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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 28 2006 23:08 GMT
#1
Anyone wanna game of HOMM3 ? I have all expansions with latest patches, you need latest patches too if you wanna play with me. I can't host a game, so if someone wants to play we'll need someone who can host~
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Musli
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Poland5130 Posts
November 28 2006 23:22 GMT
#2
I would play but...
dunno what happen but I got back to active SC 2v2 gaming :O
still I hope you will find sb, Jamie.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall || mail/msn: muslii@gmail.com
DarK]N[exuS
Profile Joined April 2006
China1441 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-11-28 23:29:34
November 28 2006 23:26 GMT
#3
Wish I had time, I used to really like that game. Heroes of Magic and Magic, lol. Might and Magic

What race/castle do you like to play the most? If I have a choice I always go Orrin as my hero, Castle as my castle.

Where joy exists despair will always beckon.
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 28 2006 23:40 GMT
#4
oops might and magic yea ;D
i always go random, i kinda blow anyway but it's fun as hell ;p
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Aurious
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Canada1772 Posts
November 28 2006 23:55 GMT
#5
haha I've never played HoMM3 online before. Where do you get all the patches?
Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12970 Posts
November 29 2006 00:00 GMT
#6
Haven't played online before either, and I only have the original one. Restoration of Erathia, no? ;p
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:02 GMT
#7
jo restoration of erathia, the latest patch for that is 1.4 i believe.
here's link for 1.0 to 1.4 upgrade : http://files.filefront.com/h310to14zip/;1991840;/fileinfo.html
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
stambe
Profile Joined May 2005
Bulgaria492 Posts
November 29 2006 00:12 GMT
#8
Play HOMM complete edition. It's great beacuse it unites all of the three versions of HOMM - HOMM Restoration Of Erathia, HOMM Armagedon's Blade and HOMM Shadow Of The Death.
I beleive the last version on HOMM Shadow of the death is 3.58 but i maybe wrong By the way i play mostly Fortress and sometime Dungeon. To bad i don have time now to play but in the past i was REALLY hooked on this game.
Valks rulzz
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:15 GMT
#9
yea i have complete edition, i tried to play with artanis but we couldn't play with each other cause he doesn't have complete edition =[
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
November 29 2006 00:16 GMT
#10
Too bad they never made a simultanous play to H3.
We used to play it 2v2 (mostly on random imba maps though).
I took almost forever to end the game... I'd say it's only good to play 1v1 on smallest map with decent amount of resources to start so it's not too boring and long.
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:18 GMT
#11
you can always save game and finish another time though.
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:22 GMT
#12
HMM3 is strong strategy game try to join 82.147.148.88 midian
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:26 GMT
#13
midian shadow of death 3.2 > 82.147.148.88
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:26 GMT
#14
playerX 's game
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:32 GMT
#15
playing 1.4 restoration of erathia with artanis :O he's gonna die to computer soon though lolZ big rape yo
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:33 GMT
#16
maybe we can remake and play together all 3 of us on restoration of erathia?
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:35 GMT
#17
artanis ftw sry dont have RoE only shadow of death....what version r you two playing
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:36 GMT
#18
1.4 RoE, it's the original, you must have it if you have shadow's blade or whatever it's called
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:37 GMT
#19
by the way we're using hamachi because we had connection issues without it, hamachi server = midian33 password = 33 then you should automatically see the game in TCP/IP list
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12970 Posts
November 29 2006 00:37 GMT
#20
On November 29 2006 09:32 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
playing 1.4 restoration of erathia with artanis :O he's gonna die to computer soon though lolZ big rape yo

FALSE!
I survived with 9 gremlins! Griffins with high morale and luck are so imba ;_;
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:39 GMT
#21
ok just hold on
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:52 GMT
#22
are you playing now?
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:53 GMT
#23
no we're waiting for you
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:55 GMT
#24
no such network midian33
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 00:57 GMT
#25
try to join i am in the hamachi network and host a game now
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 00:58 GMT
#26
midian33 no caps, it's caps sensitive
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 01:01 GMT
#27
i am in the hamachi network - playerX but obviously we cant join each other games
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 01:03 GMT
#28
we need to be in the same hamachi network, just add me on msn, i gave you my MSN in email
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Aurious
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Canada1772 Posts
November 29 2006 01:32 GMT
#29
started playing yet?
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 01:58 GMT
#30
yea we've been playing about 40 minutes and Da_PlayerX is gonna rape us :[
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Aurious
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Canada1772 Posts
November 29 2006 02:04 GMT
#31
aw poor midian
Drowsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States4876 Posts
November 29 2006 02:54 GMT
#32
<3 heroes three, that was the first or second game I ever played on a computer. It's alot of fun, but the balance is horrid, necro and conflux pretty much rape the rest and tower is really underpowered.
Our Protoss, Who art in Aiur HongUn be Thy name; Thy stalker come, Thy will be blunk, on ladder as it is in Micro Tourny. Give us this win in our daily ladder, and forgive us our cheeses, As we forgive those who play zerg against us.
Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12970 Posts
November 29 2006 03:08 GMT
#33
We got horribly raped by PlayerX.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 03:09 GMT
#34
lol
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 03:15 GMT
#35
playerx winZ me and artanis suck badly ^_^
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Red_Dragon
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Croatia2862 Posts
November 29 2006 03:16 GMT
#36
Is cd key required? What are the other games you guys play? I can play UT, the old one. The cd key is not required. Playing UT with fellow tl.net posters would be so much fun, no cheating and all. I guess there are other games we could play beside starcraft. Any interest [suggestion]?
Climbing walls of an endless circle
Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12970 Posts
November 29 2006 03:18 GMT
#37
Talking about other games; CoD:UO anyone?
Drowsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States4876 Posts
November 29 2006 03:22 GMT
#38
omg don't start the next one without me XD
Our Protoss, Who art in Aiur HongUn be Thy name; Thy stalker come, Thy will be blunk, on ladder as it is in Micro Tourny. Give us this win in our daily ladder, and forgive us our cheeses, As we forgive those who play zerg against us.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 03:29 GMT
#39
i can say i've seen a lot worse players than you two on HMM3 dont underestimate yourselves
tvt msg me anytime
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 03:33 GMT
#40
lol we died in like 2 or 3 weeks, we're as shit as it gets
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 29 2006 03:46 GMT
#41
you people might own me in SC but in HOMM im Teh Shit, can i play ?
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
November 29 2006 03:51 GMT
#42
Even though i like this game very much and played it for a long time, i'm so noob in it. T_T I have WoG installed, so how do i play online with that?
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 04:28 GMT
#43
what is WoG?
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
iD.NicKy
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
France767 Posts
November 29 2006 04:58 GMT
#44
wow i used to play homm3 with my bro like hell, this game is so addicted :D
Drowsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States4876 Posts
November 29 2006 05:05 GMT
#45
Artanis just pwned me. I blame this map! WTF this sucks!
Our Protoss, Who art in Aiur HongUn be Thy name; Thy stalker come, Thy will be blunk, on ladder as it is in Micro Tourny. Give us this win in our daily ladder, and forgive us our cheeses, As we forgive those who play zerg against us.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
November 29 2006 05:06 GMT
#46
WoG is wake of gods mod. It is a pretty fancy one.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 05:07 GMT
#47
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL GG ME :D i suck soooooo bad at this game
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 29 2006 05:25 GMT
#48
anyone HOMM 1v1 ?? im A+ at this ^^
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 29 2006 05:28 GMT
#49
i only have HOMM3 restoration of erathia, want to play?
Teamliquidian townie
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 05:33 GMT
#50
i have 1.4 HOMM3 restoration of erathia, can definitely play another game =]
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-11-29 05:39:54
November 29 2006 05:37 GMT
#51
k
let me join midian33/33
Teamliquidian townie
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 29 2006 05:41 GMT
#52
is it on tcp/ip or ipx?
Teamliquidian townie
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 05:42 GMT
#53
tcp/ip, one sec=]
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
kAra
Profile Joined September 2004
Germany1391 Posts
November 29 2006 06:07 GMT
#54
sounds fun ^
bad i got complete edition :C
mada mada dane
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 06:11 GMT
#55
complete edition is fine if someone with 1.4 restoration of erathia creates a game, unfortunately everyone who was playing has logged off or stopped playing. we can play tomorrow though!
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Pika Chu
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Romania2510 Posts
November 29 2006 06:13 GMT
#56
wog sux, sod rox
roe is bad, if anyone wanna play sod, i'm in... just msg me
They first ignore you. After they laugh at you. Next they will fight you. In the end you will win.
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
November 29 2006 06:37 GMT
#57
HEY I WANT TO JOIN
Riding a bike is overrated.
DarK]N[exuS
Profile Joined April 2006
China1441 Posts
November 29 2006 06:38 GMT
#58
Did someone say necro rapes everything? Necro is so weak vs a good player -_-
Where joy exists despair will always beckon.
TopGear
Profile Joined November 2005
United Kingdom796 Posts
November 29 2006 06:52 GMT
#59
Im just downloading the complete edition, so ill play with you guys tommorow!
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 06:53 GMT
#60
k~ we'll play like 3/4/5 way or something tomorrow =]
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 29 2006 06:54 GMT
#61
hehe necro is not weak i think it depends on the hero tho;;

personally i find the strongest the castle, with a barbarian hero... its just rape ;(
i dont like tower heros, they're too weak
Teamliquidian townie
DarK]N[exuS
Profile Joined April 2006
China1441 Posts
November 29 2006 07:46 GMT
#62
Tower is really strong but they require so much damn resources, so in a fast paced game they just get boned. But if they get a bit to build up they are super strong.
Where joy exists despair will always beckon.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
November 29 2006 07:49 GMT
#63
I'm in too, but i'm really noob.

