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AmrasMinyatur
Adventuring Hero
Elven Guardian
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posted February 02, 2004 12:12 AM |
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Can Somebody offer a hand.,,?
I have a sort of good strategy in HOMM 3...but i keep losing when i should win, i have no building strategy and i have done research up the wazoo...can someone please help me define ME in a strategy? any help would be great...thanks...
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KingofMinota...
Known Hero
Ruling the minotaurs below
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posted February 03, 2004 06:41 PM |
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Here is my building strategy and it works pretty good. OK Week 1 Day1: Town Hall Day
2-4: Marketplace/Blacksmith/Mage Guild 1
Day 5: City Hall
Day 6: Creature Dwelling
Day 7: Citadel
Week 2 Day 1: Castle
Day 2: Capitol
Day 3+ Keep building dwellings and building up your army.
Note: If you buy your people on Week 2 Day 1 you may not have enough money for Week 2 plans.
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Be who you will be who you are but i'm the King of the Minotaur.
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regnus_khan
Responsible
Supreme Hero
[ Peacekeeper of Equilibris ]
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posted February 03, 2004 07:37 PM |
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My building strategy:
1) Town Hall
2) Mage Guild
3) Blacksmith
4) Marketplace
5) City Hall
6) Citadel
7) -- (or Castle, it depends on the financial situation)
1) Capitol
2) Resource Silo
3) Creature Dwelling 2 (or 3)
4) Creature Dwelling 3 (or 4)
...and so on...
NOTE: I never upgrade creatures till I've got them all. Only ranged units and magic ones.
NOTE: This works best on the Hard (Rook) level. I've tried it so many times that I can hardly forget it.
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Lich_King
Honorable
Supreme Hero
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posted February 03, 2004 07:46 PM |
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I build as a newbie...
But here it is. (Disclamer: The usage of my strategy is at your own risk)
Normal level:
Mage guild
Market Place
Dwelling (Shooting creature)
Dwelling (another shooting... if any)
Blacksmith
Citadel
Castle
City Hall
Capitol
and etc...
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Nebuka
Promising
Supreme Hero
Save me Jebus!
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posted February 03, 2004 08:54 PM |
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Creatures first because you can fight asap and get more money from guarded chest, piles, etc. You also get your hero stronger from begining, and that makes it easier to do that above.
Get more heroes for scouting and chaining troops.
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Xarfax111
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
The last hero standing
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posted February 03, 2004 09:19 PM |
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day1: level3
day2: level4
day3: level5
day4: level6
day5: castle wall I
day6: castle wall II
day7: lvl7
...any other build up is for loosers. If u cant do that u loose.
Concerning difficulty 160+ its also the same build up. If not make sure u get Lvl6 plus castle walls.....ALWAYS PREFER DWELLINGS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE!!
Again: If u cant do that, try to get better and practise. Any other strategy is for newbies that spank the comp on 200 and think they play well.
Xarfax1
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Hexa
Responsible
Legendary Hero
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posted February 03, 2004 11:50 PM |
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Thread cleaned of spam.
Quit spamming and tossing in the library.
Last time I will ask this. 
Xarfax is right.
I take it we are talking about online games.
all maps that are played online have the same building strategy basicly.
So pratice!@ 
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AmrasMinyatur
Adventuring Hero
Elven Guardian
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posted February 04, 2004 05:15 AM |
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Well, i found that...
After much play...ive discovered that the strategy of wait for creatures doesnt work well, because after much deliberation, if you wait, your armies wont be able to fight off any early invaders and large artifact/resource/mines guards...these are the main foe of the early game though  ... and im not tossing, i am discussing the game of HOMM 3 in a strategic way, what is wrong with this topic being in the library of enlightenment?
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Khaelo
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Underwater
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posted February 04, 2004 05:36 AM |
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agree
The only non-creature related building I sometimes buy first week is the mage guild, so my main heroes aren't running around spell-less (not so much for battles, but it just drives me bonkers when there's a shrine nearby and my hero is illiterate!). If the hero's got a spellbook already, the guild can wait-- who cares what the throw-aways know? 
