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Elvin
Elvin


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Endless Revival
posted February 14, 2011 11:23 AM
Edited by Elvin at 08:34, 15 Feb 2011.

Celebrating 25 years of Might & Magic

An article on the progression of the might and magic series and a promise of continuing with the heroes saga



From avonu in Celestial Heavens:

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Some new things from local game magazine (I don't guarantee that all are 100% true):

- Reputation system has Dragon Tears and Dragon Blood points. Earning Dragon Tears will make your hero more Roland type, while Dragon Blood more Archibald type.
Reputation also influence spells - like better healing (tears) or stronger fireball (blood)

- We see Necromacer advanced class - Embalmer - at Igromir video. Other class is called Reaper.

- Hero can learn adv. class when he has enough reputation points AND visit special building in city called Chamber of Judgement. He can change his advanced class every ten level (but not in campaign - in campaign hero choise will influence ending).

- Reputation points can be learned for example by helping NPCs or allowing neutral armies/monsters to escape (tears).

- It seems there will be two endings (epilogue maps) in campaign. Depending of player choises, one of them will be end map for him/her.

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Elvin
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posted February 18, 2011 10:14 AM
Edited by Elvin at 15:15, 18 Feb 2011.

Might&Magic Heroes VI Second Community Q&A

Enjoy



For the life of me I cannot fathom why.. but this is confirmed to be the official box cover of H6.



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posted February 18, 2011 06:57 PM

In polish journal CD Action "Release date" = "May 2011 ?"

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Mitzah
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posted February 20, 2011 06:05 PM

Yes, well, this appears to be true. The game has been delayed until May ~15th. This game store was the first (and only?) to announce the contents of the Collector's Edition and they have very close ties with Ubisoft Romania. It's definitely postponed, in my opinion.
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Elvin
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posted February 21, 2011 12:52 PM

Keep an eye on this one, it will allegedly get some exclusive info and earlier updates during the week
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posted February 21, 2011 01:17 PM

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Yes, well, this appears to be true. The game has been delayed until May ~15th. This game store was the first (and only?) to announce the contents of the Collector's Edition and they have very close ties with Ubisoft Romania. It's definitely postponed, in my opinion.


Xhane posted this on FB today :
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The date is not March but Spring, and Spring goes beyond March until June! Otherwise, you do have sets of Artifacts.

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posted February 21, 2011 01:27 PM

Just a heads-up on the discussion of release date: While the information is relevant, please don't post here unless there is further substantial information on that issue. Either take it to discussion thread or to a dedicated thread to that subject (there was one, don't remember if I closed it or not).
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Elvin
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posted February 23, 2011 09:15 AM
Edited by Elvin at 09:44, 23 Feb 2011.

From facebook

Paul Anthony Romero: Soundtrack for VI is completed and is very melodic and exotique! Cant wait to see how the music, graphics, characters and gameplay all mesh as one!

Three cheers for Paul! Drop by to say hello, I'm sure he'll appreciate it



Reputation Q&A - January 2011
Erwan Le Breton, Producer, Ubisoft


1) Can you present us the Reputation System?

   "You were born a Griffin! The story of your life is yours to write, but choose your ink wisely. There are only two colors... your blood or your tears."
   In Might & Magic Heroes, you are proposed two distinct ways of writing your destiny. Your blood descends from the Dragon-gods themselves, and if you follow your instincts, attacking fast and hard, throwing caution to the wind, your blood will serve you well.
   There is also another way to write your hero's story. You can do your best to understand the complexity of a situation before acting rashly. This path is for seekers of knowledge, protectors and the curious at heart. It is full of moments of surprising happiness, but also times of tragic sadness. This is the path of Tears.
   Whatever path you choose, you must follow it through to its logical end. True heroes are true to their hearts. Whether trusting Blood or risking Tears, writing the story of your destiny will be an exciting adventure.

   In H6 the player will be faced with a very important Reputation choice between two different "moral paths": the path of Dragon Tears and the path of Dragon Blood.
This is not a Manichean "Good vs Evil" dichotomy but rather a dynamic concept of conflicting perspectives.

