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MrDragon
Supreme Hero
Eats people with Ketchup
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posted November 19, 2010 10:44 AM |
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If I wasn't a die-hard Inferno fan I would say...
Ah screw it, she's the best creature released so far, at least when it comes to raw awesome factor.
Gorgeous unit, original design, can't wait, absolutely cannot wait to use her in battle.
Looks absolutely wonderful.
*whips off his hat*
Hats off to the artists for this creature.
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mytheroes
Famous Hero
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posted November 19, 2010 10:58 AM |
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Quote: damn it, now the necropolis champion. Is she the best champion unit? or we actually being fooled that Seraph/Celestial and Pit Fiend/Pit Lord are just mere Elites??? In other words this is the first time they release a Champion unit
Agree. If Pit Fiend and Seraph are champion, they sure are pretty bland artwise compared to the Fate Spinner.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted November 19, 2010 11:05 AM |
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Worth noting that spinning a web is a lovely allusion to weaving fate. I believe it has its roots in the threee Moirae, in particular Clotho who was responsible for spinning the thread of human life. Fate may have something to do with time control btw
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted November 19, 2010 11:09 AM |
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This is because none of the models is changed significantly compared to the Pit Fiend/Angel from HoMM V (though the current pseudo-angel looks no less stupid than the previous Angel). What I wonder is how exactly the Pit Fiend/Lord fights with this small piece of sword - it's even shorter than the one from the previous game.*
*Actually it will be quite nice if when the Pit Fiend/Lord attacks, the sword gets extended to its fill length, with the missing part appearing as some fiery/transparent black/dark shade which hits the enemy and then disappears again in the end of the animation.
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MrDragon
Supreme Hero
Eats people with Ketchup
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posted November 19, 2010 11:14 AM |
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Quote: Worth noting that spinning a web is a lovely allusion to weaving fate. I believe it has its roots in the threee Moirae, in particular Clotho who was responsible for spinning the thread of human life. Fate may have something to do with time control btw
So she might have mechanics reminiscent of the Namtaru boss, at least in flavour anyway.
Here's hoping she's a caster-focussed champion, that would be a first.
If it's the case, then she just jumped 3 levels on my cool scale.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted November 19, 2010 11:18 AM |
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@Zenofex
I think the broken sword is symbolic but I cannot remember..
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Paiazza
Known Hero
لىخ ضل
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posted November 19, 2010 11:44 AM |
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Edited by Paiazza at 11:45, 19 Nov 2010.
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If the Pit Fiend/Lord would have the full swords would be overpowered. This is, as described in H5, The Vorpal Sword. In some legends is the most powerful weapon in the universe capable of utterly destroying the whole universe, by destroying the whole matter to anti matter. It is associated to gods, but mostly just to GOD the almighty as only one, called The Vorpal One. As adjective it means something deeply more than deadly, of not just killing the body (the matter) but also killing the soul, for ever, for eternity, impossible of resurrection. So i guess the Pit Fiends/Lords only have a fraction of this sword power, which in the case of H5 was able to kill at least 1 creature in the stack, which means, that it kills 100% sure if the target is stroke by suck weapon.
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted November 19, 2010 11:54 AM |
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Yup, but my point is that the piece is VERY short now. The Pit Lord's Vorpal Sword piece from HoMM V looked like at least two fifths of a full sword and now it looks like it barely has any blade. That's why I suggested the "shadowy" animation (a shadow of the sword's real power and blah-blah).
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Aleksey1111
Tavern Dweller
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posted November 19, 2010 12:20 PM |
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Quote: Yup, but my point is that the piece is VERY short now.
if we take a look more clearly to the sword we can see that its connected by the chain with Pit's arm. probably Pit have a chance/ability to strike enimies by distant attack with sword on the chain???
more other about Seraph's...
they have 2swords, what kind of attack by them?
- 2swords strike and after that enemie reply attack
- 1st sword attack, enemie reply attack, 2nd sword atack
- attack by one sword only. the second is for only reply attack
any ideas?
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Agent_00_BLeRD
Adventuring Hero
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posted November 19, 2010 12:43 PM |
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Quote: Spot on. I think all of us have at one point or another complained rather loudly at the snail-like pace that they're doling out information. AND the fact that they're doing it so haphazardly all over the web. The "official" game forum...it's gone completely ignored for months now.
