HOMM3

Thanks senpai, I'll take it. Has pretty good town music to boot.

>>381419987
It's alright once you get enough resources to upgrade your hellhounds, lack of good heroes does hurt them a lot more. It's still probably the least favorite town overall.

Definetely my least liked faction.

>>381419987
But that's not Fortress.

I don't actually hate Devils either but the faction really lacks something to set it apart

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>>381419987
>tfw you became an Inferno main in V

>>381422607
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!

>>381419987
That's not conflux?

Worst faction is Bastion

>>381422978
*Behemoth rushes you*
hehe. Nuthin personnel, kid.

>>381422882
> terrible heroes and even worse units
>Luna that can kill all the non-shooter stacks with 1 pixie
>air/earth magic heroes
>literally 2fast4you level 1 units with no retaliation
>level 2-3 shooters
>CANT TOUCH THIS lvl 6 elementals
>completely broken firebirds/phoenixes
Really, anon? Next thing you'll tell me will be that Necropolis is completely balanced and fair, right?

>>381422978
It's called Rampart in the first world countries, you degenerate polandfag.

>>381423045
Necro is completely balanced with very fair units

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_XibBJHO8

>>381419987
I just played a map with them, they are truly shit.

>Efreet is immune to fire
>not immune to Gog's AoE
Explain yourselves, NWC.

>>381419987
I always thought upgraded pit fiends should get double hit or some other sort of buff. It might make Inferno a more useable town though I suspect their problems run even deeper than pitlords kind of being shit. Maybe if efreeti had more hp?

>>381423192
HotA does something to them that makes them better, but I forgot what exactly.

>>381422607
Gorgons and Dragon Flies are great, Gnolls are good.
Lizardmen at least have lots of hp.
Wyvens are good.

By comparison, Cerberi are the only Inferno units that aren't total shit and their use is situational.

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>>381422882

My HOMM3 experience

>Play as Thant
>get 4 or 12 vampire lords
>Win

>>381423638
Conflux are disgustingly OP, it's just that they're such a bland and boring faction that no man with a shred of good taste will play them.

>>381423147
Weren't they even more bullshit in IV?

>>381423914
i won't fight your opinion on the blandness, but they are indeed op as fuck

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>>381420074
Row, row, row your boat

Now that I think about it, which faction ISN'T op apart from Inferno?

>Castle
OP
>Dungeon
OP
>Tower
OP
>Rampart
OP
>Necropolis
OP

I would say Fortress and Stronghold aren't EZ mode but once you get used to them, the're very good.

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>>381424458
Sandro had a hard life

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>>381424458
take a seat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFwMI5pkS_o

>>381425421
my nigga.

>>381423192
Waa upgraded pit fiends are like their main unit, demon farming yo

>got a demo of Heroes IV with Majesty
>beg parents for the full game
>they end up having to import a monstrous special edition of Heroes III and IV together
>end up playing both of them more than Majesty
I didn't even know it was a cult classic until I discovered /v/

>>381425421
not with double damage from towers bug

>>381423192
But put lords generate demons
If you suffer losses you just cast sacrifice on your imps to resurrect the dead big guys, then you raise demons from the imp corpses.
Too bad it requires a mage guild 5 to get rolling though

>>381424660
Some factions are more OP than others.
Some factions are Necropolis

>>381422803

but inferno is still shit in 5, probably even worse than in 3

Why do you guys never mention conflux

I only played that and dungeon

Are there no mods that actually rebalance the game and redesign shit towns like inferNO?

>>381426742


>>381423045

>>381426618
Nigga, Inferno is the BEST in V, what are you talking about

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>>381419987

I really love playing as Inferno in both 3 and 5 because it makes me feel like I'm bringing fire and destruction to the whole world.

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>>381419987
Well, you heard wrong, anon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20AFkjaZqo

who's making the lobby then chaps?

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>>381422978
>Bastion
What did he mean by this?

>>381426947

Lol what the fuck are you smoking I want some of it

>>381427597
some third worlder trying to communicate with civilized people. How quaint.

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>>381427719
Sulphur

>>381427878
what country

>>381427953
how would I know? I'm not some savage.