   Blood Heroes will be active and offensive, Tears Heroes will be more reactive and defensive.
Imagine, for instance, that your hero stumbles upon an innocent person being assaulted by a robber.
Like a "Punisher", the Blood hero will chase the robber and attack him to prevent him from causing more harm.
Like a "Paladin", the Tears hero will interpose himself between the robber and its victim. He will try to intimidate or persuade the robber, and comfort the victim.

2) What are the IG consequences of these choices?

   Your hero's path will strongly influence your player's experience:
   In terms of storytelling, it will unlock special quests on each campaign map, different companion heroes, and a unique "epilogue" map linked to your path.
   Gameplaywise, it will grant you access to specific "advanced classes", 4 per faction, each with their unique visuals and sets of abilities. The more Reputation you gain, the more powerful your Reputation-related abilities become. For instance, Healing (a Light spell) will be influenced by your Tears rating, whereas Fireball (a Fire spell) will be influenced by your Blood rating.
   This is truly a unique system, never before seen in a strategy game.

3) What can we expect from the advanced classes? Will they work like in H4?

No, because they're not based on a specific combination of abilities but rather on your Reputation choices.
Your heroes' classes will ultimately be defined by their faction, their affinity (Might or Magic) and their Reputation choice.
For instance, a Might hero from the Haven faction will start as a "Knight" and can later evolve into a "Paladin" (Tears) or a "Vindicator" (Blood).

4) Can you hold your class advancing? Or will it happen automatically?

   Most ingame actions will award Reputation points.
For instance, if your enemies flee before your powerful army, choosing to let them escape will grant you Tear points. Chasing them down to kill them will give you Blood points.
More generally, using Tear abilities will grant you Tear points, and the same goes for Blood.
   Many quests will also offer a Reputation choice and they will reward you with the appropriate Reputation points. These gains are not mutually exclusive. Your Blood and Tears ratings are not co-dependant and you never lose the Reputation points you've gained. When you reach a certain Blood or Tears threshold, you're offered the choice of evolving into the corresponding Reputation advanced class This is not automatic; you have to return to one of your towns to change classes. So you can wait until you have reached both of the Tears and Blood thresholds, and then make your choice.
   Every ten levels, you can also "respec" your hero's Reputation (and therefore their class and abilities). But in the single player campaigns, you have to make a final Reputation choice at a certain moment, and you cannot go back and respec (for obvious storytelling reasons).
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Nelgirith
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Supreme Hero
posted February 23, 2011 07:52 PM

Gameplay video on Gamestar.de

http://www.gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1589&pk=15735

It's kinda funny with the Clash of Heroes music in background ^^

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Wckey
Wckey


Famous Hero
posted February 24, 2011 12:54 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKzr3F7JsU

A melody you will listen on Heroes VI (It's the song of the medley).

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Elvin
Elvin


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posted February 25, 2011 10:25 AM

Haven vs Necro combat video
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of the Horadrim
posted February 25, 2011 11:04 AM

Gamespot Hands-on Preview

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And our hero made his epic journey to the tune of none other than a rearranged version of Heroes of Might & Magic II's haunting exploration theme. Apparently, Heroes VI will reprise much of the music from previous games (some of the combat music draws on Clash of Heroes, for instance).

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posted March 01, 2011 07:16 PM

Heroes Animations video
http://heroes.hardwired.hu/heroes6/leirasok/hunweek/8interview_eng.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3NOwVsT1vY


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Willis
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posted March 02, 2011 05:54 AM

I don't believe this PCGamer preview has been posted yet. Not much new, but they claim the script and acting are much better than in Heroes V

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Elvin
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posted March 02, 2011 09:02 AM
Edited by Elvin at 09:08, 02 Mar 2011.

THIS THREAD IS NOT FOR DISCUSSION, OFFTOPIC WILL BE CLEANED. PLEASE RESPECT THE THREAD'S RULES, THANK YOU.
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posted March 02, 2011 08:23 PM
Edited by Wckey at 20:57, 02 Mar 2011.

