Posts from The Necromancer's Path.

Essentially, the whole difficulty of the game is surviving the initial stage while there's not enough meat to repel Giovanni's advances. I played slowly, scouring the entire map, and spent 223 days. , Final build - mentorship, distraction, fire warriors, storm wind, and darkness. By the way, how do you take the Necromancer amulet from Giovanni? He doesn't want to give it up on his own territory.

When I add a map to the maps folder, and then try to launch the game, I get an error: "empty pointer to creature #180". Then, "Press ok to skip the following creatures checks", and then "Original version of the game Heroes of Might and Magic V not found". Version 3.1! As soon as I delete the map, the game starts immediately. Help me :D

When I add a map to the maps folder, and then try to launch the game, I get an error: "empty pointer to creature #180". Then, "Press ok to skip the following creatures checks", and finally, "Original version of the game Heroes of Might and Magic V not found". Version 3.1! As soon as I delete the map, the game launches immediately. Help me :D

A new day has arrived, and a message appeared, something like "Leave the old man alone." The OK button responds, but the message doesn't close. So, technically, I haven't finished the game.

The Necromancer path map crashes; the game is unplayable.

I completed it with a hero in 145 days (I got a Cyclops). It was difficult at the beginning; I was leveling up Zoltan because Arantir suffered heavy losses without the "Raise Dead" spell (by the way, they could have given it to him, plus the "Lord of Life" ability). After about two or three weeks, Zoltan reached level 20 and, in general, successfully repelled the attacks of Giovanni and Benedict without any major problems. Then, with Zoltan (level 29), I locked up Giovanni, and Arantir went north, where he successfully developed to level 31. Of the enemies, the most formidable turned out to be the last one – Benedict (a level 40 build with a lot of creatures), but he made a mistake by chasing Arantir and catching up with him in the upper-left castle. Naturally, I destroyed his catapult and stunned the archers, and as a result, he just stood near the walls, obediently taking my spells like "Charm" and "Berserk." In general, the battle ended without losses (I had about 600 vampires and about 300 liches). Overall, I liked the map, but I have some questions (perhaps rhetorical). Why make the hero's path to the Barbarian castle so complicated (what's the point?). What to do with new artifacts like the Skull of Corruption and the Bundle of Wood. Finally, I still don't understand how to capture Giovanni's castle (the game ended, but he, the scoundrel, remained alive). But still, thank you to the author for the work.

Map V 1.1 was won by a player using the "hero," 100 days (GG-Arantir). The rumors about the map's difficulty are greatly exaggerated, but I didn't find it particularly easy or difficult. The map's landscape turned out well, and in some places, even beautiful. There are some well-executed dialogue scenes. However, everything that happens on the map is done in the style of a sketch. As I understand it, the main entertainment for the player should be the fight against Giovanni. He came a couple of times with a more or less serious army. Then he just grabbed whatever he could and went again. This hard-working guy acquired logistics and at least a couple of times a week tried to grab something. There was no difficulty in dealing with him, but such a headache is beyond measure. An orc running out of a human castle looked very strange. The knight, with his racially incomplete nature, didn't exactly make the air any fresher. In contrast, the two final heroes turned out to be quite likable. (I didn't expect them to be, so Naadir participates in the final battle)
Arantir doesn't have the "raise dead" spell at the start – this encourages the player to use other necromancers, because any other necromancer has this spell in their spellbook. It's a bit strange to create a map around a main character while simultaneously discouraging players from using him. This is further emphasized by the magic temple where you get the necessary spell, but the guards are completely disproportionate. (It can be bypassed without losses either by having "PM" or by having a well-developed hero, but not quickly). It turns out that it's easier to get "PM" in another way, and the temple is not needed at all.
The swamp with ghosts is a bad idea, in the form it's presented. I went to the swamp, had a couple of encounters with ghosts, and stopped going there. First, how can the player know that there is actually a passage there? Trying to force your way into the unknown is not a rewarding activity. Second, what is there to do? I didn't read about the artifact on the swamp anywhere in the game. Third, the AI walks freely through the swamp, and it is their heroes who reach the desired location first. In my case, the special artifact dropped from a randomly defeated brown hero. Finally, the newly created artifacts are very questionable.
The transformation of the city when captured by Arantir happens automatically; it would have been possible to ask the player if they want this or not. The cities are fully built, and turning the living into the undead in your own castle is not a problem. During the transformation, the city is destroyed. Another reason not to make GG Arantir.
I agree with the already expressed opinion about the road to the orc city. It's not done well. Only the hero who defeats the orc horde can pass freely back and forth. I used the "city portal" to drop a supporting hero into the city, but getting out of it is an impossible task.
The fat officials look disgusting and are not particularly functional. What is the point of creating them? Or is this an attempt to finally discredit the Castle army?