>>381427878
>>381423094
>shitting on the people that play the game the most
Russians and Poles are the master race of HOMM and most classic RPG games, they're still modding and enjoying them while most of us only go back every once in a while for nostalgia.

>>381428000
whoops wrong post, that q was for
>>381422978

nice trips my friend

>>381419987
I play with WoG. Everyone is OP, so it is balanced.

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>>381423094
>>381427597
>>381427878
>>381427953
>>381428000
>>381428001

are you all fucking retarded or what

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>>381428541
Are you?

>>381428541
sorry, we were discussing the game and not some fanfiction

>>381428541
I don't play shity mods

>>381428541
Yeah, English speakers are gonna know what a Polish fan faction is off the top of their head.

>>381428541
Mod was made by a Pole, which is part of my whole point, most of the custom content that keeps these games fresh are made by them so stop being such a jobber.

>>381428665

Rampart is called Bastion for slavs.

And Rampart is great on bigger maps with longer playtime.

>dat income

>>381419987

>HoM&M III
>Ubishit HD edition
>No WoG

I already knew you western shit sacks love feminists, faggots and fat activists, but I never would have guessed you maggots fell this low.

>>381419987
>ifrits
>those niggas with fireballs
>archdevils
?

Pollacks made HoMMIII their game, fuck you all for not knowing name Bastion.

I played the shit out of every possible expansion, including the pirates one, save for WoG.

Does WoG get good after a few missions, when you're done with the obscure puzzing bullshit?

I only play campaigns.

>>381429147
Depends on the campaign.

>>381429147
>I only play campaigns.

Playing only HoM&M campaigns is like playing Quake III Arena only for bot matches. You are denying yourself true gameplay of RMG multiplayer.

Is there anything more satisfying than bumrushing a 4channer/redditor as they pick necro thinking I'll let them reach even mid game

>>381428541
>slav crying because no one plays his third world mod

top kek

Capitol-rushers must hang. Luckily, they do it themselves by having no defense.

>>381429332

My location is eastern europe, those 20 year veteran slavs will tear me a new asshole.

I played local whenever I found willing friends and yeah, it's fun.

I do however feel like the game is too easy at this point, this one Crag Hack map in Shadow of Death is the only one I ever had some problems with.

I never got appeal of HoMM campaigns, between cockroach AI and somewhat lack of tactics (not strategy). I still played a shitton of hotseat with my sister, but after like 8 years, I got bored (played 3, HotA, 5, 5.5, tried various shit like WoG/Phoenix-mod/Master of Puppets, little of 4 and 6).
King's Bounty really gets me though. Anything else similar?

>>381431384

what's cockroach AI? is that a term?

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>>381431718
Nah, but most of the time AI heroes spread like cockroaches capping and taking everything not nailed down.
I quit a map in 5 when I spend 5 days circling around lake, chasing AI hero (I had logistics, but no boots).

I have mixed feelings towards Tower

>>381428541
Cove is better.

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>>381419987
Inferno might be shit, but this guy is great.

>>381432732
Kinda sad that Inferno poster boy didn't get any storyline or even a name drop.

>>381432023

it's a good strategy, 500 gold for a disposable hero is not so much and quick exploration is key, you should do this too

yeah the AI abuses this making pointless rounds to nowhere, but it's easy to counter

you shouldn't let yourself be beaten by cockroach AI kek

>>381424458
good luck im behind a gazillion skeletons

>>381432732

a spec in sorcery is not as useful as it seems

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Never ever.

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>>381433191
Absolutely never ever.

>>381432872
It's just that I prefer challenge of "oh man, how I'm gonna keep up clearing those monsters out with my army? how I'm going to make my army better (skills, buildings)?", not "oh man, another hero I need to chase down and kill without any problem whatsoever". And yeah, I get some heroes to explore map/check weekly things/collect stuff, but not on the level of HoMM 3 multiplayer. I'll admit that second part of my statement (making army better) is arguably just as much strategy as keeping weak heroes out, but that's not something that entices me.

>>381433265
Is fortress a WE WUZ town now?

>>381433407
Nah. They just upgraded from Gnolls to Humans.

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>>381424458

>>381428981
WoG is a shitty clusterfuck, go base or HotA if you want something new desperately.

