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Heroes of Might and Magic 3

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Fumanchu
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada669 Posts
August 29 2012 17:37 GMT
#1
I can't stop playing this game. It's taking over all of my free time. I am so unbelievably bad at this game. Castle, Rampart, Tower, Inferno, doesn't matter, I get destroyed. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I have to get better at this game. Is it better to take leadership or logistics? Archery or Offence? Should I split my Marksmen into 2 groups of 50, or leave them at one stack of 100? It seems that every curve ball the game throws at me is met with eyes shut and a mad frenzy of swings hoping to make contact. Don't even get me started on build order. Making more money per turn is a good thing right? WRONG! You're boned, you lose, no creatures to protect your town. OH, so I should start pumping up the breeding to grounds to produce more guys then right? DOUBLE WRONG'DED! You have no money to purchase those units. Well certainly then the most obvious choice to take a small sampling of each right? HONG KONG WRONG! You didn't specialize so you're terrible at all things, not just one aspect. How many heroes should I make? When should I buy them? Who is better to send out into the world and who is better at protecting the town? Should I go magic heroes or might heroes? Is knowledge better or power better?

Now what most of you are thinking is that there are a billion sites already solely devoted to this game already, so why don't I find one of those and just copy a strategy until I learn enough to adapt on my own? Well I tried. And I still stink. Not to mention that while a billion people agree that inferno is the worst, there will be 900 million people saying that it's one of the best. So everything is useful in its own right! Hurray! No bad choices to be made, just bad management. I hate you, you stupid game. All the answers seem to be right in front of me, I just can't grasp them. Everything is right there, right out in the open, waiting for someone to recognize and mobilize. And I sit here, squinting at the screen in vain, wondering how my opponent can destroy a throng of medusas with just some crummy skeletons, while my army of archangels gets absolutely obliterated by a pack of pixies. I can't stop playing and I'm so very tired...

****
Easy doesnt fit into grownup life.
bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
August 29 2012 17:39 GMT
#2
Man I suck so hard at Heroes 3...

Maybe it's because I pick Fortress and try to capital rush every game
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bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
August 29 2012 17:42 GMT
#3
I hope you're still having fun, Armageddon is a lot of fun. I never really connected with another HoMnM game as much as #3. The graphics still look fine in my opinion, and I loved how easy it was to set up your own imba map (:
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Myrkskog
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada481 Posts
August 29 2012 17:44 GMT
#4
Sounds like you need to use Thant for ezmode.
Dirkzor
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Denmark1944 Posts
August 29 2012 17:50 GMT
#5
The 2nd was the best! Gold edition for the win! 3rd HoMM was also great but the 2nd felt more epic :D

Are you playing the AI or what? Just crank down the difficulty and enjoy the game...

To answer some of your questions directly:

Ranged units: If you can one-shot almost anything you fight, divide them. When fighting bigger things stack them.
Take skills that fits your hero. So of you have a warrior type pick Offence/defence. Depending on your race pick archery.
Logistic is only useful on "travelling heroes". Heroes that scout, pick treasure or move armies.

Now I want to play HoMM =/
"HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU ON TOP AGAIN???? HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS????" -Julmust (also, thats what she said)
Serpest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States603 Posts
August 29 2012 17:59 GMT
#6
I looooooooooove this game and still play it religiously (along with BG 1, 2 & ToB). Go rampart, they're the best because they all have innate magic resistance and a lot of CC skills (or you can go Dungeon and just baws the lategame.) If you want more tips, hit me up with a pm for more specifics.
A person that attempts to diagnose themselves has a fool for a doctor and a bigger fool for a patient.
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15664 Posts
August 29 2012 18:31 GMT
#7
Anyone recommend custom maps to play single player? I'm having a hard time finding good ones. I've beaten most of the ones that come with the game on 130% difficulty, but 160% feels unbeatable T_T
JohnBall
Profile Joined December 2008
Brazil1272 Posts
August 29 2012 18:34 GMT
#8
HoMM 3 is my favorite as well and I could beat the computer pretty much any situation. I don't know what you are doing wrong, OP and it has been a lot of time since I last played this game so I don't remember specific strategies anymore.

One general advice I can give you, though, is that magic skills are overpowered as fuck and the computer only uses magic spells to a fraction of their potential. So I guess you should try working with Magic heroes and get yourself some good spells early so you can abuse the fuck out of it.

And the spell Town Portal is the best spell in the game.