Depending on the map necro can be either pathetic or unbeatable.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
November 29 2006 08:01 GMT
#64
My girlfriend and I used to play this a few months ago, just 2v2s against the computer. We finished all the maps and so we just stopped playing. I'll ask her if she's interested in playing some human opponents, that would be fun probably - even though we're pretty crappy =]
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~PuNCh
Profile Joined January 2005
Japan29 Posts
November 29 2006 08:52 GMT
#65
i would play !!! but i need to find my cds ..or if i can get to buy new ones i dont mind at all since the game is very RARE!!!
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9105 Posts
November 29 2006 09:05 GMT
#66
man, i used to be obsessed with that game and the campaigns. I tried playing online a long while ago and I couldn't get it to work, ima go dig out the CDs and install now, always fun to rediscover a game.
KissBlade
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States5718 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-11-29 12:10:35
November 29 2006 12:08 GMT
#67
On November 29 2006 15:38 DarK]N[exuS wrote:
Did someone say necro rapes everything? Necro is so weak vs a good player -_-


False. Necromancy is so strong in tourney play that it's banned. As is diplomacy. By the way, for some really good games and ways to get good FAST in HoMM III, go here : http://heroescommunity.com/forumdisplay.php3?FID=6

I don't really play anymore (can't find my cd) but you'll learn all the right things to do, aka hero chaining, building your unit producers right away, how to super hero, etc. It's a great game =).
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
November 29 2006 15:23 GMT
#68
On November 29 2006 21:08 KissBlade wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2006 15:38 DarK]N[exuS wrote:
Did someone say necro rapes everything? Necro is so weak vs a good player -_-


False. Necromancy is so strong in tourney play that it's banned. As is diplomacy. By the way, for some really good games and ways to get good FAST in HoMM III, go here : http://heroescommunity.com/forumdisplay.php3?FID=6

I don't really play anymore (can't find my cd) but you'll learn all the right things to do, aka hero chaining, building your unit producers right away, how to super hero, etc. It's a great game =).


yep 3k skellies ftw with the proper heroes and npc spawns, my friend tried to spring a week 1 wyvern build on me one time and that got slapped pretty hard...btw you guys do realize there is an old thread about this game if you wanna read about the previous discussions.
Get it by your hands...
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 15:49 GMT
#69
if anyone wants to play HMM3 RoE or SoD will play tommorow at "midians place" ... lol .... i'll host the game with a decent template not some kind of imbalanced shit.... maybe we can play doubles too well see.
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 15:50 GMT
#70
tonight ***** i meant tonight* sry i am just awakening
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 16:06 GMT
#71
btw the bulgarian dude OnePageMemory(we r townmates) is very tough hmm3 player he may join if he have some time
tvt msg me anytime
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
November 29 2006 16:15 GMT
#72
WoG >>> All others in Heroes series. Understand that!
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 16:25 GMT
#73
disagree for me SoD is the best of all series and there is a way to make a balanced map to play on.
tvt msg me anytime
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 29 2006 17:07 GMT
#74
SoD is the best for sure, WoG is just u bunc of random stuff put together not so good, there are some cool units but the campaining sucks hard.
My favv is picking Elves and Buffing a mage hero to xpert water magic, with bless a whole bunch of your units will get first strike on the other races, so you will be playing SoD too ?
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Jabberwock
Profile Joined August 2006
United Kingdom5 Posts
November 29 2006 17:34 GMT
#75
Heroes 3 was fun as hell, I used to play it all the time, usually used fortress and teleported hydras into groups of enemy units. Heroes 4 was a disaster, it seemed rushed and the might faction was too strong. I havn't played heroes 5, all it looks like to me is good visuals, what do you guys think of heroes 5? Is it worth buying?
Intruding into insanity
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 17:35 GMT
#76
of course i will host a game tonight and in hamachi and we will play somehow
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 17:42 GMT
#77
i like the classic hmm3 sod heroes5 is a whole different game
tvt msg me anytime
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 29 2006 18:08 GMT
#78
your hamachi channel is all filled up cant play
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
November 29 2006 18:16 GMT
#79
@BeSiGeR
SoD is not the best because is very very imba. In WoG that imba is less. At least you can disable some mega imba spells like town portal, dimension door and fly. The Inferno and the fortress not suck so hard in WoG like in Sod...
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 29 2006 18:26 GMT
#80
but that to me the Campaining is a big part of the game, and the WoG one blows hard
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
One Page Memory
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Bulgaria2145 Posts
November 29 2006 19:01 GMT
#81
On November 30 2006 01:06 Da_PlayerX wrote:
btw the bulgarian dude OnePageMemory(we r townmates) is very tough hmm3 player he may join if he have some time

That must be me.
Finally I will get a chance to revenge Midian for beating our random team (3vs3) on Hunters.
Ya Midian, I know you don't remember, but I do. Prepare for some Barbarian stomping!
Jin Youngsoo before game with Savior: But, I demanded myself (of composure) by saying: Same old, same old - only a Zerg, only a Zerg
Pika Chu
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Romania2510 Posts
November 29 2006 19:36 GMT
#82
On November 30 2006 03:16 Byyk wrote:
@BeSiGeR
SoD is not the best because is very very imba. In WoG that imba is less. At least you can disable some mega imba spells like town portal, dimension door and fly. The Inferno and the fortress not suck so hard in WoG like in Sod...


Wrong, WoG is very imba.
SoD is much better

anybody wanna play? :D 1v1/2v2 msg me
They first ignore you. After they laugh at you. Next they will fight you. In the end you will win.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 20:01 GMT
#83
i will msg you after several hours right now i am busy tonight will play neighbour
tvt msg me anytime
GeneralCash
Profile Joined December 2005
Croatia346 Posts
November 29 2006 20:07 GMT
#84
On November 30 2006 03:16 Byyk wrote:
@BeSiGeR
SoD is not the best because is very very imba. In WoG that imba is less. At least you can disable some mega imba spells like town portal, dimension door and fly. The Inferno and the fortress not suck so hard in WoG like in Sod...


omg, stfu!!

inferno is teh sex in sod. if a heretic gets his hands on a wizads well, you will die after his third devil comes out (getting ww in 3 weeks is very doable)

fortress has always been strong but underestimated. now that serpent flies and lizardmen are buffed, they are actualy usable. along with imba gorgons and megaimba basilisk, how can you say they suck???

both towns are undeestimated cuz they require brain to play. nobody likes playing a town that doesnt have bless-prayer-griffin-champion or storm elementals

fly is not imba. if it is, it's the map-maker's fault. same for dd, it's only slightly stronger. only imba spell is berzerk, but good thing nobody uses it.

wog is a disaster. most wog options are omg-wtf-so-stupid

anyway, last time i tried, you can play homm3 on gamespy. i'm thinking about starting again. i'm always up 4 a game, i play complete
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
November 29 2006 20:54 GMT
#85
@GeneralCash
Man, you do not play enough. Everyone agrees that these two towns are the weakest. My favourite town is the fortress but it is very weak. There is the great article from Joker guy (not know name exactly) where he compare all towns. On tournaments the necromansers and conflux wins always (tower with chain-lighting guy). Also some heroes are too powerful (logistic, armorer, necromansy, skeletors and offence ). Diplomacy is disabled also.
The fortress is too slow. You are slow on the map also because of that. I know the gorgons are great but that is simply not enough. The Inferno's units are too low on hp. That can be changed in WoG. Both towns are playable but also are the weakest. Try fortress against necro to see what imba is. Death stare doesn't work on undeads T_T.
Berserker is imba but it is nothing compared to town portal or dimension door. If one player has one of that spells and other not game is over. That is known fact. Fly is also imba.
WoG is great because you can make game to be more balanced. For example those spells can be disabled. Conflux can be weakened (less Pxonexes) and other towns can be stronger (fortress and inferno for example). Some abilities can be buffed (eagle-eye, learning...) so they are not useless in WoG.
WoG can be what you want it to be. That is why it is so better than others heroes. If you want plain SoD you can play it in WoG. If you want to make game more fun at balance cost it is also possible (unit experience, fun but imba). If you want more balanced game you can achieve that also. Great mode of heroes indeed, imo.
In games like heroes there is not too much brain. At the end you know exactly what you should do. Luck desides most of the games. If you want brainy games play chess or go.
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
gravity
Profile Joined March 2004
Australia1988 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-11-29 21:16:39
November 29 2006 21:15 GMT
#86
Inferno can be good if you use diplomacy to abuse pit lord's demon resurrection ability, although that requires a fair amount of luck. I'd say Tower is actually the worst on low resource maps since they're resource heavy and kind of weak outside of nagas and titans. Both the tower and dungeon were heavily nerfed from their HOMM2 equivalents (Wizard and Warlock) because they were overpowered in that game.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 21:17 GMT
#87
On November 30 2006 05:54 Byyk wrote:
@GeneralCash
In games like heroes there is not too much brain. At the end you know exactly what you should do. Luck desides most of the games. If you want brainy games play chess or go.


you have no idea how wrong you are saying this especially talkin bout hmm3. you should better think more before write suck bullshit
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One Page Memory
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Bulgaria2145 Posts
November 29 2006 21:17 GMT
#88
In HOMM3, just like SC there are variabilities.
In SC the map is major factor - so in HOMM3.
Dimension, Fly etc. are banned in all tournaments anyway. Necro&Conflux are played only mirror.
The Fortress is MAJOR force in HOMM3, no fucking way the Fortress is weak.

On November 30 2006 05:54 Byyk wrote:
In games like heroes there is not too much brain. At the end you know exactly what you should do. Luck desides most of the games. If you want brainy games play chess or go.


