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Zenofex
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posted March 29, 2013 08:05 AM
Edited by Zenofex at 08:06, 29 Mar 2013.

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Read the interview. Undead and such units will still be around, just not playable yet.
That's kind of like playing with the wolves in Heroes VI, isn't it?
Quote:
In Heroes 3, many specialties only work with units of the same town.
What?

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Naze
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posted March 29, 2013 08:37 AM

Whaaat? Draconians? Why did they choose THEM? Undead, Azracs/Nomads or Lizardmen would be a much much better choice... This is really a giant disappointment to me.

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posted March 29, 2013 10:02 AM

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Quote:
In Heroes 3, many specialties only work with units of the same town.
What?


Edric - griffins
Sorsha - swordsmen
Tyris - cavaliers
Valeska - archers
Ingham - monks
Fafner - nagas
Iona - genies
Josephine - golems
Piquedram - gargoyles
Thane - genies (second time)
Theodorus - magi
Calh - gogs
Fiona - hell hounds
Ignatius - imps
Nymus - pit fiends
Rashka - efreeti
Alkin - gorgons
Broghild - wyverns
Bron - basilisks
Drakon - gnolls
Korbac - serpent flies
Wystan - lizardmen
Clancy - unicorns
Ivor - elves
Ryland - dendroids
Ufretin - dwarves
Aeris - pegasi
Ajit - beholders
Shakti - troglodytes
Dace - minotaurs
Lorelei - harpies
Gretchin - goblins
Jabarkas - orcs
Krellion - ogres
Shiva - rocs
Tyraxor - wold riders
Yog - cyclopes
Vey - ogres (2nd time)
Charna - wights
Galthran - skeletons
Moandor - liches
Straker - walking dead
Tamika - black knights
Vokial - vampires

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Geny
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What if Elvin was female?
posted March 29, 2013 10:04 AM

@Joonas
I meant that the population is different. According to the interview it will be much harder assimilating bloodthirsty population if you're playing a good guy.

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- Theocrat
- Warlord
- Sorcerer
- Dreadnought
- Rogue

You forgot Druid.
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posted March 29, 2013 10:34 AM

While I feel a bit of disappointment reading that of 15 possible races there will only be 6 in the initial release, I also feel that "race" seems to be used in a broadened sense in AoW III, and that each race will play quite differently and with different kind of units depending on your ruler type, which seems to be fair compensation, especially considering that additional races may be added in the future.

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Zenofex
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posted March 29, 2013 10:47 AM

@B0rsuk, a specialisation in one creature hardly means that you can't use other creatures, including from different towns. It just means that the creature in question will perform better than it would with another hero. And that's 1 out of 7 army slots. And more than half of the heroes in each faction don't even specialise in creatures. And so on.
That's not for this topic though.

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b0rsuk
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posted March 30, 2013 08:21 AM

So how often do you choose a *main* hero that specializes in units you don't have ? Any examples ?
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Zenofex
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posted March 30, 2013 09:27 AM

Very often? Crag Hack, Tazar, these are universal choices for pretty much any faction. Then there are the mages and so on, it's pointless to name them all.
Like I said though, this is not for this topic.

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posted March 30, 2013 10:07 AM
Edited by Salamandre at 12:11, 30 Mar 2013.

Tazar and Crag are the ultimate specialists of every creature -except shooters for Crag- by their nature. It is true that sometimes we have to go with a specialist without having his creatures -most often Shakti is considered a top quality pick by any faction because tactics, offense, abundant starting army and good leveling path- but in general Borsuk is right, you will drop any creature specialist for a more general specialist, archery, artillery, logistic, if you have the chance to get one.

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b0rsuk
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posted March 30, 2013 07:17 PM
Edited by b0rsuk at 19:30, 30 Mar 2013.

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Very often? Crag Hack, Tazar, these are universal choices for pretty much any faction. Then there are the mages and so on, it's pointless to name them all.
Like I said though, this is not for this topic.