Overall, I think it's better to have creatures sitting around and no money to buy them than to have money sitting around and no creatures to spend it on. You can always pick up money from the map; creatures are harder to come by.
~non-multiplayer
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angelito
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
proud father of a princess
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posted February 04, 2004 08:56 AM |
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I also have to agree
First goal is always greater army....
Richness without might will make you sad....
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rockhopper
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 04, 2004 11:51 AM |
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It depends a bit on the map I suppose, I haven't tried anything online yet (multiplayer) but for random map on impossible settings I try to get the most creatures as soon as possible. On impossible you sorta need to avoid battles in the first 3 weeks anyway so focus on getting as much gold and as many creatures as possible and try not to loose too much of them. I always try to get as many shooters as well, so 'slow' is a nice spell to have.
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KingofMinota...
Known Hero
Ruling the minotaurs below
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posted February 04, 2004 06:46 PM |
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My strategy is simply for economic stability. While in most maps you start out with two dwellings, in my strategy you would have 3 and a good increase in pop. when day 1 comes around. But I guess we all have our different strategies, right?
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Be who you will be who you are but i'm the King of the Minotaur.
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angelito
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
proud father of a princess
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posted February 04, 2004 06:55 PM |
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Quote:
day1: level3
day2: level4
day3: level5
day4: level6
day5: castle wall I
day6: castle wall II
day7: lvl7
...any other build up is for loosers. If u cant do that u loose.
I will see how you will make that way with castle....
The earliest day you can build lev3 in castle is day 3...
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Pig
Disgraceful
Known Hero
unstopable
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posted February 04, 2004 07:24 PM |
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1. Homestead. (Clean all non-shooting sh|t with these 7 guys, and return after week for upgrade
2-7 Go for Capitol
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AmrasMinyatur
Adventuring Hero
Elven Guardian
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posted February 04, 2004 11:30 PM |
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oka...
These are some good tips...thanks guys and girls...if there are any girls posting in this thread ... anyway...after playing with almost everyones stratefies...ive found that its alot better to build army first,,,buildings later...you need to get rid of the crap monsters outisde your castle early...
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Pig
Disgraceful
Known Hero
unstopable
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posted February 05, 2004 04:28 PM |
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with such head you will be toast in week 3-5 in resourceless map in 200% difficulty. You will begin to cry, cuz you need castle and additional $5000 to build capitol, you will have only some dwarves and centaurs in your army, you will begin to sell your poor resources for a bucks.
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Hexa
Responsible
Legendary Hero
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posted February 05, 2004 04:33 PM |
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Quote:
Quote:
day1: level3
day2: level4
day3: level5
day4: level6
day5: castle wall I
day6: castle wall II
day7: lvl7
...any other build up is for loosers. If u cant do that u loose.
I will see how you will make that way with castle....
The earliest day you can build lev3 in castle is day 3...
On some map there are other building prebuild.
Otherwise u have to let the caveliers wait till week 2.
Smartass!@
And if u play random maps there is a slightly diff pattern of building. Ofcourse it all depends on teh richness of the map. But most of the times level 7 week one is out of the question. So u build to level 6 with castle week 1 and get level 7;s week 2 if possible.
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If you want to realize your dreams >>> you have to wake up!@
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Sir_Stiven
Honorable
Legendary Hero
banned
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posted February 05, 2004 06:43 PM |
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Quote:
Quote:
day1: level3
day2: level4
day3: level5
day4: level6
day5: castle wall I
day6: castle wall II
day7: lvl7
...any other build up is for loosers. If u cant do that u loose.
I will see how you will make that way with castle....
The earliest day you can build lev3 in castle is day 3...
tosser, with castle you dont get your lvl 3 units (griffins) at all first week since they are no requirement for angels
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AmrasMinyatur
Adventuring Hero
Elven Guardian
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posted February 06, 2004 01:22 AM |
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hmm
THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE STRATEGIES>>>>THEYRE VERY GREAT! I COMPILED THEM INSTEAD OF TRYING EACH ONE SEPERATELY!
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AmrasMinyatur
Adventuring Hero
Elven Guardian
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posted February 06, 2004 06:20 PM |
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THE BARMAN!
thansk again....i love HOMM!
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