And that particular sentence is PURE crap. Luck is no major factor, although it may decide games. How much games would you take from number 1 HOMM3 player if you play 100 games with him?
Jin Youngsoo before game with Savior: But, I demanded myself (of composure) by saying: Same old, same old - only a Zerg, only a Zerg
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 21:23 GMT
#89
i'll play again later, 12 or 12:30 TL time seems good, maybe we can get a 3v3 going all human players, seems to be quite a lot of interest ;p i'll create a new hamachi channel so we get all heroes players in there and play more often. the channel is midian66 password 33
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 21:25 GMT
#90
Byyk we both (me and OnePageMemory) played against maybe the best player in the world in this game his nickname is Rock_bul and believe me we never stood a chance against this guy.He is our townmate too and we know each other personally believe me - no chance dude not a chance!
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 21:54 GMT
#91
everyone feel invited hamachi> midian33//33 or midian66/33 i'll host game on hmm3 SoD now!
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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 22:01 GMT
#92
i don't have SoD on this pc T_T
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 29 2006 22:20 GMT
#93
i am still waiting while hosting a game
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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 29 2006 22:22 GMT
#94
hihi my hamachi wasn't connecting but it's worked now
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
November 29 2006 22:38 GMT
#95
@ Da_PlayerX & One Page Memory
You guys sound serious. HoMM3 is the brainy game but still it cannot be compared with chess for instance. I cannot imagine how someone can beat you all the time. What he do so better than you guys? I only ask that if you give me a good reason maybe I play several games with my gamemates again. I won mostly but sometimes if I dont have luck I simply have no chance (no way to find critical resourcec). Which maps do you play?
Where do you put than fortress in the tier list? And why do you think that SoD is better than WoG?
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
KissBlade
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States5718 Posts
November 29 2006 23:02 GMT
#96
On November 30 2006 07:38 Byyk wrote:
@ Da_PlayerX & One Page Memory
You guys sound serious. HoMM3 is the brainy game but still it cannot be compared with chess for instance. I cannot imagine how someone can beat you all the time. What he do so better than you guys? I only ask that if you give me a good reason maybe I play several games with my gamemates again. I won mostly but sometimes if I dont have luck I simply have no chance (no way to find critical resourcec). Which maps do you play?
Where do you put than fortress in the tier list? And why do you think that SoD is better than WoG?


Bykk, a lot of tournament maps eliminates the luck factor by banning skill finds, diplomacy and necromancy. I THINK Logistics might be banned as well but I'm not sure. They also balance it out by allowing both sides to be able to find all their resources relatively easily. Download some Test of Honor maps (or is it called Test of Titans? I forget but check the link I posted earlier) and try them out. As for tier list, Fortress is mid, they get decent troops early on, only hydras can't really compete but you get wyverns out turn 2 or 3 and mighty gorgons later. Weakest is most definitely inferno, and then probably tower since magic 5 is banned in most games if I recall.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9105 Posts
November 29 2006 23:03 GMT
#97
i found my HOMMIII shadow of death disk and my armegedon's blade expansion, but they're so old i don't think my XP can initially run them. They work on my other computer that is a windows 98 so i know they work, I can't use that computer though it lags like no other. So i somehow need to get my XP to make CD think it's a 98 or just somehow get them to be compatible, I'm sure it's possible but I have no computer skills in that area.
-btw what happens is if i go to my computer on the XP i see the CD and it's contents but the installer won't go.

-any help/advicewould be great, thanks
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
November 29 2006 23:15 GMT
#98
So there is a way to buff/nerf certain thing in any H3. You just have to make a text file in the same dir that the data files are.
It can be extracted and then modified.
You can edit Hp/dmg grownth... but not special effect abilities or building effects.
I personally tweaked the fire spells(fireball, inferno) because they are useless (unless starting andra with inferno), giving them 16*power per level.
Animate dead -> increased cost or lowered effect for sure(it's better than ressurection and also cheaper and lvl3).
Making utopia tougher.
Pit lord cost lowered....
...many more

The sad thing is H3 has no anti-hack abuse(and believe me the is a very easy way to abuse), also there are no replays so All comes down to ...
...making very specific balanced map, disabling imba spells(fly for sure) and artifacts tweaking some units, and players that are to play fair and for fun.
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
One Page Memory
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Bulgaria2145 Posts
November 29 2006 23:40 GMT
#99
On November 30 2006 07:38 Byyk wrote:
@ Da_PlayerX & One Page Memory
You guys sound serious. HoMM3 is the brainy game but still it cannot be compared with chess for instance. I cannot imagine how someone can beat you all the time. What he do so better than you guys? I only ask that if you give me a good reason maybe I play several games with my gamemates again. I won mostly but sometimes if I dont have luck I simply have no chance (no way to find critical resourcec). Which maps do you play?
Where do you put than fortress in the tier list? And why do you think that SoD is better than WoG?

@Byyk:
You just have no idea whom you're messing with - Who said HOMM3 can be compared to chess - I play chess at competitive level too. I played a lot HOMM3, several times beat the best player in the world. There are SO MANY things about HOMM3 that you probably don't know and are VITAL. I myself have played 3-4 years intensivly and still find something small when I watch Rock play. Every template has his own laws, requirements and flaws. It's up to the player to know them - with many practice games. You know each hero which skills are most likely to raise and on what level? You know like your fingers each of the basic templates? No?
A little test for you (simple - hard - hardest):
1. What gives Unicorn in a combat to friendly units and how much?
2. Which is acknowledged as the best original template?
3. On a template "Ready Or Not" who wins (at least 90 %) and why?

And just because you asked - Rock_bul's some advantages are:
- very good transfer of the forces;
- flawless battle management;
- perfect awareness of the templates, heroes (what may raise any hero, what should CEIRTAIN raise, etc.);
- he is MEAN;
And Rock_bul was something 169-13 in the league IIRC. That's enormous luck? Yes?
Jin Youngsoo before game with Savior: But, I demanded myself (of composure) by saying: Same old, same old - only a Zerg, only a Zerg
TopGear
Profile Joined November 2005
United Kingdom796 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-11-30 00:51:48
November 30 2006 00:47 GMT
#100
I just wanted to say : I am a retard.

I downloaded : Heroes of Might and Magic III Chronicles Complete - All Episodes

Fucking gay.

EDIT: Don't worry, I found the proper game. *sigh* Be with you guys in about 6 hours, im going out.
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
November 30 2006 00:52 GMT
#101
whoa, i never played chronicles, whered ya get that ?? anyone know where i can get just chronicles ?
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
November 30 2006 01:25 GMT
#102
@KissBlade
Yours post helps a lot.

@One Page Memory
<You just have no idea whom you're messing with>
You are certainly right.
<Who said HOMM3 can be compared to chess - I play chess at competitive level too.>
You play chess at competitive level and you said that. Man, do you have any title or something?
<1. What gives Unicorn in a combat to friendly units and how much?
20% magic resistance
<2. Which is acknowledged as the best original template?
Dunno. I expect the answer.
<3. On a template "Ready Or Not" who wins (at least 90 %) and why?
Dunno. I expect the answer.
<- very good transfer of the forces;
<- flawless battle management;
<- perfect awareness of the templates, heroes (what may raise any hero, what should CEIRTAIN <raise, etc.);
<- he is MEAN;
Why dont you just copy him, especially at the fourth attribute ? You see how he plays and copy next time. Why that is not possible. In chess that is not possible but in HoMMIII it is very likely. Now you will probably say it is not. Why?
<And Rock_bul was something 169-13 in the league IIRC. That's enormous luck? Yes?
Probably not.
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
November 30 2006 01:30 GMT
#103
I would like to request that all of you guys stop being in European time zones so I can play =[ By the time I get home from work it's like 3am your time, how is this going to work out? Will you be playing on the weekends? That seems to be the only time I'll be able to hop on.
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Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 30 2006 01:32 GMT
#104
i can play homm3 restoration of erathia right now. any takers?
Teamliquidian townie
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 01:40 GMT
#105
we can play in about 15-20 minutes? ;p
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
One Page Memory
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Bulgaria2145 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-11-30 01:44:49
November 30 2006 01:44 GMT
#106
On November 30 2006 10:25 Byyk wrote:
<Who said HOMM3 can be compared to chess - I play chess at competitive level too.>
You play chess at competitive level and you said that. Man, do you have any title or something?

Care to quote me where I said that? If so - I will give you the right answers.
No I don't have title in chess.
Jin Youngsoo before game with Savior: But, I demanded myself (of composure) by saying: Same old, same old - only a Zerg, only a Zerg
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 30 2006 01:49 GMT
#107
On November 30 2006 10:40 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
we can play in about 15-20 minutes? ;p


msg me on msn
Teamliquidian townie
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
November 30 2006 02:01 GMT
#108
@One Page Memory
My mistake.
Answer me other questions.
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 02:07 GMT
#109
gg playerx~ was funz
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 02:09 GMT
#110
On November 30 2006 10:49 Night[Mare] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2006 10:40 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
we can play in about 15-20 minutes? ;p


msg me on msn

GOGo?! midian66/33 gogo
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 30 2006 02:14 GMT
#111
-he is MEAN - thumbs up
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 30 2006 02:18 GMT
#112
yeah gg
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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 02:30 GMT
#113
less fagp lease night[mare] we've been waiting like 15 minutes;
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 30 2006 02:31 GMT
#114
i have seen 8 hero transfer by rock_bul it was quite impressive and all the heroes was left with no movement at all after they switch the shitzz.. made perfectly,fast, and with finesse
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
November 30 2006 02:47 GMT
#115
someone make a test game? are you guys playing now?
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
One Page Memory
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Bulgaria2145 Posts
November 30 2006 02:55 GMT
#116
On November 30 2006 11:01 Byyk wrote:
@One Page Memory
My mistake.
Answer me other questions.

Just because I am a good guy:
2. Dwarven Tunnels;
3. Fortress >>>>> Inferno, takes the neutral castle first and gg no late then mid third weak.
Jin Youngsoo before game with Savior: But, I demanded myself (of composure) by saying: Same old, same old - only a Zerg, only a Zerg
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
November 30 2006 05:46 GMT
#117
I just downloaded Complete, now what do I do to play with you guys?

I have hamachi.
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
TopGear
Profile Joined November 2005
United Kingdom796 Posts
November 30 2006 05:51 GMT
#118
Mate, im in midians network, im completley lost too.