At the hungarian site

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Questions from Vologya Mester:


1. Tell me something about yourself! When did you start working at Black Hole and what is your job?

Isti: We both are founders of Black Hole Entertainment. The company was formed in 2000. My job is to supervise/manage the game development (gameplay, graphics, sounds, music, animation).
Boci: My task is the gamedesign (design + gameplay), I make and put the game design ideas together, plus its also my job to make maps or to find the correct balance between each faction.

2. What do you do to make each faction as balanced as possible? You do a lot of testings, you use your instincts, or is there a special method?
Boci: Of course its not up to our instincts. We have some pretty complex table containing the stats and abilities of every creature. These sheets of course not only about numbers, some of them include serious formulas. They help us to calculate each unit's "value", and the effect/impact of their abilities. Each unit have its unique "Army Power" value that's calculated based on all the abilities and stats of the unit. This value represents the unit's overall strength, this serves the base for our balance calculations. Of course we still need to test it out in the game, and if it needs any fine-tune, we changing things. Right now the development is in this phase.

3. We've read about the reputation system in some gaming magazines, but could you tell us about this and the basics of the skill system? Anything that we should know?
Boci: The reputation system have two side: Blood and Tears (was mentioned in the previous Erwan interview). It functions similar than the XP from the previous games. If you gathered enough reputation point, you can advance to higher class that will also affect the look/appearance of your hero on the adventure map. Ability tree is a parallel system where you have full control spending your points from the levelups on any ability you desire. Its up to You how you form your hero! Lets see an xample: You are following the path of Tears and you learn the Cure spell at basic level. After that you reach the first level of the Tears resulting a power increase in Cure (and in all other Tears-based ability).

4. How does the new area controll system works exactly?
Boci: There are territories with borders (marked with signs). Each territory have a town or fort that controls the area. Every single mine and dwelling is attached to it therefore if you capture the town you gain control over all external mine/dwelling in its territory. IMPORTANT, you must capture the mines/dwellings or the town will not have authority over them. If a wandering enemy hero takes one of your mine or dwelling then no need to rush out to retake it, since it will become yours again when the hero leaves it (assuming the town/fort that controls the territory is in your hand).

5. We know that there won't be any mage guilds in the game. Then how will the heroes learn new spells from the 7 magic school and how will those be placed in their spell books? Any approximate info on the number of available spells?
Boci: Every hero will have some selectable (magic and might) ability. Heroes will gain points after each levelup that they can spend on available abilities. These abilities either passive (for example: Logistics) or active (for example: Fireball). Active ones goes to the respected hero's spellbook and they can be used on the battlefield. You can choose between magic schools (only if they are available for your faction). There are more than 200 spells (active + passive).

6. How will Luck and Moral work? What changed in these skills compared to the previous games?
Boci: We changed their mechanic too. Luck and morale in the previous games was too random and strong. Lets talk about morale first: when it's a creature's turn to act, you can foresee if it will have a morale so you can use that knowledge to plan what to do, making it easier to tactic. However after the first attack the second one will be less powerful. After morale the second movement will be limited and the creature's attack power will be lower too (we still balancing its %). Now some word about luck: heroes and units will have their own luck-factor where 1 luck point = 1%. An advanced hero will have around 6-7% luck, while the luck of creatures will top at 6-7% as well. A fully upgraded (level 30) hero + creature will have a maximum of 15% chance for a lucky attack that can be increased further with spells, abilities and artifacts. Its also important to mention that lucky strikes will do +50% more damage than in normal case.

