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Thread: Anyone here remember me from the Heroes 2 and 3 days?
quebecdragon
quebecdragon

Tavern Dweller
surviving azure dragon
posted January 20, 2007 10:57 PM

Anyone here remember me from the Heroes 2 and 3 days?

Hi everyone,

I just discovered this bulletin board. It seems very active, interesting and well moderated.

I was wondering if anyone here remembered me from the Astral Wizard web site days where I wrote a lot of strategies, map reviews, tips, news, etc on Heroes 2 and 3? I spent countless hours playing those games and writing about them. I didn't really play Heroes 4 but I started playing Heroes V recently in December and I love it. Nival and Ubisoft did a great job. It even inspired me to start writing campaign strategies again. I've posted some on the stateman's quill mailing list and on the strategic games newsgroup. Would people be interested in seeing them here also?

On another topic, for my profile picture, anybody here has seen a picture of an azure dragon not taken (blue with white highlights would also work)? Little known fact is that the azure (blue) dragon in the Heroes 3 expansion shadow of death was put there because of me (or at least I hope to think so . I used the term azure dragon a few times to describe myself before the expansion was out and the description of the creature itself was a bit of a "jab" at my expense. Astral had his hero in the game, I had my dragon.

I found this board doing a google search on a problem (bug?) I have with  the necromancer campaign scenario 1 "The temptation".

****** SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT**********











At the end of the scenario, just after fighting the orange knight and just after the cutscene, the game is saved but the scenario does not end. I see that avoiding the enemy heroes box is checkmarked in objectives, but not the "reach Vidal" objective. I saw on another thread that I'm supposed to attack Isabel but I do not see her, I just see Godric and I cannot "attack" him. I'm playing with patch 1.4











***** END OF SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT********

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Shauku83
Shauku83


Promising
Famous Hero
posted January 21, 2007 12:14 AM

Hi there!

No, sorry but can't remember you as I was not then in the community activity (no internet back then). HotSeat was the only thing I knew about Heroes, hehe.

I'm not sure if there is the original picture of the Azure Dragon here in the Avatar List, but if I remember correctly there is a guy on the Ubisoft Heroes forums using it. It is a nice pic really... Didn't know anything about it's history though. You got yourself one powerful Dragon

As for mission "The Temptation". The Haven is having internal conflict, and actually you are supposed to help Queen Isabel (and Godric), therefore attacking the guy harrassing them. So if you already defeated him, then the scenario should end. Unless you can attack the castle...I cannot remember what triggers the "Reach Vigil"-objective ; is it attacking the castle or just arriving there...

But it sounds like there might be a bug then, if it freezes like that... So I cannot help on that. Best try loading or even restarting if it doen't work...

But if you have the time to write anything about starategies, either about factions or campaigns, those are always needed. And will arouse a lot of activity and discussion. Cannot think of anything better

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Vlaad
Vlaad


Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
posted January 21, 2007 12:15 AM

Quote:
Hi everyone,

I just discovered this bulletin board. It seems very active, interesting and well moderated.

I was wondering if anyone here remembered me from the Astral Wizard web site...?

[...]

Little known fact is that the azure (blue) dragon in the Heroes 3 expansion shadow of death was put there because of me (or at least I hope to think so . I used the term azure dragon a few times to describe myself before the expansion was out and the description of the creature itself was a bit of a "jab" at my expense. Astral had his hero in the game, I had my dragon.
Whoa! The original Azure Dragon! Welcome to Heroes Community!
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On another topic, for my profile picture, anybody here has seen a picture of an azure dragon not taken (blue with white highlights would also work.
Sure. Check your profile at the top of this page. You can choose your avatar there (look for Azure Dragon under "A" ).

As for your questions about Heroes V, I see you have already discovered the right subforum.

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quebecdragon
quebecdragon

Tavern Dweller
surviving azure dragon
posted January 21, 2007 04:43 AM

"Sure. Check your profile at the top of this page. You can choose your avatar there (look for Azure Dragon under "A"  ."

Thank you for the answer. Unfortunately, someone already reserved it. That was my original problem, most of the pictures that would have fit, are taken. I suppose there isn't any way to import one of my pics?

As for my necromancer campaign mission 1 problem, I'll continue that in the other thread.

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VokialBG
VokialBG


Honorable
Legendary Hero
First in line
posted January 21, 2007 08:54 AM

You are the creator of the Azure Dragon? WoW Thanks man, your creature is one of my favourites

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Vlaad
Vlaad


Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
posted January 21, 2007 08:58 AM
Edited by Vlaad at 09:00, 21 Jan 2007.