Its "midian33" pass = 33

no quotes
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 06:57 GMT
#119
no, midian66 pass 33
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 07:05 GMT
#120
anyways it's bed time for me again, i'm up for some more heroes tomorrow though fosho
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
November 30 2006 09:51 GMT
#121
definantly count me in
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
KissBlade
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States5718 Posts
November 30 2006 10:05 GMT
#122
Hey, where do you guys "Download this"?
ilte
Profile Joined November 2006
Norway70 Posts
November 30 2006 12:19 GMT
#123
i have endless hours infront of this game, when had no internet;p
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
November 30 2006 13:42 GMT
#124
My roommate strangly enough had a real copy of the CD, so I just am borrowing it.
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
NerO
Profile Joined February 2003
United States2071 Posts
November 30 2006 14:36 GMT
#125
if theres a free way 2 play hmm3 im in my cousin is a tester for this game hes like top 10 in the world rofl he got the game 4 months b4 it came it
GeneralCash
Profile Joined December 2005
Croatia346 Posts
November 30 2006 15:42 GMT
#126
On November 30 2006 05:54 Byyk wrote:
@GeneralCash
Man, you do not play enough. Everyone agrees that these two towns are the weakest. My favourite town is the fortress but it is very weak. There is the great article from Joker guy (not know name exactly) where he compare all towns. On tournaments the necromansers and conflux wins always (tower with chain-lighting guy). Also some heroes are too powerful (logistic, armorer, necromansy, skeletors and offence ). Diplomacy is disabled also.
The fortress is too slow. You are slow on the map also because of that. I know the gorgons are great but that is simply not enough. The Inferno's units are too low on hp. That can be changed in WoG. Both towns are playable but also are the weakest. Try fortress against necro to see what imba is. Death stare doesn't work on undeads T_T.
Berserker is imba but it is nothing compared to town portal or dimension door. If one player has one of that spells and other not game is over. That is known fact. Fly is also imba.
WoG is great because you can make game to be more balanced. For example those spells can be disabled. Conflux can be weakened (less Pxonexes) and other towns can be stronger (fortress and inferno for example). Some abilities can be buffed (eagle-eye, learning...) so they are not useless in WoG.
WoG can be what you want it to be. That is why it is so better than others heroes. If you want plain SoD you can play it in WoG. If you want to make game more fun at balance cost it is also possible (unit experience, fun but imba). If you want more balanced game you can achieve that also. Great mode of heroes indeed, imo.
In games like heroes there is not too much brain. At the end you know exactly what you should do. Luck desides most of the games. If you want brainy games play chess or go.


true, i havent played much in the last 4-5 years. but i had more than 150 games on just on toh before that. i left purely cuz of the community, it was full of guys like you. what does it mean that everyone agrees?? i don't. just cuz someone is good with some town and considers it the strongest, doesnt mean that it is indeed imba strong town, just that it fits his play style good.

how is fortress slow, dragon fly has 13 move, the next creature with the lowest lvl with that speed is efreet sultan... i see you haven't faced much first day abuse with dragon/basilisk on small maps.
true that fortress has a hard time vs necro, but necro has a hard time vs conflux, and conflux gets raped by stronghold on small maps and tower on large ones, etc. it's kinda like p<z<t. all mu-s are slill playable, but ppl only play conflux, castle, necro, and a little castle. i play mostly fortress and also a lot of inferno, and i used to win games, so dont tell me they are too strong. vs tough opponents, i tend to pick necro, but only if i know the map well. i also like rampart (very underrated). 90% of games i lost were vs conflux cuz i didn't understand how they work. i started laning with friends recently and took conflux for fun. i think i could beat a conflux player of my level right now.

as for spells, they should not ban fly cuz it's too strong, but ban summon air and fire, and mirror cuz it's too weak for a lvl 5. lvl 5 spells should be strong. you cant have more than 1-2 caster heroes, but i've seen ppl go 4-5 fighters cuz they need much lower lvl to be effective. that's why casters need the improved mobility from fly and dd.
TopGear
Profile Joined November 2005
United Kingdom796 Posts
November 30 2006 19:39 GMT
#127
Midian, I thought the complete edition was version "4.00".

Well anyway, I patched it up with the one you gave.

Im on hamachi if anyone wants a game. (just msg me)
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
November 30 2006 19:41 GMT
#128
On December 01 2006 04:39 TopGear wrote:
Midian, I thought the complete edition was version "4.00".

Well anyway, I patched it up with the one you gave.

Im on hamachi if anyone wants a game. (just msg me)

yes it is, but that just means it has latest patches for each heroes 3 expansion. complete edition 4.0 includes restoration of erathia 1.4, shadow of death 3.2 armageddon's blade 2.4 or somethingi dunno what the exact latest patches are for sod/ab but you get what i mean.

anyways i'm on my sister's pc at the moment but i have restoration of erathia 1.4 on here if you wanna play that
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
KissBlade
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States5718 Posts
November 30 2006 22:38 GMT
#129
GeneralCash, while Level 5 spells should be powerful and the summon spells are a bit weak, fly and DD offers some ridiculous advantages on ToH maps and you know it. Often there are "chokes" seperated only by tough monsters which you can simply just fly over if you had the movement spells. That and it totally messes up the concept of hero chaining for people since you'll be able to strike almost anywhere while those without can't. Since Diplomacy is banned, logistics and necromancy are among the most powerful skills. (Is Necro banned too? I think so if I recalled) I don't think conflux can get owned by anyone actually. Their spawn rate is just TOO fast and too cheap. They have some blah mid tiers but the numbers really make up.
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
November 30 2006 23:33 GMT
#130
can someone give an explanation to all the acronyms you guys are using?
Riding a bike is overrated.
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
November 30 2006 23:39 GMT
#131
If you use fly or dimension door, you may pick up artifacts/treasures that are guarded by monsters without actually fighting them... and that is IMBA
Used to remember if there was angel's wings on map somewhere I just went all-in to get it asap and afterwards rob the map of artifacts.

Problem with H3 is all growth rates are x2(since citadel+castle +100%).
So you can't make 3 phoenixes per week, and e.g. 5 magic elementals to compensate.
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
November 30 2006 23:47 GMT
#132
anyone up for a game now
tvt msg me anytime
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
December 01 2006 00:01 GMT
#133
I can but I don't have hamachi and must install first...
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
Red_Dragon
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Croatia2862 Posts
December 01 2006 00:02 GMT
#134
Would anyone like to play UT (original one) later?
Climbing walls of an endless circle
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-01 00:10:49
December 01 2006 00:09 GMT
#135
For the record I have H3 Complete, but i'm not sure what version is that...
Edit : readme says version 4.0
And I may host a game.
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 00:12 GMT
#136
http://www.hamachi.cc/
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 00:13 GMT
#137
http://files.hamachi.cc/HamachiSetup-1.0.1.1-en.exe
tvt msg me anytime
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 00:13 GMT
#138
as far as i know its freeware
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 00:16 GMT
#139
install and go go
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Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
December 01 2006 00:18 GMT
#140
anyone can get me the torrent for heros expansions please?
Teamliquidian townie
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 00:40 GMT
#141
i dont know it sry
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
December 01 2006 01:12 GMT
#142
On November 29 2006 08:40 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
oops might and magic yea ;D
i always go random, i kinda blow anyway but it's fun as hell ;p


crap... i saw this thread 10 times on the left side, and every time i read Might and Magic -___-
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 01:16 GMT
#143
lol its HMM3 we r talkin bout
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Red_Dragon
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Croatia2862 Posts
December 01 2006 02:26 GMT
#144
I am playing UT (original one) on the Internet now. Game name TeamLiquid, pass = 66. Practicing against boots. Anyone is more than welcome to tag along!
Climbing walls of an endless circle
k3fka
Profile Joined November 2004
Argentina1267 Posts
December 01 2006 03:50 GMT
#145
well i jsut installed restoration of earthia , anyone know the page to download the patches?
k3fka
Profile Joined November 2004
Argentina1267 Posts
December 01 2006 04:07 GMT
#146
well anyone up for ROE games now?
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-01 04:25:25
December 01 2006 04:25 GMT
#147
I HAVE HEROES COMPLETE
we should do a ffa or something sometime

SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE ACRONYMS
Riding a bike is overrated.
k3fka
Profile Joined November 2004
Argentina1267 Posts
December 01 2006 04:31 GMT
#148
i got restoration of erathai only , im downloading the rest of the exps , so meanwhile anyone ROE¿?
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 01 2006 04:34 GMT
#149
k3fka if you know where to dl the whole game post a link pls so ppl can dl the game. patches are easy to find
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k3fka
Profile Joined November 2004
Argentina1267 Posts
December 01 2006 04:59 GMT
#150
mmm , nightmare gave me a torrent where im downloading it. i dont know a particular site to download it directly.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 01 2006 05:01 GMT
#151
here is the torrent i got, if i can post this.
http://btjunkie.org/torrent?do=stat&id=32809dcc9492309faf13c08c4abc2630f82fca1a4495
there is another one without wog
http://btjunkie.org/torrent?do=stat&id=3280503eaf26ffbc96729d110bef7fd1272a0f724c35
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9105 Posts
December 01 2006 05:59 GMT
#152
well i'm getting a CD of it from my friend, i'll have it in a week. I hope people r still not bored of it then!
SunProject
Profile Joined November 2006
Great Britain43 Posts
December 01 2006 06:26 GMT
#153
Ill give you a game.. i had no internet the past 2 weeks beacuse i moved house!! you have an email address midian? Msg me or something, or an xfire account and we can game!! Have you tried completing any of the levels on IMPOSSIBLE? its actually really fucking hard.. make one mistake and your owned.
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
December 01 2006 06:58 GMT
#154
never tried impossible :O expert difficulty is usually easy but wouldn't know about impossible
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
DarK]N[exuS
Profile Joined April 2006
China1441 Posts
December 01 2006 07:49 GMT
#155
The difficulty is completely dependent on the map =[

If it's random and they give you super easy to get wood and ore mine then you are set

If not....sucks
Where joy exists despair will always beckon.
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
December 01 2006 08:33 GMT
#156
On December 01 2006 15:58 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
never tried impossible :O expert difficulty is usually easy but wouldn't know about impossible


