>end tier unit is a literal angel
I AM BUGSON OF A BITCH ARCHERARCHER IS PIGDO YOU WANT RANGE?DO YOU WANT CHEESE?ARCHER IS PIG DISGUSTINGMOTLEY IS A MURDERER FUCKING ALVAR
>>738024081Wow
>>738019685Has anyone here played Might and Magic VIII? Is this the same Jadame? Are there any callbacks besides the races?
>>738019980she looks like she femdoms human men
>Play on easy>WinAnd the girls are cute. GOTY material right here.
>>738024421yeah but it's centuries beforetemple is the same temple faction I believe, as do necromancersthere is dragonslayer unit which is also a reference
what are your favourite map templates?>inb4 jebus
>>738021480fair enough
>>738023658>they made John Johnson, the jobber sword&shield guy enthusiast, specifically to dab on people like thatIs he, or rather the T1 swordmen he specialize in, even good?
>>738024816No.
>>738024781Why do people like Jebus so much? Starting with 2 towns is so cancer and the maps is just too filled with stuff
>>738024919It's fast. Grab boxes and go.
>mandalore is in the gameit's ogre
how is it? I only played HOM&M3 on college while high as fuck
>>738025054>cute ginger minstrel bard youtuber is in the gamewe are so back
>>738025090>DUDE
>>738025090>dude>weed>lmoa
none of the heroes so far seem OP in fact they are rather safe and bland
>>738025127>>738025135that doesn't answer the question
just got filtered on normal diff in campaign where you have to side with undead or humans. Is it more easy to side with necromancers or its same. Killed the hero 1st time, but then 1 week later got raided by same hero while i was at castle and got owned. Oh well lets try again
>>738025250Try the demo
>no water>no underground>rememeber that those are always avoided by pvpfagswhat are the odds that only reason they haven't added it because of pvpfaggotry?also no warmachines but here I don't know if they can't think of a way to make them good or what
>>738025090DUDE
>>738022035one glance at the way the early access game looks and it's obvious it's not an organic thread lmao. they're not polish tho
>>738024781I actually don't much care for this iteration of jebus. Wish it was final battle, the gay objective in the middle means if your breakout is a stack of shooters you're probably just fucked since your opponent never actually has to come to you and you won't typically have shadowflight before someone takes it.Blitz is sorta neat though.
RUbros do Voodoosh like it?
>>738024081Niggamane
>>738025373The templates are actually very easy to edit. All you have to do is edit a text file. You can just edit the jebus win condition to be final battle by changing two words in the file.
>>738023370It is a human's duty to colonise the other races. Especially the pixies.
>>738023856>no dude you don't understand I can't play a faction unless I can camp in the corner with my tier 1-2 shooter
>>738025405Voodosh is a pleb, but i bet he prob likes it. I remember that clip when he was jerking off to D4 like the biggest basedboy and said that he hated PoE faggots, such a plebtake to make.
>>738020975that's like a man's hand, another man's hand.
>>738025286It's really lame that there's no ballista. The Siegecraft skill tree is also really narrow-focused and lame. Maybe they're gonna rework it in the future. Or maybe they're afraid they wouldn't be able to match the glory that was HoMM5's double shot max luck fireball ballista.Deleb my beloved
>>738025286heroic strike is like a ballista that doesn't suck, and no one liked having their ammo cart get blown up every battle.
>>738025713ammo cart was targeted because of how AI in 3 works. Will get oneshotted = get prioritized heroic cost that yellow mana and I don't like it though I wonder how hero specialized in it will fare like that dungeon poisoner
does anyone else like the new units but also miss the old units? I was warming up to hoplets and qilins but then when I saw that pixies and unicorns were still in the game as neutral units I was sad and wished I could have those as grove instead.
>>738025698It would be cool to see a ballista implemented as a might equivalent of the avatar
>>7380256985.5 lets her shoot 4 times and actually spec into ballista
>>738025824I would prefer to see pixies replace the literally who hoplets, but Qilins are the thunder elemental and can't be substituted by unicorns.
So, all it takes to scam people these days is few anime girls/ furries, low quality gooner shit and writing by 40 blue haired land whale from russia?