Tazaar has a specialty of Armorer, not units. I'm asking you how often do you choose a hero that has Specialty: Unit Outside Your Faction as your main.

My point is that while it's technically possible to play a Dendroid specialist with Inferno army, this is extremely rarely done except by AI. The bonus, while small, is a strong psychological deterrent.

Back to Age of Wonders - I like the ability to freely mix hero types and races. Yes, I forgot about Arch Druids, so there will be initially 6 races * 6 leader classes, so in theory 36 combinations. Obviously some of them will be less viable than others, but there will be no artificial constraints and I appreciate that.

Some quotes from the last interview:

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If you had to pick your favourite thing from Age of Wonders 2, Shadow Magic and Age of Wonders III what would they be and why?

Aw, now that’s a mean question. My favorite thing from AoWII was the overall improved strategic gameplay core and for Shadow Magic the arrival of the random map generator, which greatly increased replay and made the unknown a factor for all players in multiplayer games.

For AoWIII I think I’ll choose the new battle system. The new classes are great, but it’s the battles that make everything come together. We can do a lot more today with presentation, so the battles feel more intense and alive, and the new rules like flanking and engagement give a lot more tactical depth, even with simple fights.

(...)
This was one feature fans and myself love so much was how you catered for all parties. In addition to online modes, will LAN, Hotseat and PBEM (Play-by-email) will be included and could you elaborate on any decisions made with these features?

These modes will be all back. AoW3 has been designed as a multiplayer game from the get go.

(...)

Implementing Artificial Intelligence is always the hardest part in a game like this.   For every gameplay rule, spell or unit ability we need to determine if the AI would be able to use it effectively.  We went back looking at mechanics from the previous games and indentified some bottlenecks like sea combat and flight, which have been changed to help AI, as a consequence it should also be more fair and balance for human players.



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posted April 03, 2013 03:48 PM
Edited by DIEGIS at 16:08, 03 Apr 2013.

I love AOW series....didnt know they are going to release the game this fall...Great News!
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Sokkur
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posted April 14, 2013 08:30 PM

I am looking forward to AoW 3, especially since the game is made by my favorite company which made a game that changed my life forever.

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blob2
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posted April 15, 2013 12:41 AM

The gameplay movie made me even more interested in AoW 3. BTW what are the Draconians race? Were they present in past AoW games? Are they lizardmen or a dragon-something kind of race?

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posted April 15, 2013 05:22 AM

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I am looking forward to AoW 3, especially since the game is made by my favorite company which made a game that changed my life forever.


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Geny
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What if Elvin was female?
posted April 15, 2013 07:59 AM

@blob2
The draconians were in AoW2 and Shadow Magic. They do resemble lizardmen, many of them with wings. link to creature list.
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posted April 15, 2013 02:48 PM
Edited by blob2 at 15:02, 15 Apr 2013.

@Geny

Thanks! I'm looking forward to playing them in AoW III

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Naze
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posted May 23, 2013 08:41 PM

Some new and interesting info just came out...

right here

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RMZ1989
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posted May 23, 2013 09:12 PM

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Some new and interesting info just came out...

right here

Saw it today, really excited about it! It looks more and more to the Epic Warhammer, which I really like. They have impressed me with everything so far(except for no Undead as a race from the start, boo), I really can't wait to see how the game will look like.
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Tomipapa
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posted June 05, 2013 06:11 PM

New Dev Journal about "visualising the battlefields"

[url=http://www.ageofwonders.com/dev-journal-visualising-the-battlefields/]Dev Journal[/url]

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markkur
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Once upon a time
posted June 06, 2013 03:30 PM

This is looking better and better.

I hope the A.I. is good too. There's not much to read but from the couple of threads, at least they appear confidant it will be a good, balanced A.I. Our multi-cored PCs will no doubt help here as well.

Also, I like the new mount idea. Many of us have talked about improving "hero-movement"; adding elite-mounts with special-abilities that can be swapped is a great idea.

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