I believe the difficulty level mostly determines the amount of resources you get at the start. From what I remember everything up to Medium gives you tens of thousands of each resource, Hard is thousands, and Impossible is only a couple thousand gold and zero of everything else.
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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
December 01 2006 08:45 GMT
#157
yes i know what changing the difficulty does, hence "expert is _USUALLY_ easy (vs computer opponents)" because you have enough resources at the start to get somewhere, but it depends on the map/proximity of mines/strength of monsters guarding the mines.
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
SunProject
Profile Joined November 2006
Great Britain43 Posts
December 01 2006 09:44 GMT
#158
Ye Impossible is only possible on a few maps, since you spawn with no resources what so ever you need to learn which heroes come with things such as one hero for the wizard race gives you +350 gold a day etc. its the only way impossible is possible.. also maximising the use of any range unit you can get your hand on and fighting as much as possible before the enemies get strong ( i guess you could call it creeping ) so hook me up with some details midian and ill play you.. or we can play like some 2v comp if thats possible? dunno not played it online.. only HOMM2
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
December 01 2006 12:03 GMT
#159
What does Wog stand for?
Riding a bike is overrated.
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
December 01 2006 22:08 GMT
#160
anybody knows how to open a .dmg file?
Teamliquidian townie
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
December 01 2006 22:42 GMT
#161
Wog--- Wake Of Gods, a independent HOMM3 expansion made by some russian guys i think
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
December 02 2006 02:46 GMT
#162
is it more balanced?
Riding a bike is overrated.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 02 2006 03:53 GMT
#163
No, there are too many modifications that to balance it requires a lot of fine tuning. The kind of wacky things like "faster creatures slow, slow ones fast" or the commanders really makes things difficult. It is fun though and can adapt to your particular style of play.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9105 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-02 06:29:37
December 02 2006 04:15 GMT
#164
what patch is needed for HOMM III complete, is it the same one midian posted on page one? cuz I downloaded it but it doesn't seem to work.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 02 2006 04:50 GMT
#165
omg are you guys actually playing. i waited for hours. T_T
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-02 05:02:20
December 02 2006 04:51 GMT
#166
impossible difficulty is tough but due to existing templates like JebusCross(richest template ever) its not a problem.I mean on day 3 you can have yourself 8 heroes exploring your huge territory and approximaly at third-fourth week you leave your land after beating a strong guard! under strong guard i mean 5lvl - throng/ 6lvl - horde / 7lvl - lots. sometimes there can be 2-3 guards which of course should be fought too.
Template jebus cross can be found here along with other not that rich templates described in the site:

http://www.wizardsandwarriors.net/maps/randomtemp.htm


note: after downloading the template(txt file), it should be put in data directory in HMM3 folder and renamed to "RMG.txt" , then you create random map and if the set template match the options you selected the game will start.

So everybody who want to play more balanced games should try some templates' jebus cross is richest but definately is most IMBA template due to number of dwelling/utopias placement in players' teritories so be careful with it.

basicly i dont recommend using of fly/dd, diplomacy,cartografer, hill fort, heroes with speciality logisticks and 4lvl spells(as main) , 4-5lvl scrolls,red rush'"

these are only my reccomendations to make real and balanced game which is not decided before the start! Enjoy everybody!

edit* i need to add that all misplaced guards must be fought! imagine if you take sword of judgement without beating the guard! WTF
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
December 02 2006 05:25 GMT
#167
Hoppin' on. Using my girlfriend's computer so the name is Pantha. Who's running a game?
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LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-02 06:59:03
December 02 2006 06:56 GMT
#168
Yeah we played it alright, didn't we Da_PlayerX.

For anyone, I don't know if utopias are generated random or not but the player down on the map had 2 and I had only ony one(and was generated probably the weakest one - least artifats).
Also you should take your cities ASAP - they are located left-bottom and up-right, some creatures may interfere but the town are almost free so to make city hall asap, and maybe switch to prod, if resources favour it better...
There are more spell/knowledge dwellings on maps so you can orient your main hero on that, implo/resu power... but if your opponent just has better arti you don't stand chance.
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
December 02 2006 07:10 GMT
#169
would anybody help me finidng the correct torrent for the expansions? i've dl'ed .dmg files, only openable on mac's ...
Teamliquidian townie
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 02 2006 17:31 GMT
#170
for experienced players i recommend playing on tough templates like panic and balance where difficulty and resource managment does matter!
jebus cross as i said is like BGH in HMM3 mode cuz its richest. mostly it is generated pretty imba but its fun to play 2vs2 on it simply b/c its separated for four players/territories.

on such templates is good to build your army first - stronghold must build behemots with castle first week.

also dwellings are one of the most important things in such templates, try to get them as early as possible... i always risk to get 1 week 7lvl dwelling!
at this point i thing i win the game with this risky move simply b/c i can explore faster... its pretty much like macroing in SC along with microing.
thats why hmm3 is so great - all depends on you and your skills and judgement of doing things(risky or not).
1week 7lvl dwelling won me like 15-20 games(10 of them on 2vs2)!
what i can say its jebus its all possible!
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 02 2006 20:18 GMT
#171
anyone up for a game?
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 02 2006 21:53 GMT
#172
i host a game ATM if anyone wants to play me go go gl!
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 02 2006 23:15 GMT
#173
so .... we r looking for fourth player to make a little 2vs2 here!
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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
December 02 2006 23:28 GMT
#174
still looking?
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 02 2006 23:39 GMT
#175
yeah u r already counted
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 02 2006 23:43 GMT
#176
one more for 2vs2 anybody wanna play ally with ToT)Midian( join hamachi > midian66/33 PlayerX's game
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DeathBlow
Profile Joined August 2006
Romania117 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-03 06:27:59
December 03 2006 06:27 GMT
#177
Can, you guys, list here the rules you use for playing and the maps size? You know? Like ;
Medium /small / XL no underground maps
Hard/Expert / Impssible difficulty
No Diplo / No Necro / No Chartographs / etc .
To have some training to get in shape
I didn't played multi for about two years now , i am a little rusty but i can give it a shoot .
I just installed Heroes 3 Complet edition for this ocassion . I've played Wog , single , lately. Testing all the options and stuff . But not in a million years can compare with the multi experience
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
December 03 2006 06:31 GMT
#178
Anybody has the torrent for the expansions?
Teamliquidian townie
Drowsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States4876 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-03 06:41:14
December 03 2006 06:36 GMT
#179
edit: NOTHING HERE!!~
Our Protoss, Who art in Aiur HongUn be Thy name; Thy stalker come, Thy will be blunk, on ladder as it is in Micro Tourny. Give us this win in our daily ladder, and forgive us our cheeses, As we forgive those who play zerg against us.
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
December 03 2006 08:15 GMT
#180
On December 03 2006 15:27 DeathBlow wrote:
Can, you guys, list here the rules you use for playing and the maps size? You know? Like ;
Medium /small / XL no underground maps
Hard/Expert / Impssible difficulty
No Diplo / No Necro / No Chartographs / etc .
To have some training to get in shape
I didn't played multi for about two years now , i am a little rusty but i can give it a shoot .
I just installed Heroes 3 Complet edition for this ocassion . I've played Wog , single , lately. Testing all the options and stuff . But not in a million years can compare with the multi experience


We are just playing for fun, DeathBlow.
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
December 03 2006 10:32 GMT
#181
The Hamachi network is always full when I try to join. Get out! =]
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Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
December 03 2006 10:58 GMT
#182
Anyone up for a game anytime soon? I just DL'ed heroes =D
Riding a bike is overrated.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-03 11:04:18
December 03 2006 11:04 GMT
#183
On December 03 2006 19:32 Excalibur_Z wrote:
The Hamachi network is always full when I try to join. Get out! =]
ironic that those who are able to get out are online and interested in playing. -_-
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
DeathBlow
Profile Joined August 2006
Romania117 Posts
December 03 2006 14:05 GMT
#184
Well... . Say the network name and password and we can definitely try

Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 03 2006 16:46 GMT
#185
its midian66//33 hamachi network usually playerx and midian host games. but remember ... these guys are tough and hard to beat. practise a bit more
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ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
December 03 2006 21:32 GMT
#186
I can make another hamachi channel later today for other people, i'll edit this post when i get onto my own computer
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
DeathBlow
Profile Joined August 2006
Romania117 Posts
December 03 2006 22:08 GMT
#187
That will be very great . Tnx a bunch .
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-03 23:21:20
December 03 2006 23:09 GMT
#188
Anyone up for a game right now?

Just msg me on msn (nimbalisto@hotmail) or aim (nimbalisto) if you guys are trying to get something going
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
December 04 2006 00:54 GMT
#189
put TRIAL (caps lock plz) on register and you will be able to join any network
Teamliquidian townie
DeathBlow
Profile Joined August 2006
Romania117 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-04 01:37:34
December 04 2006 01:16 GMT
#190
It only last for 2 hours . After that you get disconnected .
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 04 2006 04:11 GMT
#191
i probably will be able to play tommorow so i'll pm if someone is online.
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Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
December 04 2006 04:31 GMT
#192
i'll also be able to play tmr... what version are you guys playing?
Riding a bike is overrated.
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
December 04 2006 05:35 GMT
#193
I can play any version. I have the 'Complete' edition.
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 04 2006 20:15 GMT
#194
wanna play zapling?
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EAGER-beaver
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada2799 Posts
December 05 2006 11:53 GMT
#195
I'm slowly aquiring heroes 3 at 1 kb a second, I can't wait to join the fun. I've fired up heroes 2 in the mean time.
Simon and Garfunkel rock my face off
Hydrolisko
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Vanuatu1659 Posts
December 05 2006 12:17 GMT
#196
i'll play!! but i only have restoration of erathia
Hydrolisko
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Vanuatu1659 Posts
December 05 2006 12:22 GMT
#197
if you're not playing plz leave the network -.- fullll
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 05 2006 16:06 GMT
#198
ye good idea ti fire up the hmm2 cuz its completely different game
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zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
December 05 2006 18:26 GMT
#199
TL.net should turn into a broodwar/homm3 community

all homm3 needs is a community
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
ToT)MidiaN(
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
England2183 Posts
December 05 2006 22:30 GMT
#200
i made a new network, midian77/33
Nothing worth doing is devoid of risk
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 05 2006 22:36 GMT
#201
On December 06 2006 01:06 Da_PlayerX wrote:
ye good idea ti fire up the hmm2 cuz its completely different game
Is it true that dungeon is overpowered there? Because of the black dragons.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-05 23:11:40
December 05 2006 23:11 GMT
#202
black dragons and titans hate each other, titans have 1attack and defence more than black dragons. its very hard to say which unit is better its kinda dilemma and evryone have an opinion on this.

