holy shit an absolute bonkers HotA update dropped for new years just a few hours ago>First Aid fixed, possibly OP>Learning fixed>significant boost to Artillery, Ballistics, Sorcery, Mysticism and Luck>host of buffs to hero spell/creature specialties>even Pathfinding and Eagle Eye got some love>an entire new campaign>new scenarios>shitload of other QoL, bugfixes and upgrades in general2025 is starting to look mighty fine fellow hommos
woah, first aid will be so broken for doomstack armies
>Expert Eagle Eye gives 60% chance to learn every enemy spell (presumably a 60% roll for each individual spell) before battle.Bruh
>>1926129You forgot this OPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uM--UyP-Kg
>>1926234what in the nine hells
First aid unironically needs to be needed, it's just armorer, but better (works on magic damage) and heals
>>1926492Except it requires a First Aid Tent and becomes dead weight without it. Armorer is omnipresent
>>1926507yeah, but the rule now is that if you specialize in a war machine skill, it also protects said war machine from taking more than 40% HP in a single hit. I think it will create an interesting tactical dynamic where you need to choose between focus firing the tent and letting your opponent take a few potshots at your units, or soldier through enemies HP boost. Definitely a big buff for First Aid overall and might even make the skill indispensable now. Also FA specialists just became S-tier heroes, like the ones specializing in Armorer, Logistics or Offense. It's kinda insane ngl
>>1926234>Olden Era new town will be eldritch frozen shit>Vori Palace town in DoR is also frozen shit>Bulwark is the meme dorf Christmas town aka frozen shitwhat did they mean by this
>>1926234DoR also showcased some of their new towns recentlyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiz6Rsv2ZcoForge town screen looks neat, and I like some of the Palace hero portraits. But the rest, especially most of the unit designs and animations looks garbo tier. I don't know what are they going for with these weird lightings on the adventure map or if that's something specific to the teaser vide
>>1926129HOLY PISSThese are insane changes. Please HoTA I don't want to sink thousands more hours into HoMM3 spare me
>>1926184Resistance was broken and had to be removed
>>1927558yes
>>1926129i want the meme dorf christmas town to come out NOW
>>1927689Artillery should be be buffed and Cove should be buffed even moreHotA you're doing even worse without Picolan
>>1927794Boy anon, do I have good news for you - just check the changelog in the OP. Artillery skill got a big buff this patch along with other war machines, and Cannon and Ballista got price reduction and a damage buff even for the latter. Cove is fine, range of good heroes and offense oriented units with cool specials; the skill/spell specialization updates will work in their favor too, so good times ahead.
>>1927558it's not that it was broken but that it was making for very frustrating gameplay experience if you were on the receiving end, totally unrelated to your skill as a player or tactical decisions that you were making. Taking away player agency is not good game design desu. Plus it was random and inconsistent af even for the player that took the skill. It's ok for a few creatures to have it as a special, but to have the power to grant such special to your entire lineup is just ridiculous.
>>1927818It was sarcasm
One ring away from elixer of life on gem in my 7v1 outcast game, hp is already fairly beefed.
>>1929360I just realised I cn't get rid of artifacts on this shitty template so there goes that. No sign of any junk trader on the map.
>>1929425That's a shame. Maybe try looking for a castle with an artifact trader?
More info about Bulwark, including full lineup revealed. It must be much further in development than Factory was at the time of its reveal, I wouldn't be surprised if it drops next yearhttp://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=39830&PID=1584146#focus
>>1926129Fuck HoTA. Fuck your pirate mod shit i will never play it.
>>1930367>next yearanon, I'm not going to wait a full fucking year from january 7th for them
>>1930615nobody asked
>>1930367I dont like Bulwark units artstyle
>>1930367Its a literal fucking goat, not a fantastic creature
>>1930841*blocks your black dragon stack*How do you respond without sounding mad?
>>1930841it's a ram, and an IRL one would fuck up half of homm's unit roster IRL
>>1930367How about adding a Resistance/normal Diplomacy/original game skill toggle instead if I don't want to play with unfun Jebus Cross rules?
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