Heroes of Might and Magic III

[iancudorinmarian]

Both HOMM3 and HOMM5 seem to be on sale atm on gog:

https://www.gog.com/game/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_edition
https://www.gog.com/game/heroes_of_might_and_magic_5_bundle

Might be worth spending a few dollars, you get a ton of content for such a low price.

[iancudorinmarian]

[Wyand]

It seems I only wanted to post one of these videos, and forgotten to do that. They are fantastic!!!

[iancudorinmarian]

HOMM3 and HOMM4 currently on sale on gog.com if anyone was on the fence on buying them when they were at full price.

[iancudorinmarian]

After playing on and off for the past few months, I've finally managed to complete the SoD campaign. Some missions were really frustrating, but overall it was pretty fun.

[Wyand]

I think that's the only campaign I never obtained. Do you play custom maps? I enjoyed the Pride maps (Angelic, Devilish and Titanic Pride).

(Meanwhile I really wanted to find a specific map set, just to find out they were Heroes 2 maps... really brutal and story-rich maps made by Corribus.)

[iancudorinmarian]

I think that's the only campaign I never obtained. Do you play custom maps? I enjoyed the Pride maps (Angelic, Devilish and Titanic Pride).

(Meanwhile I really wanted to find a specific map set, just to find out they were Heroes 2 maps... really brutal and story-rich maps made by Corribus.)

I played a few, not those you mentioned though. My favourite one is All for One, just because it's the map I played as a kid. I've also played a few Island maps, since the random map generator is terrible at making them.

[Wyand]

Ah, this is a stock map, there are really good ones, I loved Titan's Winter, for example. For a good old quick multiplayer game Manifest Destiny is the best!
The map I mentioned is user-made. They are pretty much challenging, sometimes even sadistic. You can find a lot at Celestial Heavens.

[Submachine]

I would like to learn more about the in-depth strategies in Heroes III. Here is one thing I learned through in-game experimentation.

Few = 1-4
Several = 5-9
Pack = 10-19
Lots = 20-49
Horde = 50-99
Throng = 100-249
Swarm = 250-499
Zounds = 500-999
Legion = 1000-4000 (4000 is MAX)

[iancudorinmarian]

What do you need help with? Map exploring? Battle? Building?

What's your favourite faction?

Btw, you can find pretty much anything regarding general mechanic explanations here: http://heroes.thelazy.net/wiki/

[Submachine]

I am mostly interested in troop sizes required to take down another troop. For example, can I calculate how many Gargoyles I need to take down 76 Elite Griffins?

[iancudorinmarian]

Gargoyles are pretty meh, so probably like a thousand

Can't really help with that. It's very situational and you get to learn it with experience. You also need less and less troops the better you learn to play.