7. You've changed the primary skill system (Attack, Defense, Spellpower, Knowledge), they've been separated into magic attack/defense, might attack/defense etc, why?
Isti: In the same line as the game's name change from HOMM6 to MM: Heroes 6, the answer to this question is related to the unification process Ubisoft is undertaking for all its Might & Magic games. There's a common "umbrella" brand name (Might & Magic), a common setting (the world of Ashan), a common set of rules (the 7 schools of Magic, the revised stat names and meanings, etc.). In this world (Ashan), magic power and affinity are not related to knowledge (for instance). Moreover, it makes sense that the stat names echo the Might & Magic dichotomy .
Every hero will have magic/might attack and magic/might defense, and the same goes for the creatures (the hero's stats will be added to the creature's stats upon calculating the final value). For example a might (Crossbowman) creature's attack will be increased by the hero's might attack value while a caster unit's (Priestess) attack will strengthened by the hero's magic attack stat (it will also increase the power of the unit's healing ability). This change was necessary because of the new ability-tree system. In previous games magic heroes were stronger than might heroes. In Heroes VI might hero abilities will have the same power and effectiveness as magic hero abilities, making the game even more balanced.

8. What kind of special abilities the different hero classes will have and how will they work?
Boci: During fights there is a progressbar filling up on the console that has 4 level. Each faction charges it differently, Stronghold creatures for example gains a point with each attack while Necropolis gains a point when enemy/own creatures receive damage. After it reached level 1, you can use the ability anytime. Since the hero can act anytime during the fight (but only once per round similar than in Heroes III), you can use it whenever you want. Its power increases by its level, and the effects is different per faction: Necropolis can reanimate and heal the dead, Stronghold gets overall attack bonus (rage).

9. How will initiative bar work? What determines the creature's order?
Boci: Every creature have an initiative value (it differs from speed!). This determines their acting order. It can be changed with spells and artifacts. There are rounds, a creature can only act once per round (unless morale kicks in, but that will be visible before it happens).

10. What kind of special things/events will we encounter on the battlefield during a fight?
Boci: There are some, campaign and non-campaign specific. One example: rally flags are no longer adventure map-only, we will meet them on the battlefields too. If a creature stand next to it, will gain increased luck.

11. Will we meet any special things during sieges (like the ditch in front of the walls from Heroes III)?
Boci: Yes, you will. Their effect will be different per faction: Inferno town's ditch will cause continuous fire damage to an unit when its turn comes (in the beginning) unless it moves out.

12. If everything goes as planned, the game will be shipped with a map editor? Can you share any info about it, what it is capable of? Is there a plan to add a Campaign editor or a Random map generator?
Boci: Yes, we plan to ship it with the map editor included. Our goal was to make it hard-coded meaning no scripts needed (unlike in Heroes V mapeditor). Our main priority at the moment is to make it user-friendly. We might add a campaign editor later, and about the random map generator: its too early to talk about it.


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Fan questions:



1. Are you planning an open/closed Beta test before release? If yes, then approximately when?
Isti: Yes we are planning a closed BETA before release. Date is still to be determined. We’ll let you know of course!

2. Rob and Paul will return with their music. What kind of themes will be there in the game (combat, terrain, factions, siege, etc.) and how long they will be? Any info on their extension (mp3)?
Isti: Yes, there will be different themes... The music together is about 2,5 hour long, approximately 50 tracks (to main menu theme, special menus theme, fraction themes, terrain themes, battle scenes, faction siege battle themes, boss battle themes, campaign themes, AI turn themes, "event" themes and credit theme) and their format probably will be mp3.

3. How many unique buildings will be in the game per faction?
Boci: 4 per faction, each will be different per town and per faction. For example Necropolis will have the Tomb of Heroes building that will make hero resurrection free and will give temporary bonuses a certain period of time.

4. In the previous episodes the maximum number of players on the map was 8. Based on a previous pic from the mapeditor it will be 12, is that true? And any info on the size of the adventure maps?
Boci: The editor is Black Hole Entertainment's own development. It is capable to handle 12 player (it was written for a different multiplayer game) but for Heroes VI the maximum number of players on the map will be 8.

5. Could you tell us something about the AI? In hard modes will the AI "cheat" or will play fair?
Boci: In my opinion the game AI will be quite smart. On easy and normal difficulty the computer will not cheat at all. Of course on Hard difficulty some cheating is necessary to give pro players enough challenge, but will not be as noticable as in Heroes V's case.

