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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted February 14, 2018 11:38 AM |
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Welcome to the guild!
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Frystalian
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 14, 2018 12:54 PM |
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HC Kreegans
Thanks for accepting me into your guild, looking forward to much fun and adventure
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gummybear
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 16, 2018 08:16 PM |
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Hello guys,
I have applied to join the guild without knowing you are homm fans. To be honest, I found this this thread by looking for a way to contact the hc kreegans leadership. But... since I am here, I want to say that I was a big homm3 fan and I used to play a lot of sod during college. Two years ago I bought on steam homm3 HD. Do any of you guys have it? If yes, do you organize gaming nights?
Cheers
PS. I would like an answer to the question above even though you might not accept me into the guild
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted February 16, 2018 08:49 PM |
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Edited by Galaad at 20:54, 16 Feb 2018.
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Hello and welcome to another fellow MM fan!
You might want to have a look at the homm3 section (h3.5 -wog and beyond), there is a fanmade hdmod compatible with sod as well as a fanmade expansion called Horn of the Abyss, be sure to check it out.
There is also hundreds of mods for Wog and VCMI
Yes kreegans are the aliens with a devil-like appearance in the series, I will get you into the guild soon, hang in there!
Edit: you're in.
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gummybear
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 16, 2018 09:50 PM |
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Thank you Galaad. Damn... there is a lot to read on these forums. Unfortunately, more than I have to read at the moment . However, I would like to try the gameplay in Horn of the Abyss. I hope it will work with my HOMM3 Complete version
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Malc
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 19, 2018 11:44 AM |
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I know Mantastic's tier lists aren't exactly the ultimate authority, but they seem fairly well reasoned and thought out. And I just have to say, damn... apart from my Colossus and Phoenixes, nearly every Legendary I've gotten so far is either C or D rank. Feels bad, man.
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hayenne
Known Hero
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posted February 20, 2018 03:41 PM |
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gummybear said: Thank you Galaad. Damn... there is a lot to read on these forums. Unfortunately, more than I have to read at the moment . However, I would like to try the gameplay in Horn of the Abyss. I hope it will work with my HOMM3 Complete version
I have HoMM 3 Complete (GOG) and HotA works flawlessly. Also works with HoMM HD mod. It's a quality campaign, though a bit too short. (more like WoG campaign, but with a much better story)
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gummybear
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 25, 2018 09:46 PM |
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I like to listen to audioboks while playing. Is there any way to turn off the sound in homm3? Turning it off from the game interface doesn't seem to work...
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Grifsta
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 27, 2018 04:09 PM |
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Malc said: I know Mantastic's tier lists aren't exactly the ultimate authority, but they seem fairly well reasoned and thought out. And I just have to say, damn... apart from my Colossus and Phoenixes, nearly every Legendary I've gotten so far is either C or D rank. Feels bad, man.
Have you seen the new list out on 23rd I think...has legendary threw commons. Not sure how others feel about his ranking system though
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Malc
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 28, 2018 12:42 PM |
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Grifsta said:
Malc said: I know Mantastic's tier lists aren't exactly the ultimate authority, but they seem fairly well reasoned and thought out. And I just have to say, damn... apart from my Colossus and Phoenixes, nearly every Legendary I've gotten so far is either C or D rank. Feels bad, man.
Have you seen the new list out on 23rd I think...has legendary threw commons. Not sure how others feel about his ranking system though
I have yeah, it's pretty frustrating that I mostly seem to get 3 and 4 dot creatures of lower tiers.
I have a grand total of one 3 dot A ranked Epic flier and three 3 dot A ranked Epic walkers. The rest are C or below. It's a similar story for the other rarities as well.
Just gotta keep faith that I'll get the good stuff one day.
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted February 28, 2018 02:48 PM |
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Malc, what are your legendaries?
gummybear said: I like to listen to audioboks while playing. Is there any way to turn off the sound in homm3? Turning it off from the game interface doesn't seem to work...
That's weird, it should work, but better ask in h3 subforums.
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Malc
Tavern Dweller
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posted March 01, 2018 03:27 PM |
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Galaad said: Malc, what are your legendaries?
Most of my Legendaries are fairly new, and I'm still working on getting the gems & materials to level and evolve them. I'm hoping to get them all maxed out eventually (though only going to bother awakening the better ones).
I know I have a decent array of creatures already so I shouldn't really complain so much, but I can't help be a pessimist
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted March 02, 2018 04:44 PM |
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Hey your creatures are not that bad.
Anyway there is no right or wrong in this game, even if some creatures are objectively stronger than others, the most important aspect is how you use them, inferior creatures put together with a well-thought out synergy will grant better results than strongest blindly put together.
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Malc
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posted March 02, 2018 11:32 PM |
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Galaad said: Hey your creatures are not that bad.