edit* its hmm2 not hmm3
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zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-07 23:26:45
December 07 2006 23:26 GMT
#203
if someone wants to play homm3 w/ my friend nad i

we're about to start a game in a min

join by tcp/ip - i can pm u ip

version 4.0
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 07 2006 23:29 GMT
#204
i will play if someone wants to ally me against ya
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zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-07 23:31:59
December 07 2006 23:31 GMT
#205
we're waiting for 1 more player to play a 2v2 (if more want to play we can get a 3v3 going)

if we play a 3v3 and some1 has to go, we can save it (i think u can?) and meet up later to finish it
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 07 2006 23:33 GMT
#206
3v3 is nonesense but 2vs2 is possible
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 07 2006 23:34 GMT
#207
what template u want to play on btw?
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zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-07 23:35:33
December 07 2006 23:35 GMT
#208
24.124.88.46 is the ip, it's hosted
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 07 2006 23:38 GMT
#209
5.60.120.246
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Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 07 2006 23:39 GMT
#210
or 82.147.148.71
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zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
December 07 2006 23:41 GMT
#211
dude really frustrating problem

when i tab my homm3 doesnt load back up (from the menu bar) and i have to ctrl+alt+del and reopen a new 1

its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 07 2006 23:58 GMT
#212
so no game now
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 08 2006 00:16 GMT
#213
could you guys wait for 90 minutes, i just got out of my last final and i need some food before playing. xD
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
zizou21
Profile Joined September 2006
United States3683 Posts
December 08 2006 00:27 GMT
#214
hm got kinda shafted

dunno what happened w/ that guy o_o

btw weird question, if ur ally is in a battle, can u watch teh battle somehow ? boring to sit there x_x
its me, tasteless,s roomate LOL!
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 08 2006 00:47 GMT
#215
yeah its only the guess that left ya when ally's in battle
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Kaolla
Profile Joined January 2003
China2999 Posts
December 08 2006 01:43 GMT
#216
(((((((( i wanna play too but i dont have HoMM anymore T__________T
i love that game T_T
its me
KissBlade
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States5718 Posts
December 08 2006 03:02 GMT
#217
On December 06 2006 03:26 zizou21 wrote:
TL.net should turn into a broodwar/homm3 community

all homm3 needs is a community


homm3 HAS a community.

http://heroescommunity.com/forumdisplay.php3?FID=6 <====
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 08 2006 03:28 GMT
#218
game started?
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
December 08 2006 03:31 GMT
#219
im usually always up for a game, just msg me via aim or msn ^^
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
December 08 2006 03:38 GMT
#220
i'm up for a game right now. any takers?
Riding a bike is overrated.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 08 2006 18:11 GMT
#221
i'm up for a game right now. any takers? its saturday today cmon ppl
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Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
December 08 2006 18:19 GMT
#222
I dunno how to play, but I'll try for fun times. what hamachi network (both the midian ones are full)?
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 08 2006 18:20 GMT
#223
what do u mean "i dunno how to play"?
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Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
December 08 2006 18:25 GMT
#224
I mean I got HoMM3 very recently and I've only beaten the first campaign mission so far.
Da_PlayerX
Profile Joined January 2006
Bulgaria1304 Posts
December 08 2006 18:29 GMT
#225
in that case i advise ya to play them all on max difficulty and then u can beat everyone here.... just kiddin
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Nazarene
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Denmark996 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-12-09 00:30:47
December 09 2006 00:30 GMT
#226
id like to play right now.

i got heroes 3 complete.

pm me~
or add me to your msn: anderslundgaard@gmail.com
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
December 09 2006 04:17 GMT
#227
I want to play but I don't have MSN
Riding a bike is overrated.
Nazarene
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Denmark996 Posts
December 09 2006 06:43 GMT
#228
im still here if anyone wants to play.
Nazarene
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Denmark996 Posts
December 16 2006 23:36 GMT
#229
please guys, i wanna play homm3 multiplayer so badly!
so far only one has added me to his msn, and we played a single game.
now im home for the holidays, and all i can do is study or play homm3.

so if ANYONE wants to play, today, tomorrow, next week, next month, msg me!

anderslundgaard@gmail.com is my msn. gogo add .
Telemako
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Spain1636 Posts
February 23 2007 06:04 GMT
#230
Join midian66 // 33 at Hamachi for a HOMM3 game.

I have HOMM3 Complete version 4, I'll wait until we make a nice group of people to play
I've been around since it all started, and it feels good
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
February 23 2007 06:14 GMT
#231
Wait for me!!
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
September 11 2007 04:04 GMT
#232
Okay I am completely retarded and can't figure this out, despite Google searches and trial and error, so I risk getting flamed for bumping this thread.

My girlfriend and I are playing Heroes 3 again but we've completed all the Allied scenarios so there's little for us to do besides play Random Maps together. The problem is, setting up 2v2comp or 2v3comp matches is more difficult than the Multiplayer menu leads on. So we'll set up 4 Human or Computer players, 2 Human or Computer teams, 2 Computer Only players, and 1 Computer Only team - logically you would think that would put 2 humans versus 2 computers but it doesn't work out that way. What am I missing here?

Right now she's looking at allied maps to download from random HoMM3 sites but who knows if those will be any good. Halpmeh TL gurus!
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MannerKiss
Profile Joined June 2003
United States2398 Posts
September 11 2007 05:11 GMT
#233
IIRC the colors of the teams are pre decided, you just have to pick the colors that are on the same team?
I want an igloo.
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-11 05:23:45
September 11 2007 05:23 GMT
#234
HoM&M 2 + 3 = <3333

Excalibur, have you tried clicking your flag to set the team color? Have you made sure that alliances are possible?
Peace~
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
September 11 2007 06:54 GMT
#235
That's the thing, you can't set it. The Allies flag always has only one color and all the rest of the colors are set to Enemies, and there's no way to change it. There's also no way to tell which color you'll be grouped with when the game starts.
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Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
January 18 2009 19:26 GMT
#236
Just wondering if anyone here is up for a HOMM3 game? I have all the expansion of this as well
Teamliquidian townie
Oystein
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Norway1602 Posts
January 18 2009 20:05 GMT
#237
I would be up for it, but I havent patched it up or played it online, only over LAN. Hamachi should work for this right?
Got all expansions of course.
God Hates a Coward
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
January 18 2009 21:29 GMT
#238
i dont think it needs any patches but yes, hamachi probably works
Teamliquidian townie
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
January 18 2009 21:31 GMT
#239
oh this is up again ? I had good fun playing with midian over hamachi heh, too bad i cant find my copy now TT, and im not really in the HoMM spirit
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
January 18 2009 21:40 GMT
#240
I wanna play but I lost my H3 Complete CD
Riding a bike is overrated.
Oystein
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Norway1602 Posts
January 18 2009 21:45 GMT
#241
On January 19 2009 06:40 Pacifist wrote:
I wanna play but I lost my H3 Complete CD

You could always download it.

I assume that if we play all will play random? So that one avoid tower\solemyr, or stronghold\craghak on small maps ect

Anyway I would be up for a game over hamachi in the next days if people are up for it.
God Hates a Coward
L
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada4732 Posts
January 18 2009 22:40 GMT
#242
I think i'ma have to uninstall wake of the gods to play, but i'm not sure :o
The number you have dialed is out of porkchops.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
January 18 2009 23:53 GMT
#243
you should still have the original executable in there. just use that
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
January 19 2009 18:20 GMT
#244
Well to my knowledge, HOMM3 has been discontinued and downloading it from a torrent shouldnt fall in the "illegal". Anyways, PM me if you want to setup a match. i got free time from 21:30 CET to 06:00 CET (14:30 to 21:00 central time US)
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Oystein
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Norway1602 Posts
January 20 2009 02:26 GMT
#245
So me and nightmare tried to play today using hamachi, we saw eachothers game, but both got error occurred while trying to join the game msg when we tried to join games.

Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?
God Hates a Coward
0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
January 20 2009 06:27 GMT
#246
On January 20 2009 03:20 Night[Mare wrote:
Well to my knowledge, HOMM3 has been discontinued and downloading it from a torrent shouldnt fall in the "illegal". Anyways, PM me if you want to setup a match. i got free time from 21:30 CET to 06:00 CET (14:30 to 21:00 central time US)


Probably no one cares about downloading "abandonware" (i.e. games which you can't buy anymore), but it's still illegal, mind you. Because the copyrights remain. Sure this is stupid, but that's how current copyright law is in the age of the internet.
MidnightGladius
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
China1214 Posts
January 20 2009 06:39 GMT
#247
Ah, I had so much fun abusing Warfare and War Machine modifications in WoG. My brother and I felt so proud when we finally beat Pestilence Lake on Expert. 2v1, we though; should be easy :D.

