grafkh
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Hello. I read this thread, though not all of it – just 24 pages – but I was clearly disappointed. In general, I considered myself a pretty good player; I always beat all my friends and acquaintances who "have been playing for ages," and I just laugh at their mistakes. But beating Utopia on the third week with 160% growth??? 0_o I only start thinking about Utopia in the middle of the second month. I generally aim for a game with no losses or very minimal losses, even in Utopia. I've never used canned goods and forests with wyverns (if I'm playing with a different Castle). In principle, I know almost everything I need to know about the game (I should probably learn all the building/unit prices and their parameters, at least in general terms). I want to ask a couple of questions:
1) Will the hero's race be considered the "third race in the army" if there are already two other races? For example, if I'm playing as a Castle and I recruit Tazar or Crag Hack, and there are already mages in the army, will there be a morale penalty? (I always thought there would be, but now I have some doubts.)
2) Is the Ballistics skill and, consequently, the hero Gurnisson, worthwhile? I always thought not, but maybe I'm wrong. (In Heroes of Might and Magic III, of course, it's a different story – Gurnisson is one of the best characters overall.)
3) Does skillful turn management really make a big difference, or can you safely rely on the AI? Sometimes it's just too much of a hassle to calculate every single tile.
4) When building "pro" chains, do you use 100% chains (i.e., a lot of heroes and reaching the destination in exactly 1 turn)? Or do you use chains with a couple of turns, but with fewer heroes? It's a shame to spend 2.5 units per day for each distance from the Castle.
1) Will the hero's race be considered the "third race in the army" if there are already two other races? For example, if I'm playing as a Castle and I recruit Tazar or Crag Hack, and there are already mages in the army, will there be a morale penalty? (I always thought there would be, but now I have some doubts.)
2) Is the Ballistics skill and, consequently, the hero Gurnisson, worthwhile? I always thought not, but maybe I'm wrong. (In Heroes of Might and Magic III, of course, it's a different story – Gurnisson is one of the best characters overall.)
3) Does skillful turn management really make a big difference, or can you safely rely on the AI? Sometimes it's just too much of a hassle to calculate every single tile.
4) When building "pro" chains, do you use 100% chains (i.e., a lot of heroes and reaching the destination in exactly 1 turn)? Or do you use chains with a couple of turns, but with fewer heroes? It's a shame to spend 2.5 units per day for each distance from the Castle.