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Thank you for the answer. Unfortunately, someone already reserved it. That was my original problem, most of the pictures that would have fit, are taken.
Is it really reserved? This page says it's used by 6 members, but not reserved.
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I suppose there isn't any way to import one of my pics?
You'll need 50 posts first. Then upload your custom pic to another site (such as Photobucket) and link it in this thread. The admin will enable it for you.

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quebecdragon
quebecdragon

Tavern Dweller
surviving azure dragon
posted January 21, 2007 04:38 PM

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You are the creator of the Azure Dragon? WoW Thanks man, your creature is one of my favourites



Not the creator, it was New World Computing, but probably the main "inspiration" or "incentive" to have it in the game. Back then, between the first Heroes 3 and the Armageddon's Blade expansion, I was very much involved in the Heroes community mostly though the strategic games newsgroup and the Astral Wizard's website. I sometimes exchanged e-mails with people at New World Computing. In Heroes 3, there was an Astral the wizard hero (because of the Astral wizard website), and since I was one of the main contributors (since Heroes 2),  I pleaded to either have a lightning-breathing blue (with some white) dragon in the expansion (colors of the quebec flag) or some kind of blue-skinned drow/elf hero named Qwentyn Drakkan or Syovan Azuresky (that would be the dragon stuck in that form), perhaps not those exact names but close.

Then, there was the whole controversy with the proposed Forge faction (including chainsaw zombies, naga tanks and assorted techno-fantasy creatures), I was reporting the news on the website, I was personally against the Forge but I tried to be objective and show both sides of the story (there was not much going on in favor of the forge). It rubbed some people at New World Computing or 3D0 the wrong way even though I was just one of the messengers. The Forge concept was dropped and replaced by the elemental conflux. I think by that point, the Azure dragon was already mostly done for the expansion, the description of the creature on the 3D0 website when it appeared was not very flattering (although for those on the inside, it could be somewhat funny). I'm trying to remember if the azure dragon description was on the official site before or after the whole forge controversy started... Well at least, they did keep the azure dragon as the strongest creature in the game as well as the name, so I'm grateful for that. I've always secretly wished for a actual hero alter-ego (like Astral) in the Heroes series  but I guess that will never happen now unless there's a big fan of me working at Ubisoft

Oh and to return this to a "related" Heroes V topic (thanks Vlaad , in the cinematic introduction, I see Nikolai with a blue dragon on his costume. It's not supposed to be an azure dragon is it?

(A few more replies and I'll be able to post the first of my Heroes V campaign srategies...)

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quebecdragon
quebecdragon

Tavern Dweller
surviving azure dragon
posted January 21, 2007 04:44 PM


Is it really reserved? [url=http://heroescommunity.com/avatarlist.php3?startNum=1056]This page[/url] says it's used by 6 members, but not reserved.
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I suppose there isn't any way to import one of my pics?
You'll need 50 posts first. Then upload your custom pic to another site (such as [url=http://photobucket.com]Photobucket[/url]) and link it in [url=http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=6288&pagenumber=8]this thread[/url]. The admin will enable it for you.


Sorry, I forgot to answer that in my previous reply. When I try to change for the azuredragon.jpg in the profile, it does say it's reserved and that I cannot use it. It doesn't say it's reserved in the list of pictures indeed.

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Doomforge
Doomforge


Admirable
Undefeatable Hero
Retired Hero
posted January 21, 2007 05:59 PM
Edited by Doomforge at 18:01, 21 Jan 2007.

The reserving system needs to be cleaned anyway, there are avatars reserved by people who have been inactive for ages or even don't have the necessary post count.. ~~ I'd love to have a death knight avatar, since they are my totally favorite fantasy beings, but it's reserved by a guy with 22 posts.. pathetic

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theluCas
theluCas


Adventuring Hero
thiNk
posted January 22, 2007 08:20 PM

I never head azure dragon, for me it is just myth. But i remember, he killed my whole army, i attacked him in multiplayer game, no possibility of load, and he with his incredibly high attack defence killed my whole army. So i dont like you, u are responsible for my loss .

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theluCas
theluCas


Adventuring Hero
thiNk
posted January 22, 2007 08:23 PM

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The reserving system needs to be cleaned anyway, there are avatars reserved by people who have been inactive for ages or even don't have the necessary post count.. ~~ I'd love to have a death knight avatar, since they are my totally favorite fantasy beings, but it's reserved by a guy with 22 posts.. pathetic


I agree with you, i wanted vampire lord from h3, my absolutely favourite unit ever, best of best, very nicely suited, the pwner of 4th level, undestructible troop, but it is RESERVED.

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