/nostalgia
Trust in Bayes.
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
January 20 2009 08:58 GMT
#248
On January 20 2009 15:27 0xDEADBEEF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 20 2009 03:20 Night[Mare wrote:
Well to my knowledge, HOMM3 has been discontinued and downloading it from a torrent shouldnt fall in the "illegal". Anyways, PM me if you want to setup a match. i got free time from 21:30 CET to 06:00 CET (14:30 to 21:00 central time US)


Probably no one cares about downloading "abandonware" (i.e. games which you can't buy anymore), but it's still illegal, mind you. Because the copyrights remain. Sure this is stupid, but that's how current copyright law is in the age of the internet.


there are countries where downloading is legal :D like Hungary :D
And all is illuminated.
Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4843 Posts
January 20 2009 09:55 GMT
#249
No it's not legal, the authorities on the other hand don't go after you unless you pirate stuff in a company environment or whatever. Technically, you can still be sued for downloading stuff.
Complete the cycle!
Pacifist
Profile Joined October 2003
Israel1683 Posts
January 30 2009 19:25 GMT
#250
On January 19 2009 06:45 Oystein wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2009 06:40 Pacifist wrote:
I wanna play but I lost my H3 Complete CD

You could always download it.

I assume that if we play all will play random? So that one avoid tower\solemyr, or stronghold\craghak on small maps ect

Anyway I would be up for a game over hamachi in the next days if people are up for it.


Does anyone know where I can download a copy of this?
Riding a bike is overrated.
barbahaba0
Profile Joined January 2009
Israel226 Posts
January 30 2009 19:47 GMT
#251
i'm up for it
game over dude .... game over!!!!
Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
July 10 2009 05:54 GMT
#252
Sorry to bump but I'm having a weird problem with HOMM3 when I try to play it with a friend. Whenever one of us hosts, the other gets "Receiving map headers from host" forever. We've tried this on both Hamachi and Gameranger but it doesn't seem to change anything. The only difference is when I host, he says he can see me in the game/what I'm saying on ingame chat, but he doesn't show up on my player list and I can't see his chat. When he hosts, he can see me and what I type, and I can see him on the player list, but I still can't see anything he types on ingame chat.

I tried googling this issue but the only real suggestion offered was to remove all maps from the map folder except for one, which we did, and it didn't help. It seems like everyone who had this problem and asked about it that I could find through google just disappears without giving any information about how they solved this problem, or if they solved it at all. Anyone have any suggestions?
BW forever || Thall
chiflutz
Profile Joined June 2006
Romania1025 Posts
July 10 2009 06:11 GMT
#253
As far as I know, when hosting it chooses randomly from a wide range of ports with only a few preset ones. Had similar issues last time I wanted to host a game and I tried opening the ports it needed... went, 'fuck it' and opened everything. Pinpointing whatever you need opened is a hassle because it changes them between sessions (i.e. new ports whenever you rehost).
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TheGladiator_BG
Profile Joined September 2009
7 Posts
October 04 2009 19:51 GMT
#254
HI all, HOMM3 is my game anyone want to taste how losing is? Let me know
tossinYoSalad
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States215 Posts
October 04 2009 21:24 GMT
#255
i detect thread necro. lol. homm3 is the shit though.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
October 04 2009 21:27 GMT
#256
This game is fun, my dads addicted to it, stays up till 3am sometimes playing it lol
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2041 Posts
December 26 2016 12:27 GMT
#257
Hi, I made a Giant map (~6x XL map) for HotA (Horn of the Abyss) extension. This is a fan made extension that adds 1 castle and new objects while keeping most of Heroes 3 unchanged. To play it you need Heroes 3: Shadow of Death and download HotA, for example from here: http://www.vault.acidcave.net/file.php?id=500

My map has been very warmly welcomed by the community and been called by many to be the best out there, hence I'm sharing with you the latest (and probably final version of it): http://www.maps4heroes.com/forum/opinions.php?game=3&map_id=1431

For those of you that decide to give it a shot, I suggest to download a HD Luncher extension that will the game look much better and also improves the UI a lot: https://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/eng/download

About the map:

- You can select any of 6 castles and you start in roughly same, balanced position
- Difficulty level is very high so consider taking 200% only if you are an expert at HoMM, otherwise start with a lower difficulty as map would still be tough.
- This is the maximum size of a map you can make so prepare for a loong game
- I've spent roughly 10 months to make, obviously with periods where I didn't touch it but well.. that was a lot of time and effort.

Good luck
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
Aceace
Profile Joined June 2011
Turkey1305 Posts
December 26 2016 12:58 GMT
#258
I'm downloading it right away!

Soooo happy to see mapmakers still contributing HoMM3!
Dün dündür, bugün bugündür. (Yesterday was yesterday, today is today)
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
December 26 2016 13:29 GMT
#259
Always glad to see older games getting some (more) love
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
December 29 2016 01:53 GMT
#260
heroes 3 was great. i never played multiplayer though, just hot seat comp stomps with friends. seems like multiplayer 1v1 would be too stressful

i was able to beat campaign on hardest difficulty but had to abuse save/load. that's cause your heroes transfer between levels, and once you get expert earth magic or even expert air magic IT IS ALL OVER. expert earth gives you a town portal that lets you return to any castle, and of course expert air magic gives you dimension door. both spells are broken. combined doesnt matter how tough the CPU is. other tactics i abused were getting a super fast unit - faster than whatever the fastest enemy unit was, loading it on a non campaign hero with expert in some magic type, and then hitting an enemy hero within range of castle. i would cast chain lightning at match start, then immediately surrendering. since my unit would be fastest, i would be guaranteed first move. since i would only have one unit in my army, surrender would be cheap. then i would immediately re hire hero in castle, and repeat over and over again until enemy army had been whittled down by repeated chain lightning casts. then i could just TP my campaign hero in and wreck shop.

i went to a heroes forum and mind was blown by how advanced the tactics were. building lots of mule heroes so that you could transport/transfer entire troops in a turn or 2. unsurprisingly, i learned that spells like dimension door and TP were BANNED since it was so unbalancing if one side got it and the other didnt, since mage guild spells are random


StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
December 29 2016 03:16 GMT
#261
On October 05 2009 06:27 StorrZerg wrote:
This game is fun, my dads addicted to it, stays up till 3am sometimes playing it lol


6 years later...
nothing has changed. he still plays this every day
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
ProMeTheus112
Profile Joined December 2009
France2027 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-29 04:49:59
December 29 2016 04:49 GMT
#262
On December 29 2016 12:16 StorrZerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2009 06:27 StorrZerg wrote:
This game is fun, my dads addicted to it, stays up till 3am sometimes playing it lol


6 years later...
nothing has changed. he still plays this every day

that's amazing

I haven't played homm3 in a long time, but I have good memories of it, best of the series, no wonder it is still good and people still like to play it!
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-29 09:47:15
December 29 2016 09:45 GMT
#263
Too bad that 95% of fan made maps are utter garbage, and the other 5% are just bad. The only good thing about some mods is that they allow you to customize things.

Cant wait for that remake/recoding of HoMM3 to be done, it will be fun times then.
All candles lit within him, and there was purity. | First auto-promoted BW LP editor.
WonnaPlay
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands912 Posts
December 29 2016 10:03 GMT
#264
On December 29 2016 12:16 StorrZerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2009 06:27 StorrZerg wrote:
This game is fun, my dads addicted to it, stays up till 3am sometimes playing it lol


6 years later...
nothing has changed. he still plays this every day


Haha you should play 1v1 against him! (or 2vComp)

Man, this game is so great.
I used to play this game with both of my sister's, while we were all on our own computers. This game was my first experience with IP / router configurations. Spend days as a 10 year old to try to make this work. Before that we used hotseat, but once we all had our own computer, I wanted to fix it. We didn't have internet at the time, so there was no google or anything

Damn, the memories!!
abuse
Profile Joined April 2011
Latvia1942 Posts
December 29 2016 11:23 GMT
#265
On December 29 2016 18:45 quirinus wrote:
Too bad that 95% of fan made maps are utter garbage, and the other 5% are just bad. The only good thing about some mods is that they allow you to customize things.

Cant wait for that remake/recoding of HoMM3 to be done, it will be fun times then.


the homm3 multiplayer community doesn't play any set maps, they play templates.
So the map is different every time, yet the main features (number of chokes, what tier of monster defends it, number of mines, etc) remain.
I don't believe you.
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2041 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-29 13:02:05
December 29 2016 13:01 GMT
#266
On December 29 2016 18:45 quirinus wrote:
Too bad that 95% of fan made maps are utter garbage, and the other 5% are just bad. The only good thing about some mods is that they allow you to customize things.

Cant wait for that remake/recoding of HoMM3 to be done, it will be fun times then.


Check my map, maybe you'll get a surprise? (I posted it on page 13 of this topic)
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
valaki
Profile Joined June 2009
Hungary2476 Posts
December 29 2016 15:29 GMT
#267
Interestingly, this game has got a competitive scene too. Competitive heroes 3 you say? Yeah!
ggaemo fan
KameZerg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1767 Posts
December 29 2016 16:37 GMT
#268
I played this alot online on msn zone, is anyone still playing?
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abuse
Profile Joined April 2011
Latvia1942 Posts
December 30 2016 10:42 GMT
#269
On December 30 2016 00:29 valaki wrote:
Interestingly, this game has got a competitive scene too. Competitive heroes 3 you say? Yeah!


i recommend watching some streams in twitch. People like twaryna for example.
If you've never seen competitive Homm3, then watching that should blow your mind.
I don't believe you.
coolkiu00
Profile Joined January 2020
1 Post
January 10 2020 07:18 GMT
#270
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ProMeTheus112
Profile Joined December 2009
France2027 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-12 08:55:23
January 11 2020 15:22 GMT
#271
I was playing this game quite a bit last year, rediscovering it and playing more in depth (singleplayer). I made a bunch of maps with ideas to make strategies more open and decorate the maps with diversity here they are :
http://www.heroes3maps.com/map/12698-discord (XL, very open, 8 players, some alliances, assymetrical)
http://www.heroes3maps.com/map/12054-fire-emblem (M, starting buildings and armies vary, special objective, can be played coop)
http://www.heroes3maps.com/map/12048-discovery (L, 3 players FFA, exploration, designed with multiplayer in mind)

they are also on this site : https://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes3/maps.php?keywords=discord&type=&size=&difficulty=&humans=0&teams=0&players=0&sort=5
and you can find many other maps there ofc, people upload regularly.