6. How many new and old artifacts (and combo/set artifacts) will be in the game, and any info on their quantity? Will be there scrolls and potions?
Isti: There will be around 150 artifact in the game including 8 combo/set artifact, each will have 6-6 part. The ratio between old and new artifact will be around 50-50%. And yes, there will be scrolls and potions as you could see on some picture of the day.

7. If there will be a Town Portal spell, how will it work? Like in Heroes III or in Heroes V? Or if not, then how will the heroes travel?
Boci: There will be basic and advanced Town Portal spell, but they will act differently. They are buildings that you must build first. Basic town portal will help heroes to move from town to town. With advanced town portal heroes could portal back to the nearest town with town portal building from the adventure map. Combining this two they will work as the Town Portal from Heroes III (first jump to the nearest town then portal to the destination town using the portal building).

8. On some 'picture of the day' we saw different colored marks under the heroes/units. What's that? Each hero/creature will have its own colormark on the battlefield and on the adventure map?
Boci: Don't get confused by the early pics, they are from the alpha version, and sometimes they've been made with the map editor. In the final game aura colors will be the same as the player's color. The aura under creatures will change based on which player controls the territory.

9. In Marzihn's second Q&A video he told that there will be 8 boss and 8 neutral creature. The number of bosses is satisfying, but I think there should be more neutral creature since the main game will start with only 5 faction. Do you plan to increase their numbers before release, or will you add more in later explansion(s)?
Boci: There were no more neutral creature in the previous games at launch and we don't feel its not enough.

10. How strong the neutral units will be?
Boci: 0 Core, 7 Elite, 1 Champion Neutral unit.

11. Is there any chanche that you will change the name of some creature before release? For example the Cerberus in the greek mythology is a 3 headed dog, but in the game he only has two head that's a bit confusing)
Names won't change. Ashan is a Fantasy world, not our historical or even mythical Earth. We use references to our own mythologies and folklores for their rich - and immediate - symbolic meaning, but we never copy them 100% - rather we adapt them to Ashan's own laws to make them more unique. Our Vampires, for instance, are nothing like Dracula, or the Cullens from Twilight



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DIEGIS
DIEGIS


Supreme Hero
power of Zamolxis
posted March 03, 2011 07:57 PM
Edited by DIEGIS at 20:13, 03 Mar 2011.

On gameshop.ro (a Romanian game e-shop)theres some interesting info; I will translate some of them:

http://gameshop.ro/game.php?id=6167#


"Might and Magic Heroes VI Collectors Edition
contains:

1. the game Might and Magic Heroes VI
2. a poster
3. an artbook: 160 pages
4. a ring with a Griffin on it
5. a t-shirt
6. the possibility of downloading an extra: 1 map for in singleplayer mode, 2 living artefacts 3D premium, 2 Dynasty Heroes premium and 1 epic mount (?!)

Release date: 15 May 2011"

Not sure how they get these info ... may be from  "Best Distribution" mentioned there ...

EDIT: the news are dated last year: 11. oct. 2010
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posted March 04, 2011 09:34 PM

http://might-and-magic.ubi.com/heroes-6/en-GB/game/buildings/index.aspx
building page update
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posted March 07, 2011 10:21 AM

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Hi all,
From this week on, Screenshot of the Day will now be Screenshot of the Week.
Indeed, some of you said we were giving out too much with one screen per day. We listened and reduced the screenshots number.
Also, we think you won't feel a lack of news on Heroes VI as we have really nice announcements coming up this week. Stay tuned for more!


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posted March 08, 2011 09:03 AM

Fan manual (draft): [url=http://spammmods.narod.ru/mmh6/]english version 0.09[/url]

+ Section "Heroes";
+ Section "Reputation";
+ Section "Heroes abilities";
+ Section "Artifacts";
+ Section "Buildings";
+ Section "Neutral" (empty);
+ Comic Strip #2.
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