>>381433939
Pretty much this, however I do like that you can turn on/off individual things about the mod, which is nice. Shame it's an unstable mess that crashes whenever it feels like it.

get comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDXNSWJLuo

>>381434672

ah the best soundtrack and nothing else in the series

>tfw pole
>everyone in the country knows about HOMM3
i pity you

>>381434830
Some of the campaigns in 4 were nice too.

>>381434832

yeah it's ridiculous, people who never played video games played HoMM3, uncles, aunts and grandpas

>>381434672
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-gnjMemqdE

>romero is doing another homm concert in your country

feels good

one of the things I didn't like about homm3, once I learned it, is that some heroes are just so much better than others that there's no comparison

I liked 'hoping' I would get good abilities, and now I know exactly what I will get if I choose a non-terrible hero

btw inferno being shit doesn't really apply to a lot of games, 'good' towns like dungeon or necropolis can be garbage because the game ends before you get any real advantages rolling, so fortress/rampart/inferno are often great picks

>>381435029
my grandpa used to play it all the time
and calls me an ass for picking necro

>>381435174

but inferno sucks at the start too, late game is when it might get redeemed with archdevils and town portals

>>381423147

Vampire Lords in H3/H5 aren't that great though. Their life drain only works on living units and depends on hitpoints of the targets.

Vampire Lords in H2 are hilariously OP though if you got enough defensive skill.

>>381434672
Reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkq2l8AMlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBVDJnUL8M8

>I think what all three of us composers have in common is that we probably used an ancient instrument sample (companies sell pre-recorded bits of ancient instruments playing very old melodic fragments which then I can add orchestral accompaniment and vary the speed of the melody to suit the mood. These fragments come in instrumental catalogs and many soundtrack composers will use bits and pieces of melodies to incorporate into their scores. I’m not sure what catalog the little tune came from but I’m sure it’s from the same one that the other composers used as well. I try not to use such pre-recorded fragments due to the fact that lots of other composers will be using the same tool, but when you have deadlines like we have in this industry (i.e., producers needing a 3 minute piece of music within 24 hours, composed, recorded, mixed, mastered, then embedded into the graphics), we use every tool possible in order to have a good-sounding piece of music created in a timely fashion.

>>381435590
whaaaaaat

where's the quote from? it's clearly not a fucking sample, it's the whole song with cosmetic differences

H4 wins

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>when slavs turn heroes 3 music into dark ambient and black metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQMGf2km1g

>>381436035
when they speak German, they are not slavs

except maybe for all the raping the Red Army had indulged in

>>381436020
https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/7/10250

>>381436213
thanks anon

still, call me a pleb, but to my unsophisticated ear it's just the same fucking song with minor tweaks

>>381426839
Horn of the Abyss

>>381436526
It's the same fucking song with minor tweaks. They are just trying to be politically correct about it.

That, and the industry really does force them to do it. Same shit with concept artists, more often than not movie, vidya, etc concept art is a photomontage of images with creative commons license painted over.

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>>381432954
>runs behind you
>pssh nothing personell

Whats everyone's favourite homm3 town theme music?

I'd have to say stronghold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iNjldnNSPY

>>381426839
>>381436710
>rebalance
Those modders haven't the slightest clue about it. Every unit of the cove faction is either cheap or OP. On top of that you get huge unit packs up to t3 (pirates) with recruitment of cove heroes.

>>381437361
>champion with haste
>there's a long ravine that lets him circle the entire battlefield

>>381437361
Still the best
https://youtu.be/US9Moa3upTY

>>381437378
They're toning cove down a bit in the next version. Besides, they nerfed conflux and necros, which makes them strong but not literally bannable every single time.

>>381437361
Fortress.

>>381424458
I like the HoMM4 portrait more.

>>381437361
Fortress is hands down the most interesting and complex, but >>381427420 already posted it.

>>381438241
>>381437736
>>381427420
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM156wfiVOo

theres covers of the homm music on youtube

Theres also a necro cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHq-TEluOrM

>>381419987
How do I even learn to play this game?

>>381438447
Go dungeon and play the hero with meteor strike

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not playing the objectively master race

Necropolis could fucking stomp the shit ouf of everything in V, then necromancy got nerfed in TotE.

