Wellplay said:

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MoshiMoshi means "Hello" in japanese.

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Maurice said:

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Well, not out of turn, per se, but rather issue a command that gives a troop some benefit right when it acts. Let's assume the following three commands as Combat Techniques:
- Defensive Coverscreen (defensive): Increases defense of the targeted stack by X %, while increasing defense of directly adjacent stacks by X/2 %, as long as that stack is Defending;
- Charge Forward (offensive, melee): Increases attack of the targeted stack by Y/2 % against the next enemy stack attacked this turn, at the expense of X/2 % defense. Units with a scatter debuff receive Y % extra damage from the Charge Forward;
- Focussed Fire (offensive, ranged): Increases Ranged damage of targeted stack against a pinned enemy stack by Y*2 % (pinned enemy stacks are stacks that are unable to move for whatever reason); unpinned stacks receive Y % extra damage and a scatter debuff for one turn;

X and Y are derived from respectively the Defense and Attack scores of the Hero using those Combat Techniques.

Now, let's assume the following synergy bonus:
Charge Forward of a unit that previously received the Defensive Coverscreen bonus from a nearby unit allows them to forego the defense penalty on their charge, increase their attack to Y%, while also pinning the enemy stack in place. Obviously, having a sure way to pin an enemy stack will then open it up for a Focussed Fire barrage in the next turn.

Switching the followup order of those Combat Techniques around, shooting first and then charging yields a different synergy: an enemy unit that falls under the barrage of Focussed Fire will get the scatter debuff, to give the idea of their lines breaking open somewhat under the hail of arrows - opening them up for a devastating Charge in the next turn by another stack.

Like I wrote before, I can see four, maybe five fields in which Combat Techniques can be designed: Offense (melee), Offense (ranged), Defense and Artillery/Siege (perhaps a better name is "Warmachines"). The fifth one may be Warcries, which in effect come close to spells. Not every faction has equal access to all Combat Technique fields. It's unlikely that Undead will benefit much from Warcries, while Orcs have little use of defensive tactics - but moreso for Offense techniques. And where Orc Offensive Techniques are mainly aimed at brute force, those of Dark Elves should be mainly aimed at disrupting enemy Combat Technique chains.

Not every chain of Combat Techniques should yield a synergy bonus, it should make some sense to combine them in succession to deploy a battlefield tactic spanning multiple turns.

I hope this is a better explanation of what I meant with Combat Techniques?

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PandaTar said:

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As visible in some battle scenes, perhaps in small battle maps, there was a very limited number of places available to position your troops by using the Tactics feature.

I don't know if it was already stated somewhere, explained or shown, but if you happen to have 7 large units under your command, how are you going to position them in a map that fits only 5 of those units side-by-side in that Tactics area? Could it be that maps grow bigger or smaller depending on the size of your armies or will those sizes be related to terrain, game time ... does anyone know?

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PandaTar said:

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As visible in some battle scenes, perhaps in small battle maps, there was a very limited number of places available to position your troops by using the Tactics feature.

I don't know if it was already stated somewhere, explained or shown, but if you happen to have 7 large units under your command, how are you going to position them in a map that fits only 5 of those units side-by-side in that Tactics area? Could it be that maps grow bigger or smaller depending on the size of your armies or will those sizes be related to terrain, game time ... does anyone know?

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Pawek_13 said:

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Such situatuion does't happen quite often. Usually, there are 3 big and 4 small units, therefore there is always some free space.

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TD said:

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I believe if you have 7 large units you can only use 5/7 units in the battle and 2 will be left out. Of course they could introduce tactics and advanced tactics skills/abilities to add more space, but I doubt that(probably just basic tactics ability will be there for extra 1-square width-line.

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kobalt said:

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Hello everyone! I just finished/uploaded this and wanted to share them with you. Have a nice weekend!

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kiryu133 said:

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pretty good. still feels to much like spells though. no increased stats or anything would be preferred (creatures should already be recieving that passively) but i think it's close to something i might enjoy.

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kobalt said:

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Hello everyone! I just finished/uploaded this and wanted to share them with you. Have a nice weekend!

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Storm-Giant said:

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Ahhh, Mighty Gorgons...one of my very favourite units when I first played Heroes III RoE, such a magnificent creature...really, well done Kobalt

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PandaTar said:

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Thinking on that, it's rather amusing having Gorgon and Medusa in the same game although so different from each other.

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TDL said:

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MIGHTY MOOS :*:*:*:*

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