>>738026009don't be silly there are no blue hairs in russia because they get raped to death
>>738025830I can already spec into ballista in the base game though?And I've never tried 5.5, since I've heard that it actually ruins skill progression, which was one of my fav things about 5
>>738026367These are those "different" russians, you should have seen the first reveal & Q&A stream on steam
>>738026468I recall you can go even more int oitI didn't play much with it but progression seemed to be more tied to hero class and each faction has like 3 classes like not every inferno hero is now gater
jebus means fucker in polish slang
Never got into AoW bc AoW 3 looked too much like a bad Civ knockoff and my AoW 1 just crashes every time it tries to load a map.
>>738026009if not for nostalgiabait and parasiting off of a beloved franchise it would be doa. completely soulless sloppa
>another ubisoft shill campaign
Should I play Olden Era or Slay the Spire 2? Both have chocolate bimbos
What faction would you like to see as DLC? A returning one, something new?
>>738027204
>>738027204Fortress
>>738027204barbarian, lizard, cornflux
>>738027204lizardmansconflux for elemental babes (somewhat usurped by Grove in this game tho)
>>738020769Works on my machine
>>738027165Something gay, probably with furries.. maybe scalies will get something to masterbate to aswell.>>738027041No. Its actually great game, it helped me with my transition and kittenhorns are so cute! Please buy 10 copies.
>>738027204Something to scratch my Rampart itch. Grove looks absolute ass.
>>738027835>gooner is retardedFigures.
>>7380264685.5 is so overrated I don't understand why people recommend it. It overhauls and neuters damn near everything fun all so they can """balance""" a fundamentally broken game.
>>738028019>fundamentalny broken gameThat's olden era
>>738027972>retarded>cause I can use a feature as described in the game
>>7380264685.5 is focused on PvP hence the balance of everything. Most normies and weekend players like >>738028019 hate it because it removes the ults and encourages you to experiment with different bulids. For example if you play sylvan and you go for imbue balista you only get 2 shots max.
>>738028359The actual correct answer is no, Reinforcements doesn't work with your town. So no, you're an idiot.
>>738028507I used it fucktard, on my own town, and I got ALL the stacks out of it.
>>738027252Kurwa as fuck.
>>738028594I dont know what youre baiting me for but Im busy.
>"dude we don't need the caravan system you have a spell you can use to recruit from dwellings!">you can only recruit from a single dwelling per day, the ranged is really limited and it costs mana
Looking at the credits the dev team seems very small. I suppose it explains why the game feels borderline indie or why it's sold for pennies.
>>738028672>you can learn town hall>you have a skill for recruitment which allows you to get all units from your castlesThere's better workarounds
>>738028764>sold for penniesWould hardly call $40 pennies.
>>738025485Oh no kidding? Thanks anon
You guys weren't kidding, the AI fucked my ass on 125%
>>738029098no that was just me last night
>>738029081>>738029081Just find the .rmg files and edit them in any text editor. As long as you make changes that the game understand, everything should work just fine. The only crash i've had was when i tried to make a 400 x 400 map.
>>738027204the game isn't complete without barbarian and wizard as far as I'm concerned. I don't know how they're going to do wizard though since they already gave temple magi and titans.>>738027941rampart was always just a ruined version of sorceress for me
>>738009913No. Something better.
>>738029306Can you be my AI for tonight?
>>738017180Based Spazz-Enjoyer.
>>738025054>mfw the sacrifice move that transforms him into an undead Zzeth hero
>>738029564Sorceress is comfy too
what makes HOMM threads so relatively civil?
The campaign missions with unlimited movement are really cool, I hope people utilise that when making custom shit
>>738027204I think something akin to Tower / Academy is practically a given, because none of the six factions have the magical / technological theme going for it. That or the dwarves (or a mix between the two).
>>738029894there is a custom H3 map that has this gimmick at the start you get events that give you billion movement points
wtf necro fuckers are killing me in campaign, why does she have so many units on normal. I dont understand pls devs just fix that, there is no way that necro bitch can keep coming back with so many units at me i can barely hold them off from castle while they raid everything around me.
>actual balance patch alreadyBASED
>>738029909That and barbarians. It is rare for a fantasy game to not have wizards and barbarians
>>738030002that's just template changes, not even diplomacy fix
doesn't Schism already fullfil the role of a magic town?
>>738020823Collect alchemical dust to upgrade spells. Each upgrade adds something extra to your spells.>>738027204Stronghold. Because Barbarians and Behemoths.Also Conflux and Fortress (the OG swampy one, not the Ashan dwarf one).
conflux would be funny just because how it was part of M&M8 story
They mixed Conflux and HoMaM V Sylvan to create Grove. Hell, Pixies are even Neutrals.Conflux isn't coming back.