I love how the necropolis theme sound like a tim burton intro

>>381438393
>fortress
lacks the punch, the background is not prominent enough and it dissolves into too much of a clusterfuck

>necro
the vocals are too "holy" and it lacks mystery and dread

might be that I like the originals more because I know them though

>>381438840
Romero said it was some forgotten Mozart piece besides the bells and all that.

>>381438572
Is this one of the least popular towns?

>he doesnt main Implosion Zydar or Sandro

Anyone tried the King's Bounty games?
HOMM-like but I feel it's too rigid, meaning you need to progress in a certain order to level up because almost everything outlevels you by a ton.

>>381439396
Well duh, it's more plot-structured. Although if you're willing to play tag with guards, you can go exploring quite a bit further. And Armored Princess usually has two-three islands for same level range.

>>381439396

two good ones

one too crappy to finish for me and I have high tolerance (the evil one)

one that has such horrible reviews that I didn't touch it (the barbarian one)

Tower a shit

>>381440532
Is the princess one considered good? I played it for a fair bit but dropped it because the railroading was getting annoying.

>>381439090
its dungeon you idiot

>>381440867

I finished princess, but if you dropped it then you'll probably hate anything but the first game, they get progressively more and more lazy on the devs part

>>381441137
Well that sucks.
Guess there won't be a proper HOMM successor at this rate.

>>381440867
I think it's best gameplay wise, but the first one is more atmospheric. Also princess is the least railroaded out of them. You just need to get the stones and the rest is up to you. First one has main quest line which opens location one by one.
Overall, I'd say >>381441137 anon isn't wrong.
>4 colours of elver archers by Nord game

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>>381424458
Sir Mullich belongs in his own tier.
Fucking broken.

>>381424458
I have no idea why there's still no SANIC parody with MULLICH in this day and age

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>>381422607
DELET

>>381442084
>posting an unupgraded gorgon
It's like you love to spend your resources on literal shit.

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Stand the fuck back, best town coming through.

>>381442180
>he doesn't want to oneshot entire stacks of titans
fag

I never hear anyone talk about Fortress. What's /v/s thoughts and how should they be played?

>>381442403
Wyvern rush probably. I don't really like their shooters and shitty mages guild, so I'm not an expert.

>>381442403
>>381423296
Also, wyvern rush.

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>>381442180
>>381442180
I misread that. Here you go.

>>381442403
Rush Wyverns and Dragonflies and go capture nearby towns asap.

>>381435068
Which country?

>>381442707
>>381442559
>>381442558
Thanks /v/. Been looking at playing it again for a while and never properly tried Fortress, I'll give it a go.

>>381434672
>>381435068

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLCLfoxKb4

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>>381442721
Not him, but a quick google gives me Poland.

Wroclaw, 27.10.2017, in the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music.

I really want to go.

>>381424458
I can't tell if this is edited Todd or not

>>381445531
3 is better than 2 though

>>381445558
>Heroes of E3
Someone should make a mod out of this

>>381423296

>Gnolls
>Good

they are literally the worst t1, skeletons might be worse but they compensate with massive numbers

lizzardmen are decent units but terrible shooters, they win 1 vs 1 against all other shooters but thats because of the extra hp, the damage however is mediocre (and thats the whole point of shooter stacks, you don't want them to tank anything if possible)

dragon flies are great

Wyverns are good

Gorgons are god tier

hydras are decent

fortress is much better than inferno but they still pale in comparison to other towns, unless you have a high level tazar that makes them broken as shit

>>381425421

jesus fuck my ears

>>381424458
fucking Craghack

>>381442267
Naga Queens were hot as fuck.

>>381437528

i believe they over nerfed necro, necromancy fells pretty shitty now, so they are basically just vampires now and nothing else

>>381445531

v-tote is the best game in the series fight me irl

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>AI somehow got his hands on Angel Wings

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>>381449990
I remember one game me vs my mate vs AI
AI got Angel Wings and quickly after that 3 conflux towns + 2 other (random generated map). I teamed up with my friend because that was our only solution vs AI. Fucking Phoenix growth man

>>381435191
What town did your grandpa main?