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BoogieMan
Famous Hero
The John of Spades
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posted July 21, 2001 03:33 PM |
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HOMM storyline
Personally, I think that Restoration of Erathia and Shadow of Death Campaigns had great storylines. On the other side, Armageddon's Blade campaigns were not connected and they seamed like they were preparing the arrival of HOMM 4.
I have to tell you that I was expecting HOMM 4 main hero-characters to be Gelu (remember the vision he had about leading Erathia besides a woman with silver hair, in the end of the AB campaign?), Kilgor (newly ascending the trone of Krewlod), Dracon (by now a famous Dragon Killer), Adrienne (Tatalia's saving hero) and Mutare (the strongest Nighon noble). And I definetly would have enjoyed playing with them again.
However, it has become certain that HOMM 4 action will take place in a totally different world, with few heroes from HOMM 3 featuring.
Is this radical change in the storyline good? I think otherwise. If anyone has a different opinion, please state it here.
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The BoogieMan wrote ... and saw that it was good.
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arachnid
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted July 21, 2001 07:51 PM |
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hmm if you want to know what happens to mutare you should buy Heroes Chronicles "clash of the dragon" its a good campaign with an interesting story bit pricey though (if you dont mind waiting you could probably get the whole set in one box but by then homm4 will be out)
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LordPaul
Promising
Famous Hero
Crazy Bat Guy.
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posted July 21, 2001 08:25 PM |
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They have already said Crag Hack will be back. So I am guessing that Gem, Yog, and Sandro will be back, too. I just hope they give Gem and Yog better specials!!!
I have a feeling that Gelu will be back, too. 3do really seems to like him. I can't imagine who else.
Maybe some fan favorites like Gunnar and Isra?
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zsa
Famous Hero
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posted July 25, 2001 06:16 AM |
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I don't know
I must tell you that I also had a strong feeling that the next Homm will continue the story from Homm3 AB (it would of been nice to know what happened next to Gelu , Dracon and the others) .
On the other hand I like the ideea of a new story line (this one I belive is kind of worn)!
Anyway I loved all the campaigns from Heroes and I belive I will enjoy this one too!
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"You sound like zsa who only plays the game on forums" - Russ
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Xenophanes
Promising
Famous Hero
Chief Consul to Queen Mutare
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posted July 28, 2001 08:26 PM |
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Arachnid,
Can you please tell me what happens to Mutare? I'm dying to find out. The things I've heard range from she dies to she gets transformed back into a human.
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arachnid
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted July 28, 2001 10:59 PM |
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hmm you know what i completed it but i dont think i got an end cutscreen so your guess is as good as mine ill double check it though(i may of skipped it by mistake but i dont think i have all i got was a cheesy bit of story about tarnum)
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Xenophanes
Promising
Famous Hero
Chief Consul to Queen Mutare
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posted July 29, 2001 07:49 PM |
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Okay, when you find out, just tell me on this thread. Or, I guess you could also tell me on my Heroes Movie thread.
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Gunnrunner
Adventuring Hero
The Mail Order Bride From Hell
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posted July 29, 2001 08:06 PM |
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Well the HOMM storylines are directly linked to to MM storylines. When the King of Enroth (Whats his face, guy, turned his brother to stone or sumthin) disappeared in MM he was still gone in the storyline of HOMM III until AB when he returned. So what happens in the latest MM game will likely be attached to HOMM 4.
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Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war!
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Pug
Tavern Dweller
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posted August 18, 2001 07:26 AM |
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I absolutely agree that games are losing their aim. I think what SHOULD happen to make the gaming experience last longer, is
A) Have a creature/dwelling/town editor so one could make an extra-powerful green dragon, but it costs thrice as much.
B) Have temporary creatures, creatures that can be summoned by magic while out of combat, may last a week, and come out with random attributes depending on the skill of magic (So someone with expert air magic may get a creature that can fly, shoot, cast protection from air, and is immune to all earth magic, or something similar)
C) Have conditional upgrades, so for example, you have your, 25 harpies to recruit, you recruit them, and f your character is level X and you have dwelling/upgrade Y then you can turn them into 5 harpie hags, for an added expensive cost, which you could then upgrade from the same sorts of conditions into a harpie queen.
D) Unit leveling, it might get a bit complex, but you get your 30 halbediers, who recieve (experience gained in battle/30) (number of troops) once they have reached say 100 exp. then they become advanced halbediers or veteran halbediers. If you then add another 10 troops to your brigade, before they get 100 exp., then your tropps exp changes to ((exp. currently owned * 30)/40). Now if in your next battle you get 100 exp and 5 of your men die, you lose (exp. currently owned/5) but gain (100/35) exp. rounded (3) etc. This would add a new stratagy to troop layouts.
