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Kenishi
Famous Hero
passed out drunk in Tavern's
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posted March 11, 2011 06:43 AM |
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Edited by Kenishi at 06:59, 11 Mar 2011.
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Quote: So ladies and gents,
We have the 5 factions for the vanilla Heroes VI game!
The faction abilities:
Haven -> Guardian Angel (protection from all damage)
Necro -> Ressurrection (raise dead)
Inferno -> Gating (more troops)
Orcs -> Rage (increased attack, morale, etc.)
Naga -> Honour (increased defense)
They mentioned that not all magic schools will be available to every faction, so I'm guessing that certain schools favour certain factions better than others:
Haven -> Light (& Air?)
Necro -> Prime & Dark
Inferno -> Prime & Fire
Orcs -> Earth & Air
Naga -> Water & Light
I have Prime for Necro and Inferno because they directly worship the primordial dragons, Asha and Urgash so probably linked closely to the magic school.
Orcs link with Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Naga seem like a "good" faction, so obvious water magic and then Light.
I don't think it will be that restrictive maybe the opposite won't be available like Heaven can't get Prime but can chose from Air,Fire,Earth,Light (obviously),Water and even Dark.
Or it's a mix of the for-mentioned by me and something like for example some faction have a affinity for a cert-en school and get bonuses (maybe some additional skills) casting it like Naga with Water, Heaven with Light, Inferno with Prime, Necromancers with Dark etc., or just the latter alone.
Guess will see within next months how it plays out.
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xerox
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 07:47 AM |
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wooooooooooow I looooove the new paul romero music, I hope its for naga! it sounds amazing
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Hungarest
Known Hero
What? Why? I'm undefeatable
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posted March 11, 2011 07:58 AM |
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SkrentyzMienty
Famous Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 08:22 AM |
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That music sounds like a remix of H3 Bastion, H5 Sylvan, and Pirates of the Caribbean!
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Valen-Teen
Famous Hero
UFOlolOgist
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posted March 11, 2011 08:48 AM |
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I like female singing... Very amazing music!
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Mitzah
Promising
Supreme Hero
of the Horadrim
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posted March 11, 2011 09:00 AM |
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So now that we know there's gonna be an open beta, what are the chances the game's gonna be delayed again?
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soul_blighter
Adventuring Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 09:01 AM |
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the appearance of the air elemental clarifies that the red haired creature on previous screenshots is not the air elemental as many have suggested. also, its not replacing the spring/water spirits in the sanctuary lineup. that creature is a neutral sea hag probably...only that, the light elemental and the moon phoenix are left to discover...
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Dexter
Known Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 09:11 AM |
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Just wanted to note, that ther's an image of a Dragon Knight design by Oliver Ledroit, on the very first pages of the artbook:
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted March 11, 2011 09:12 AM |
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I don't think it will be that restrictive maybe the opposite won't be available like Heaven can't get Prime but can chose from Air,Fire,Earth,Light (obviously),Water and even Dark.
Or it's a mix of the for-mentioned by me and something like for example some faction have a affinity for a cert-en school and get bonuses (maybe some additional skills) casting it like Naga with Water, Heaven with Light, Inferno with Prime, Necromancers with Dark etc., or just the latter alone.
Guess will see within next months how it plays out.
Sorry, maybe misunderstood me, didn't mean that the factions are restricted to only these magic schools, just that the few I showed are "favorite" magic schools of each faction....yes, Haven can get water, earth, fire, dark but the best schools are light and air (for example).
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Danny
Famous Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 09:15 AM |
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Quote: the appearance of the air elemental clarifies that the red haired creature on previous screenshots is not the air elemental as many have suggested.
But Elvin said it a long time ago that it's not the Air Elemental, not sure why this went on for so long.
I must have missed it, but was there a screenshot with the Dark Elemental? Was it one of the underground ones?
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Kenishi
Famous Hero
passed out drunk in Tavern's
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posted March 11, 2011 09:18 AM |
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Edited by Kenishi at 09:21, 11 Mar 2011.
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Quote: So now that we know there's gonna be an open beta, what are the chances the game's gonna be delayed again?
Don't see way it should, I mean if they start at the end of March and finish by the middle of April they still have like a month until release day if the 20+ May is the release day.
@DoubleDeck aha now I get it sorry, so basically we reached almost the same conclusion that there could be a faction and magic affinity but not two schools but one for example Heaven favors Light, Naga water etc.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted March 11, 2011 09:52 AM |
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Quote: What annoys me more than anything else about the naga, actually, is how the female nagas get a pretty human face while the male nagas get snakey faces. It's something that I can live with it, but at least for now it's really bugging me and it's probably the only decision they made (regarding the naga) that I really don't like. I know naga in mythologies come in many different forms, but i just wish they had put a third, very different and awesome naga unit in there, to express that they come in a myriad of forms. the way it is right now, makes it seem like it's just how all female and male nagas are.
There's a perfectly reasonable explanation about that. If you see the seed drawing you'll see that kensi is from the deep naga species. Coral maidens on the other hand are not.
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sxshopper
Known Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 09:58 AM |
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well... as to magic schools, we know that there will be 7. and that each faction has some associated schools. (something like in H4) so does that mean that there will be 7 factions? 5 now and +1 in the first expansion and +1 in the 2nd expansion?
Judging from the 7 schools names we can say what factions will be in the expansion...can't we?
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted March 11, 2011 10:09 AM |
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Not really, no.
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 10:11 AM |
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Quote: well... as to magic schools, we know that there will be 7. and that each faction has some associated schools. (something like in H4) so does that mean that there will be 7 factions? 5 now and +1 in the first expansion and +1 in the 2nd expansion?
Judging from the 7 schools names we can say what factions will be in the expansion...can't we?
No. The factions are not assigned to magic schools, it's the exact opposite from H4. Some factions have "affinities" with specific schools like Nagas with water and Haven with light, but that's it. They said a while ago that all factions had an equal access to all magic schools
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted March 11, 2011 10:13 AM |
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Quote: well... as to magic schools, we know that there will be 7. and that each faction has some associated schools. (something like in H4) so does that mean that there will be 7 factions? 5 now and +1 in the first expansion and +1 in the 2nd expansion?
Judging from the 7 schools names we can say what factions will be in the expansion...can't we?
No, some magic schools will be available to multiple factions (like Prime for Necro and Inferno).
Remember in Ashan, there a 9 factions:
Haven - Holy Falcon/Griffin Empire
Necro - The Seven Cities / Heresh
Inferno - Everywhere!
Stronghold - Pao Islands
Naga - Hashima
Elves - Irollan
Dark Elves - Yggchall
Dwarves - Grimheim
Academy - The Silver Cities
If there are to be 2 expansions then they'll need 2 extra factions per expansion, otherwise some will get left out....
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Valen-Teen
Famous Hero
UFOlolOgist
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posted March 11, 2011 10:16 AM |
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted March 11, 2011 10:31 AM |
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Quote: Inferno - Shioh?
You mean Sheogh ?
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Dave_Jame
Promising
Legendary Hero
I'm Faceless, not Brainless.
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posted March 11, 2011 10:32 AM |
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Quote: I must have missed it, but was there a screenshot with the Dark Elemental? Was it one of the underground ones?
here and here
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Valen-Teen
Famous Hero
UFOlolOgist
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posted March 11, 2011 10:39 AM |
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Oh, yes Sheogh =))) Forgot how it can be write in english =)
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