Anyway there is no right or wrong in this game, even if some creatures are objectively stronger than others, the most important aspect is how you use them, inferior creatures put together with a well-thought out synergy will grant better results than strongest blindly put together.
The problem I'm having (which is what my complaints are based on) is that I have no ressurecter or mass-buffer with 3 or 4 dots. So I'm abit reluctant to put them on my team when they'll build up their special so slowly, and changing combo dots for a whole team to funnel mana to them would be pretty expensive. Thanks to this I've still not managed to put a team together that can take on Tower 51, kinda hoping I can brute force it with 2 phoenixes and some stunners.
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LadyM
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posted March 02, 2018 11:45 PM |
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Total Noob advice.
Basic questions.
1. Tomes. General advice on what is needed for a ream and what mixes best with special skills.
2. Special skills. Where can I find a description. Right now, I just see an image.
3. Are there ideal lower level teams too? Small, Medium, Large. If so, what?
4. What are the blue dots you see beside special skills?
5. What are the dots between tome skill and special skill?
Enough for now. Thank you.
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LadyM
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posted March 03, 2018 04:00 AM |
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BTW, I’m probably much older than most of you, but I have played every HOMM game since thevery beginning when they were just traditional RPGs in black and white on the Mac only, lol. I’m not seeing a lot of resemblance here.
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted March 03, 2018 11:24 AM |
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Edited by Galaad at 11:25, 03 Mar 2018.
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Malc said: The problem I'm having (which is what my complaints are based on) is that I have no ressurecter or mass-buffer with 3 or 4 dots. So I'm abit reluctant to put them on my team when they'll build up their special so slowly, and changing combo dots for a whole team to funnel mana to them would be pretty expensive. Thanks to this I've still not managed to put a team together that can take on Tower 51, kinda hoping I can brute force it with 2 phoenixes and some stunners.
Eeh how did you miss the Hunchback and Trog challenges? You need to get four friends codes for the Jade Dragon (I myself used some friends devices), it's like the MVP for PvE. If you can't find friends to install CQ, there is a guide linked in the OP on how to emulate.
LadyM said: Basic questions.
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Enough for now. Thank you.
Hey Lady, sorry for the delay.
1. As a general rule of thumb, you can never go wrong with soldier tome for the 5% extra stats to all attributes. Depending on what you want to do, it is good to use a team related to your needs. For example, if you want your PWR based creature to deal more damage, you can go with Scholar tome (+15% PWR dmg), if your creature's damage is based on luck, you will use Bard tome, if attack, Ranger tome, etc. More info on tomes can be found here.
2. Just hold your finger on skill icon and description will appear.
3. What do you mean by 'ideal'? In general, it's good to use a rezzer and/or healer, a stunner or silencer, and good single target nuke. Unlike with Legendaries where you need to adapt depending on what you pulled, all smalls and mediums are farmable so you can really choose and target the creatures you want. At the top of my head some of the best smalls and mediums IMO are Ornithopter (rez), Raven (rez, cleanse), Mantis (AoE nuke), Butterfly (mass buff(cleanse), Ant (buffs/nuke/heal), Toad (stun), Black (buff/debuff) and Lightning (AoE dmg) Cats, Wyvern (nuke/buff), Statue (mass buff/mass debuff), Lizardman (AoE nuke), Roo (stun), Mummy (debuff/nuke, but this one needs a good synergy, read creature's skill description), Owl (nuke/silence), Boar (nuke/self-heal), obviously Wood Nymph (mass stun). There is others that I might have missed but if you have any creature-specific question don't hesitate to ask here.
4. It's how much mana charges you can have, usually you start off with one, as you evolve your creature it goes up to two, three, sometimes up to four.
5. I don't understand this last question.
LadyM said: BTW, I’m probably much older than most of you, but I have played every HOMM game since thevery beginning when they were just traditional RPGs in black and white on the Mac only, lol. I’m not seeing a lot of resemblance here.
Hehehe cheers to another fellow MM fan, I'm from 86.
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StevenAus
Adventuring Hero
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posted March 03, 2018 09:33 PM |
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Rock
Hired Hero
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posted March 03, 2018 10:13 PM |
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@StevenAus
The link is called "Summoners Academy" on the main page under all the hoMM games.
@LadyM
Quote: 5. What are the dots between tome skill and special skill?
Those dots are called "combo dots" and are very important. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJIO8NKpWnM]Here is the official video explaining them.[/url] The combo dots are basically there to fill up your mana when you attack. In defense they determine how fast the defending creatures attack. The more dots a creature have, the better, 4 being the highest and are very rare to obtain.
[url=http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=43812]Here is a short guide[/url] which has some written about combo dots.
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted March 03, 2018 11:59 PM |
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Rock said: Here is a short guide which has some written about combo dots.
Yes, old but still accurate, scroll down a bit for my small battle guide, with pics.
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