But, on the plus side, I got a VERY surprising e-mail today. From the US spokesman for Ubisoft. Considering my involvement with both h5 and now h6, this is the first time anybody from the US offices has contacted me. There are very few US-based fan sites out there anymore and it always struck me as odd that the US Ubi offices would so blatantly ignore that opportunity. That being said, they are indeed working on a "marketing blitz" as Cepheus so aptly put it.
You have to see though that because of the slow pace, we are discussing so much more of each little bit of information. Had they released all the creatures simultaneously, we'd have overlooked many things that are being actively discussed right now.
And on a more important note....OH MY GOD, SIR CHARLES, IS THAT YOU, TWIN BROTHER!?!?! :-O
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted November 19, 2010 01:14 PM |
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I'm pretty sure that there will be a discussion storm shortly, so I'll ask before the grand cacophony begins. Quote: Yes. Customization is in multiplayer, for your starting Hero. You can still choose other heroes and recruit them in town. In solo mode, the customization is limited.
Solo mode means campaign or single-player scenarios or both? And also wouldn't it be possible to choose "non-customized" hero when choosing your faction, starting bonus, etc.? Like - you play Necropolis and you choose Vidomina as your starting hero.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted November 19, 2010 01:32 PM |
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Quote: You can still choose other heroes and recruit them in town.
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Paiazza
Known Hero
لىخ ضل
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posted November 19, 2010 01:33 PM |
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Edited by Paiazza at 23:58, 21 Nov 2010.
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Here's the complete Vorpal Sword.
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FuntimeManchop
Adventuring Hero
Adventure!
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posted November 19, 2010 06:02 PM |
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Quote: All schools will be accessible. Each faction will favor a specific Magic school among the others.
Light, Darkness, Earth, Fire, Air, Water and Primordial.
If Haven is Light, Necropolis is Darkness and Inferno is Fire, that leaves the other two factions with Earth, Air, Water or Primordial style/theme.
If the 5th faction is the water serpents, then the 4th faction is is either Earth, Air or Primordial.
Earth: Elves?
Air: Wizards?
Primordial: H3 Fortress??? please please please!
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Maken
Known Hero
Hail Hydra!
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posted November 19, 2010 07:02 PM |
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I believe primordial can't be tied to any faction, as it is a major aspect of magic.
And the fortress could get earth or water, I guess.
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Aosaw
Promising
Famous Hero
Author of Nonreal Fiction
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posted November 19, 2010 07:27 PM |
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I guess there goes everyone's plans for having two new factions in each expansion...
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Lokheit
Known Hero
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posted November 19, 2010 08:34 PM |
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Edited by Lokheit at 20:45, 19 Nov 2010.
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I'm currently following the development of 3 games:
-Heroes 6
-Mortal Kombat (2011)
-Guild Wars 2
All are following the same strategy (Mortal Kombat is revealing characters slowly and now they started to confirm some information about the bios of the mos important of them. Guild Wars 2 is showing new professions and info about the game, it was around one prof. each month but now they are delaying it a lot). So I think this is a consensus accepted strategy.
In fact in the forums of the 3 games I've been watching that despite a lot the people is whining about that, they are always talking about the most recent reveal, and this way they are always talking about the game, so the objective is a success here.
Aditionally, I'm not sure about H6, but both GW2 and MK have a lot of freedom from their producers, so they haven't a date to finish everything, they are allowed to use more time on the games so the final product is perfect, wich is good for the games but bad for the patience of the fanbase, but at the end it's better for all. I suppose H6 has the same plan.
BTW: I really like the design of the spider lady, really creative and can't wait to see her in play. I'm liking all the designs so far.
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Maken
Known Hero
Hail Hydra!
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posted November 19, 2010 08:42 PM |
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Quote: I guess there goes everyone's plans for having two new factions in each expansion...
well, we have 6 "normal" schools of magic, so 6 factions with uniquely favored magic schools. Plus one that is might-only makes 7. Maybe one per expansion, again?
But I really don't care if there are 2 lights or some other school or if primordial can be the favored of some faction. Or even if they make the racial some sort of exclusive magic, kind of like the runes of the dwarfs.
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Demonge
Known Hero
more than meets the eyes
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posted November 19, 2010 10:41 PM |
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I would be glad if people would stay focused on the vanilla edition before thinking of expansions.
I mean, the game isn't out before 6 months, and some already speak of 2 expansions!
There are information revealed day by day, not as much as we would like, but enough to not wandering that far!
Btw, Elvin spoke about a promising week. Were you making reference to that Q&A or shall we wait for stg else this week-end?
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted November 19, 2010 10:57 PM |
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I was referring to the 3 new units in a row plus the Q&A. Better than usual right?
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