I think one reason why they play only random maps in multiplayer is because map knowledge is super critical while a game lasts a long or very long time. You'd have to have both players know the entire map for having played in singleplayer before playing together in multiplayer, or how do you know the other player doesn't know it ? Only one detail omitted may screw you over due to the cheer difference it could make, like some strong monster being set to "join you always" or something. Probably ppl also enjoy exploring an unknown map in multiplayer in this game. Wish designed maps were played more in multiplayer because there are things computers are just not able to do. (one fix would be to show starting map details, instead of complete black fog of war)

btw game is pretty masterpiece
wished better multiplayer playability (games are just too long aren't they? need simultaneous turns and stuff) and better AI I guess for more interesting difficulty (here difficulty comes from heavy handicap to yourself which limits the valid strategies. I guess it's always like that almost. Well at least the handicap is only about the starting resources and clearly stated). Still think this is the best of the series, though 4 seemed interesting original twist and 5 had good ideas (good looks, hero skill customization, unit types) but less polish and balance.

Still haven't tried horn of the abyss unofficial expansion, seems to be good and what most players play now (?)
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17573 Posts
January 12 2020 11:56 GMT
#272
There are simultaneous turns now in HoMM3.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9568 Posts
January 12 2020 15:57 GMT
#273
Over the last year I tried both "Horn of the Abyss" and "In the Wake of Gods". Horn of the Abyss is definitely much more tame and vanilla between the two. It rebalances some things and adds 1 extra town, but overall nothing groundbreaking or earthshattering. I'd definitely recommend trying it out.

Now WoG is a whole different beast. The sheer amount of changes and customization in that version of HoMM3 is really staggering. Leaving aside Tier 8 creatures from every town that are more or less each on the level of a Rust or Crystal Dragon, WoG also aims to implement many HoMM 4 changes into HoMM 3. For example heroes physically fighting on the ground alongside your forces. It isn't strictly speaking your hero, but a very powerful lieutenant unique creature that can also affect morale and cast spells itself.

If it's your 1st time "modding" go with HotA, because it even has a competitive scene. WoG is pretty hardcore and unbalanced TBH, but still can be fun when you fine-tune it to your liking. Just compstomp on it for funsies.
For the curse of life is the curse of want. PC = https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/4JknvV
ProMeTheus112
Profile Joined December 2009
France2027 Posts
January 13 2020 02:51 GMT
#274
On January 12 2020 20:56 Manit0u wrote:
There are simultaneous turns now in HoMM3.

until players are within the same area of interaction then its off right? I mean, for a long turn based game i think it would be ideal with simultaneous turn during whole game. didn't get to try it though. It would be great if you could play on 1 comp with 2 mice too^^
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
January 13 2020 09:33 GMT
#275
On January 13 2020 11:51 ProMeTheus112 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 12 2020 20:56 Manit0u wrote:
There are simultaneous turns now in HoMM3.

until players are within the same area of interaction then its off right? I mean, for a long turn based game i think it would be ideal with simultaneous turn during whole game. didn't get to try it though. It would be great if you could play on 1 comp with 2 mice too^^


Splitscreen? :D

Haven't played this in ages but man, the good times I had with this game.
To bad they botched HMM7. Hope someone tries to make a modern HMM someday
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17573 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-13 10:51:06
January 13 2020 10:50 GMT
#276
They should definitely go back to the roots, but still incorporate some stuff from later installments. I really like the idea of town portal being a very expensive building instead of a spell (dimension door and town portal are OP). Also, the skill trees like in HOMM5 would be nice as they offered a bit more variety. Diplomacy and necromancy are completely broken in HoMM3 and could also use a rework (I'd remove diplo entirely).

If you want to play on one comp with friends I suggest just doing a hot-seat but setting turn time limit to 1 minute. It goes relatively quickly then as people only do the most necessary things.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
January 13 2020 11:46 GMT
#277
On January 13 2020 19:50 Manit0u wrote:
They should definitely go back to the roots, but still incorporate some stuff from later installments. I really like the idea of town portal being a very expensive building instead of a spell (dimension door and town portal are OP). Also, the skill trees like in HOMM5 would be nice as they offered a bit more variety. Diplomacy and necromancy are completely broken in HoMM3 and could also use a rework (I'd remove diplo entirely).

If you want to play on one comp with friends I suggest just doing a hot-seat but setting turn time limit to 1 minute. It goes relatively quickly then as people only do the most necessary things.


Haha yes I remember beeing done with my turn relatively quickly but then stopped and thought about my next 50 moves/ turns before clicking the end turn button for good xD
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
January 13 2020 17:54 GMT
#278
holy crap there's a heroes 3 thread?

man the shadow of death campaign, crack hack sub campaign is ridiculously tough. i remember beating it on impossible difficulty with save/reload a decade ago, but then this time around, i could not beat the second level. could only do it on expert.

the second level is the one where the computers are protected by border gates, the border tent keymasters are either behind enemy lines or guarded by faerie dragons, and by week 2 you get attacked by a monstrous cpu army. a lot of it relies on getting the right skills in the first level of subcampaign, specifically earth magic and fire magic. i think a decade ago i relied on blind and mass slow. for the life of me i can't beat it now. going to revisit this again at some point.
ProMeTheus112
Profile Joined December 2009
France2027 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-01-13 22:34:45
January 13 2020 18:29 GMT
#279
On January 13 2020 19:50 Manit0u wrote:If you want to play on one comp with friends I suggest just doing a hot-seat but setting turn time limit to 1 minute. It goes relatively quickly then as people only do the most necessary things.

The issue I have had with this is playing with a friend who doesn't know the game, he can't deal with stuff in 1 minute. Game length and waiting while the other plays is a real issue too (and what about games with more than 2 players!). Settlers 2 had a 2 mice split screen multiplayer mode, I think this would be worth exploring for a Heroes type of game but it is challenging to design so that it would work with a similar design (likely need to change things in the design, hero movement and interaction/attack during a simultaneous turn? set up stances or something??). Btw there was also a old strategy turn based game by bluebyte that did this called Battle Isle, simultaneous turns.

A lot of PCs have 2 screens nowadays, you could even setup games to optionally play "split screen" using 1 screen per player : P
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17573 Posts
January 14 2020 11:23 GMT
#280
On January 14 2020 03:29 ProMeTheus112 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2020 19:50 Manit0u wrote:If you want to play on one comp with friends I suggest just doing a hot-seat but setting turn time limit to 1 minute. It goes relatively quickly then as people only do the most necessary things.

The issue I have had with this is playing with a friend who doesn't know the game, he can't deal with stuff in 1 minute. Game length and waiting while the other plays is a real issue too (and what about games with more than 2 players!). Settlers 2 had a 2 mice split screen multiplayer mode, I think this would be worth exploring for a Heroes type of game but it is challenging to design so that it would work with a similar design (likely need to change things in the design, hero movement and interaction/attack during a simultaneous turn? set up stances or something??). Btw there was also a old strategy turn based game by bluebyte that did this called Battle Isle, simultaneous turns.

A lot of PCs have 2 screens nowadays, you could even setup games to optionally play "split screen" using 1 screen per player : P


I've been playing hotseat with 5 friends on 1 comp. Fun, but takes all night to play a single game sometimes. If you want to play with newer player than simultaneous turns won't help you much either because at some point you'll have to wait for him to catch up anyway. With new players it's best to take it slow and just enjoy it. Heroes series isn't really a game that was designed to blast through a dozen games a day like RTSs. Think of it more like Civilization series, if you don't have time for it, it's not a game for you.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
ProMeTheus112
Profile Joined December 2009
France2027 Posts
January 14 2020 19:30 GMT
#281
On January 14 2020 20:23 Manit0u wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2020 03:29 ProMeTheus112 wrote:
On January 13 2020 19:50 Manit0u wrote:If you want to play on one comp with friends I suggest just doing a hot-seat but setting turn time limit to 1 minute. It goes relatively quickly then as people only do the most necessary things.

The issue I have had with this is playing with a friend who doesn't know the game, he can't deal with stuff in 1 minute. Game length and waiting while the other plays is a real issue too (and what about games with more than 2 players!). Settlers 2 had a 2 mice split screen multiplayer mode, I think this would be worth exploring for a Heroes type of game but it is challenging to design so that it would work with a similar design (likely need to change things in the design, hero movement and interaction/attack during a simultaneous turn? set up stances or something??). Btw there was also a old strategy turn based game by bluebyte that did this called Battle Isle, simultaneous turns.

A lot of PCs have 2 screens nowadays, you could even setup games to optionally play "split screen" using 1 screen per player : P


I've been playing hotseat with 5 friends on 1 comp. Fun, but takes all night to play a single game sometimes. If you want to play with newer player than simultaneous turns won't help you much either because at some point you'll have to wait for him to catch up anyway. With new players it's best to take it slow and just enjoy it. Heroes series isn't really a game that was designed to blast through a dozen games a day like RTSs. Think of it more like Civilization series, if you don't have time for it, it's not a game for you.

Yeah maybe for me the challenge then was finding someone who enjoy it to play hotseat @@ idk
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
January 15 2020 09:07 GMT
#282
I remember back in the day, me and two friends easily played this all night for 1, max 2 games hot seat. Eventually we all had notebooks so at least we could play simultaneously then, still took forever
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9105 Posts
January 02 2024 17:25 GMT
#283
Bump.

I never really got into playing multiplayer but have always enjoyed single player h3. HotA just released an expansion update with a new town and campaign.
Sorusaba
Profile Joined October 2017
294 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-01-02 18:18:03
January 02 2024 18:17 GMT
#284
I advise anyone who finds enjoyment in hidden, sort of underground multiplayer scenes of old games to check out the HOMM3 category on Twitch! If you haven't checked in for many years, I guarantee it'll be a whole new world. A surprisingly active and very competitive player base is still rocking this game. Mostly in Cyrillic languages, but there's several content creators in English as well, and if you actually want to play some, there's usually over a thousand players online in most EU hours, including a bunch of new and inexperienced ones to learn against.
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