>>738018608>>738029884Sex with sprites
>>738030520neutrals can always stop being ones
>>738009913is there any way I can play faster MP matches? 15 minutes / turn is too much and the map is too big, I am not spending 3 hours on a match with a rando.
>>738030542name? Does she fuck black men?
is it possible to unlearn skills? random skill building gave me one which doesn't have any synergy with my current build
>>738029884full of boomers
>>738030596just play arena mode? both players pick hero units and skills and just battle it out.
>>738030002What was changed?
>>738030620>nameu/Kadaas>Does she fuck black menonly earth elementals
>>738029883the faction is perfect and has never been replicated>tier 1 is a flier>tiers 3 and 4 are great shooters>tier 5 is a solid melee unit with blind>tier 6 is a flier and the fastest unit in the game>aesthetic is totally not gay I swear
>do the fey vs temple map before the temple vs necro map>its incredibly difficult>do the temple vs necro map after>insanely easydid I do them in the wrong order or is picking necromancers just an easy win while picking fey harder?
>>738009993Stupid bratty pixie.
Trying to find the right balance for fun in multiplayer games with friends. We are going for Single Hero mode to make things faster, but only having one actual fight per match kinda sucks. Spending 40 minutes per match until we finally kill each other in a single fight isn't clicking as well. Feels much better as a single player / 1v1 game.What settings are working better for 3+ player matches?
I didn't notice there was no ballista until I read it here and now I miss the ballista.
>>738030542Pixie and Sprite cosplays are nice.
>>738030678pls
>>738030542>>738031364Holy shit
>>738032379there's a map building that will let you respec your entire build but otherwise no you are stuck with what you get
>>738030678Not with any of the core mechanics, no.
>>738032501better then avoid the random skill building? because skills are good, but you want to carefully tune your main hero
>>738032572you could just leave that building without picking skill you know
>>738032336>what if pixie but half the speed
is gold still better than exp in this game? should I kill every neutral stack to farm exp? letting them flee doesn't give anything?does skills like those who increase creature spawn stack between heroes?
if I get my main stack wiped out is it better to concede? I remember coming back after a major loss was usually hopeless in other games
>>738009913>no inferno:(
>>738033326Funny, it was one thing I liked about this one. Inferno ranks are like1.Tiny demon2.Small demon3.Medium demon4.Dog demon5.Big demon6.Huge demon7.SatanThey make the human faction look interesting
>>738033663but i like that>town is a lake of fire with spiky buildings>artifact summons a gigantic satan in the background>troops are demons, an evil genie and satan himself who has a scythe>theme music is cartoonishly evil mustache twirlingi love that shit
You convinced me to pirate it since I don't 'buy' games that are in alpha state
how do I kill stacks bigger than mine? besides ranged spawn
>>738023519remind me again, which one's hive's?
>>738025548isn't it a good thing, since with ranged you can minimize troop loss at early game?
>>738009913Have the Russians ruined it yet?
QRD? Is this worth getting in early access? Or is it better to just wait for now?
>>738036930Not really anything to gain by waiting since it is 25% off at the moment.
>want to play a single hero map that teleports you to fight the oponent in like a month or so>they all have like 3+ towns at startshit game
>>738036930early access is just a paid alphapirate itcs rin ru
Time to kill the thread and game some more
>>738030542she looks extremely high maintenance
the AI seems very inconsistent map to map, played 125% Highway and it didn't offer any resistance
So what is the default 'I want to have an adventure and then fight the AI' map template?
>>738035469tier 5 or 6 upgrade>>738035885it's lame that everyone has the same strategy now, unlike older games where some factions were forced to do something different.
>decide to play octojebus against the ai for fun>week 4 is the week effect is the entire map getting revealed>i now have to watch 7 ai players zooming around the map
Are any of the heroes specialized in tier 1 or 2 units actually good or just pure bait?
>>738038150good for early game
Plural of medusa is medussy
>lots of players are saying the difficulty is busted and AI is unfair with an amount of units that is impossible to get, their heroes have full artifacts and they are like 10 levels higher than you>by week 2-3 they will come and rape your ass no matter what >people keep defending this shit saying "play smarter xD" when the AI is literally cheating with an army+hero you can't beat>even the devs say they are trying to fix itWhy are fanboys like this? Why defend something that is clearly broken?