Those two things are all I remember, sorry I can't help more.
perfecting the art of five pool forever
Rimstalker
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany734 Posts
August 29 2012 18:38 GMT
#9
pff. Some general tips: All your heros have some special talents. Build them accordingly, and give them the right monsters. Also check the tavern every week, sometimes there are heroes that give free resources.

As a starting tactic, get some cannonfodder, and as much ranged attackers (plus ballista) as you can. move the cannonfodder around, also, wait with your turn until the (slower/lower initiative) opponent has done their move, then do a double move, also wait for them to come into the range where your ranged attack does full damage. Leave the ranged camps alone on the map, as long as you don't desperately need the stuff, or until you have a strong army and a hero with diplomacy.

Stacking depends a lot on what you are fighting, and with what. If I fight monsters, and my ranged troops have a huge range of damage (like 1-4) one stack I can bless (always maximal damage) is a lot better than several I can't bless all at once.
Here be Dragons
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15664 Posts
August 29 2012 18:38 GMT
#10
On August 30 2012 03:34 JohnBall wrote:
HoMM 3 is my favorite as well and I could beat the computer pretty much any situation. I don't know what you are doing wrong, OP and it has been a lot of time since I last played this game so I don't remember specific strategies anymore.

One general advice I can give you, though, is that magic skills are overpowered as fuck and the computer only uses magic spells to a fraction of their potential. So I guess you should try working with Magic heroes and get yourself some good spells early so you can abuse the fuck out of it.

And the spell Town Portal is the best spell in the game.

Those two things are all I remember, sorry I can't help more.


Most specifically: Blind. Use blind as much as possible.
HoMM
Profile Joined July 2010
Estonia635 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-29 19:19:36
August 29 2012 19:17 GMT
#11
I approve of this blog. (:


Also, this guy is the Flash of HoMM3 onlineplay, click to find out how high the skillcap really is. ; )
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
August 29 2012 19:56 GMT
#12
Me and my best friend would have sleep overs and play this game (or one of its predecessors) through the night. On a few occasions he went to sleep but I stayed up playing. All of a sudden it crashed and sang out into the quiet night "Heroes of might and magic, has run out, of memory, pleaase...." Fun times.
Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
August 29 2012 20:27 GMT
#13
HoMM3 kicks ass, I'm usually on gameranger under xJonnyJx, if you want to play HoMM3 let me know
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]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
August 29 2012 21:05 GMT
#14
oof heroes 3 too hard T_____T
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NuclearJudas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
6546 Posts
August 29 2012 22:36 GMT
#15
Heroes 3 might be my favourite game. Still holds up to today's titles. A definite choice for LANs.

Stronghold and Castle are usually good for beginners. Personally I love playing Fortress with that hero with the awesome facial hair.

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pigmanbear
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Angola2010 Posts
August 29 2012 23:06 GMT
#16
Just started playing this again a few weeks ago. My wife has become obsessed with it.
Finrod1
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany3997 Posts
August 29 2012 23:09 GMT
#17
fricking impsossible game T_T
Kairo
Profile Joined November 2008
Sweden184 Posts
August 29 2012 23:27 GMT
#18
Right now the only game installed on this laptop is HoMaM 3.
I played it until i could not stand it once upon a time, but i rediscovered the fun of it when i cranked the difficulty up to 0 starting resources on smaller maps. Dying is fun :D

A very useful tip is to note your level 1 mage guild spells; they very much determine the value of the magic schools.
Haste= Definitely get expert air magic
Slow= Definitely get expert earth magic
Bless= Look at your damage range and think what expert bless might do for you.
Curse= Expert fire magic.

Starting with cash+solmyr+2nd hero+master gremlins is always a sure setup for getting strongly into the midgame.
If you are playing the expansions, 4 easy to get Phoenixes per week is the most broken town tingie, and expert bless on units that are consistently 2-7, 2-8 damage is just plain not balanced.

Also; if you get advanced level of logistic spells (Town portal w earth magic, Dimension door w air magic) you kind of get auto-win against the CPU´s.

Also do not forget that expert view air is a great navigation tool, and that you can find the grail easier than you think if you work logically about it.

Amazing, amazing game
Only the insane have strength enough to prosper. Only those who prosper may truly judge what is sane. Off she rode with a trumpety trump; trump trump trump.<- Sig since before the Don.
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
August 29 2012 23:35 GMT
#19
Aw man I dust this off every once in awhile to play. Always wondered about how to play it 'properly', at that. Feel like I'm just randomly dicking around.
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2037 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-26 12:26:10
December 26 2016 11:43 GMT
#20
EDIT:I'll put it somewhere else..
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