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Ghost
Undefeatable Hero
Therefore I am
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posted December 15, 2023 11:56 AM |
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A map screen seems to resemble Heroes 2.. When an old Heroes 2 - scape.. Now's some SVGA level  Would have been in Heroes 2.. Other I've 3,5k Sprites are stronger than 91 Phoenixes, thus damage, but mildy HP, if enemies kill my Sprites, and it replaces Magna Elementals are in hidden place, I get it easily.. Swarm of Magic Elementals.. Are still in 5 place.. Notice! Commanders are disabled.. So I must to attack against Green.. In there Conflux.. A game time is still 4 months.. Because I've other task..
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Fight MWMs - stand teach
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Gladienus
Tavern Dweller
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posted December 15, 2023 02:45 PM |
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Wow, great news!
To be honest, I didn't expect any new news so soon, but nice surprise.
I have seen that also an interview with the HotA creators will be premiered, I'm curious what they will tell us.
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted December 17, 2023 12:11 PM |
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Do we know about Factory's Resource Silo?
Since juggernauts require mercury and couatls require crystal, will they produce mercury or crystal or perhaps it's possible to upgrade Resource Silo, so they can produce both?
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The_Green_Drag
Supreme Hero
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posted December 17, 2023 06:36 PM |
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I’d almost rather see it give wood and ore. Seems like it’s already gonna be a top tier faction with its unit line up.
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MurlocAggroB
Hired Hero
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posted December 17, 2023 07:06 PM |
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Crystal seems more likely if it's just one, since both Inferno and Conflux give Mercury while only Rampart gives Crystal currently. That would leave just Gems as the only non-doubled Silo.
That said, Wood and Ore makes the most sense from a balance perspective. So, we'll see.
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Phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted December 17, 2023 09:29 PM |
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Yeah, wood and ore would certainly make it more challenging to buy their level 7's, which might be a good idea actually.
Btw. I thought we were supposed to get some news today?...
All I found was a few screenshots on the russian forum, with nothing new really.
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pellish
Famous Hero
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posted December 17, 2023 09:45 PM |
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Phoenix4ever said:
Btw. I thought we were supposed to get some news today?...
All I found was a few screenshots on the russian forum, with nothing new really.
Right. Where are the news? I skipped through the vod on Twitch but couldn't find anything.
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BrandochDaha
Hired Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 12:13 AM |
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Check
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahxiOUgbt7Y
from ~ 2:50:25 mark, where is footage and photos about factory and some Q and A with English translated text.
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MurlocAggroB
Hired Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 12:41 AM |
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Well, that was an extremely disappointing nothing-burger of an interview. 
Still no release date announcement, no real new information. Almost every question was answered with "No, we're not doing that.", and even then most of the questions where of things we already had answers for. The only things of interest where a bit of trivia about why the town's look was so radically changed, confirmation that the 1500 gold income on that one screenshot was a mistake, and a hint that Automatons and Couatls have something in common (whatever that means).
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AlexSpl
Responsible
Supreme Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 12:52 AM |
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Quote:
and a hint that Automatons and Couatls have something in common (whatever that means).
They are both robots. But Couatls are robots in disguise of feathers.
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MurlocAggroB
Hired Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 05:31 AM |
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From what I've gathered poking around other forums, the Golden Goose organizers approached the HotA crew for the interview, not the other way around. Basically it was a marketing gimmick, and the HotA crew really didn't go in with anything to announce. I might be somewhat mistaken, but I trust Google Translate well enough that that's at least the gist.
Oh well. I'm still disappointed in how boring the questions were and how vague and empty the answers were, plus I'm disappointed in the HotA crew not even bothering to like, record one Factory fight vs. wandering monsters or something. Or like, show the town screen. Or anything really. Fingers are still crossed for a New Years release, although morale has taken a hit.
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Dydzio
Adventuring Hero
VCMI contributor
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posted December 18, 2023 10:41 AM |
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Edited by Dydzio at 11:01, 18 Dec 2023.
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@MurlocAggroB
yeah yeah... and all beta tests will complete in a week and feedback adjustments will be made in another week and nobody celebrates christmas...
i would not expect new year release - i thought most people with sober thinking already came to that conclusion - if there was betting for that on some website i would not hesitate to bet $1000
the more people already get OK with it the less awkward it will be for hota team
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Ghost
Undefeatable Hero
Therefore I am
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posted December 18, 2023 10:44 AM |
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Mercury! When their oil.. So 10.000 gold plus 10 ores or 5000 gold plus 5 ores and some Mystic Pond style pays more than Rampart, thus Crystal, what you said.. But we can't know yet..