E) Loyalty and Alignment checks. So if those wandering creatures in HOMM 4 wander upon your camp and see that you are also fighting evil, they may offer to join, or offer to help you vanquish the evil ones. But if you were evil they may try to destroy you, this, to be effective would have to run much deeper than good and evil, becoming more affected on your actions, and troops from the same town ratios, etc.
Also during a battle, your troops compare loyalty to alignment (e.g. you have mostly evil troops other than ten halflings, you are fighting good guys, your halflings, who have low loyalty betray you, and become units of the opposition team. But if you had the high loyalty rating crusaders, they, even though they were good, would still betray you.)
F) A third battle dimension, so the flying cretures could duke it out without being pestered by the land creatures (though they could still land) or if your on a ship, some of your guys could be dueling below deck, while others are above.
G) Each hero having a special spell and creature that only they could have. To add another thought to the hero process.
H) The wait until option, so when your pheonix decides to wait he also gets to choose who to wait for, e.g. you normally tell your pheonix to wait and he waits for those slow golems, but instead you click on the air elementals and as soon as the air elementals have moved, your pheonixes can wipe out the golems
I)Posting guards. You post a group of ten green dragons in front of your mine/ favourite external creature dwelling. Then when the opposing army come up to try to take it, your creatures defend it, it doesn't matter if you get to control it or not, so your dragons protect it and save your hero walking there. Actualy it would probably be best if you didn't control the battle, to leave an inscentive to use hero's, (though I guess using heros in combat to attack in itself is a great inscentive)
J) Bring back cursed artifacts. So you pick up your helmet that puts your knowledge up by one, and you automaticaly unequip your other helmet and equip this one which is cursed, which you can not take off, oh no your knowledge is down by 2 instead.
K) Many people wouldn't like this one, but, I have met a lot of crybabies when I have been playing online (normally I just stop playing heroes with that person but) they lose a single dwarf and oh my gosh! I have to load!!! So they do the same battle 6 times until they don't lose a dwarf. So I suggest that ones should only be allowed to save once per week. Or even better would be a limit to the amount of saves per week, chosen by the player initiating the multiplayer game. But it does take out one level of strategy, thats why I play with people who agree to no saves.
L) Diffaculty levels in campaigns after you finish them once. Because after you've finished them once it becomes to easy. Wouldn't it be harder if you started out with 0 gold and resources, and against a super smart enemy??
Anyway I hope HOMM 4 is good.
Pug.
"Urza finished focusing her power into the spatula and said, 'Who wants pancakes?'" (Magic: Unglued)
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buffon_ice
Tavern Dweller
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posted August 19, 2001 09:46 PM |
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No specialities to heroes...
That never mind which Heroes come back or not cause like I said heroes in HoMM4 have no special abilities, and we can change a name of the hero and his picture so no more prefered heroes.
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stargazer
Famous Hero
hero of order and life
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posted March 24, 2003 04:16 PM |
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Quote:
Arachnid,
Can you please tell me what happens to Mutare? I'm dying to find out. The things I've heard range from she dies to she gets transformed back into a human.
I think some one killed her
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When we are young
Wandering the face of the Earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we're only Mortal for a little while
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this_other_guy
Famous Hero
{0_o} heh...
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posted June 10, 2003 05:26 AM |
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Quote:
Well the HOMM storylines are directly linked to to MM storylines. When the King of Enroth (Whats his face, guy, turned his brother to stone or sumthin) disappeared in MM he was still gone in the storyline of HOMM III until AB when he returned. So what happens in the latest MM game will likely be attached to HOMM 4.
Well in the Homm4/MM9 case, it's not. Although both titles are set in the land of Axeoth, their storylines are not linked at all. IMHO, NWC screwed up the storylines big time...
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CountZero
Adventuring Hero
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posted June 10, 2003 06:24 AM |
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I cannot find a single reference to H5 in this whole thread.
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Djive
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Zapper of Toads
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posted June 10, 2003 09:03 PM |
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Look at the posting dates. The thread is two years old. So this is originally a H4 wish.
The thread was probably revived from page 35-40 or thereabouts.
Moderator's note:This topic has been closed, as it refers to an older version of the game. To discuss Heroes 3, please go to Library Of Enlightenment, to discuss Heroes 4, please go to War Room Of Axeoth, to discuss Heroes 5, go to Temple Of Ashan.
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