Other! 4,7k Sprites, and I went to against Green.. And Blue has ~70 att/def.. My ~45 att/def.. Game is saved! I order HotA uses HUMAN AI Mod and releases 1.7.0 in New Year!
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Phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted December 18, 2023 11:05 AM |
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You heard it here HotA Crew, Ghost ordered you to release 1.7.0. at New Years. 
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Hourglass
Supreme Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 11:44 AM |
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MurlocAggroB said:
From what I've gathered poking around other forums, the Golden Goose organizers approached the HotA crew for the interview, not the other way around. Basically it was a marketing gimmick, and the HotA crew really didn't go in with anything to announce. I might be somewhat mistaken, but I trust Google Translate well enough that that's at least the gist.
Oh well. I'm still disappointed in how boring the questions were and how vague and empty the answers were, plus I'm disappointed in the HotA crew not even bothering to like, record one Factory fight vs. wandering monsters or something. Or like, show the town screen. Or anything really. Fingers are still crossed for a New Years release, although morale has taken a hit.
Agreed to some extend. I, too, was expecting something a bit more concrete, not sure who's idea was to play the 3 year old stuff on the background, consisting a lot of already outdated elements such as the old townscreen. However, it seems there is actually quite a bit info in the first bit (pre-interview), but since it's in Polish... The interview didn't seem to be very well prepared, if you can ask anything from the developer, the questions relating to creature banks or neutral monster intelligence seem a bit unnecessary.
If I would gather something out of this, then it would be probably the following:
1) The 1.7 release will not be stricly just about the Factory and it's campaign, but we can also expect changes for other things. Apparently, there are long plans for secondary skills and spell balance, but nothing too radical will happen in the upcoming release.
2) ...Which makes it clear that they're still planning on developing the Hota, the rumours about the Factory being the last release have been debunked.
3) For Automaton, it wasn't exactly said the Coatl and the Automaton had something in common, rather we're told to look at Coatl abilities when thinking how the Automaton will actually work. In this part we're also shown the already seen staged battle screen, where an explosion is happening. When presented like this, the "synergy" seems a bit obvious, but perhaps it's something more complicard.
4) When they speak about the screenshot where the income gold can be seen, they indicate that the original picture has an error in it, but it's not related to shown gold. I would guess the error is actually in the picture showing the Town Hall level (which indicated that a City hall has been built) Perhaps the Town hall has an extra level, to increse the amount of buildings in order to have more available steps to separe the nature and tech building trees from each other.
Dydzio said:
yeah yeah... and all beta tests will complete in a week and feedback adjustments will be made in another week and nobody celebrates christmas...
Well, the testing part has been going for months now. The campaign has been the main thing that has been lacking new assets and content. Based on what information they have been giving out since summer, the gameplay elements for Factory seem to have been compleated. Sure, it doesn't mean that everything has been glued together or works as intended.
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weilan
Known Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 05:29 PM |
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The update got me thinking... what happens if the update releases tomorrow, for example, and you have a game saved midway. What happens to the stats that were changed before the update from where the save is when you load the save after the update? Will it work? Will it crash? Will the save be invalid?
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phoenix4ever
Legendary Hero
Heroes is love, Heroes is life
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posted December 18, 2023 06:13 PM |
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Why not finish the map and THEN update the game? (Not that it will release tomorrow anyway.)
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elaf
Adventuring Hero
viajeinterminable.com
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posted December 18, 2023 09:38 PM |
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We are lucky to still have/feel hype for this old great game.
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Gruk_
Hired Hero
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posted December 18, 2023 10:04 PM |
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weilan said:
The update got me thinking... what happens if the update releases tomorrow, for example, and you have a game saved midway. What happens to the stats that were changed before the update from where the save is when you load the save after the update? Will it work? Will it crash? Will the save be invalid?
From version 1.5.0, HotA has a built-in save converter. So you could update HotA and resume your game as if nothing happened.
But if game stats change, changes will apply to your saved game too.
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NimoStar
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Modding the Unmoddable
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posted December 19, 2023 04:12 PM |
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There is a free Quetzal sprite used in Alternative Creatures mod and some other stuff. I am surprised with these many years that nobody has one-upped HotA and released an alternate Factory for VCMI 
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Never changing = never improving
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