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Could you please provide more details, and most importantly: did you complete this map (reach the end and win)? And which version did you play: the unmodded one?
I sent an email on the 28th regarding the modded version of the map to the address listed on HeroesPortal for submitting new maps, but I haven't received any response yet (even just a "OK, we'll take a look..."). Could you perhaps help to clarify the situation, as this map is one of the best and most popular, having been downloaded 65,812 times. However, not everyone reads the comments, and it would be a shame if people, after suspiciously easily completing the map, think something like this:
THIS MAP IS TERRIBLE! Don't download it. Some insecure person made this map so you just have to walk around and kill everyone. What's the point??? There's ZERO interest after completing it!!!
Never download this map if you're looking for something truly interesting. It's a map for noobs.
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
Hello, Pomazok1329!
Could you please provide more details, and most importantly: did you complete (win) this map? And which version did you play: the unmodded one?
I sent an email on the 28th about the modded version of the map to the address listed on HeroesPortal for submitting new maps, but I haven't received any response yet (not even a simple "OK, we'll take a look..."). Could you perhaps help to clarify the situation, as this is one of the best and most popular maps, with 65,812 downloads. And not everyone reads the comments, and it would be a shame if people, after suspiciously easily completing the map, think something like this:
No problem, even though I only occasionally play the game, I'll help out.
I didn't finish the map – I lost interest in playing it further. Especially when, at the beginning, Green Dragons can join you, or they can't, which greatly affects the further development. There are many such examples.
I don't remember exactly right now, but after the Cloak of the Necromancer, the difficulty drops (raising liches), and the percentage of finding all 3 components is extremely high.
There are also many imbalances in terms of skills (usually, good maps pay attention to this), and overall, if you take the map as a whole, the only good thing about it is the artwork.
Heroes is not currently installed on my PC, but if I go into the map editor, there also seem to be many random creatures.
It's like in the second map of the Romero series, Ragnar 2 - End of the World, where the map editor has 4000 randomly assigned level 7 monsters (I personally encountered Phoenixes that go first), and the difference between which ones to fight – Black Dragons / Hydras – is very obvious, especially after about 2 months.
Second question (but this is getting ahead of myself, since I haven't reached this stage yet): the labyrinth on the northeast path to the prison is filled with many small creatures. Maybe it should be "cleared out" by a Necromancer to gather a lot of skeletons or liches? Or is it not necessary?
Heroes are not currently installed on my PC, but if you go into the map editor
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
DO NOT SACRIFICE THE ARTIFACTS WHICH YOU FOUND except items for resources, ship drops, tresor items and similar.
Frodo make free Bilbo, then get the boots of speed, eq. gloves, wait for new week on the stable, run to Bree, make free Aragorn. The boots of Levitation are in the bushes before the gulf with Bilbo's prison.
Bilbo kill Golum, take some spells, use the fire wall and kill Great Goblin.
Don't Forget to use Pendant of Life against Death Ripple and Pendant of Total Recall against Golum.
MAKE ARAGORN YOUR MAIN HERO if you want to do the game easy. Aragorn is the strongest hero.
For the guard who kept the path to the north: Cape of Velocity in Aragorn; Cape of Conjuring - in the Ring of the Magi; Recanter's Cloak in Arwen;
Send Legolas underground with Archangels, Gold Dragons, Sharpshuters and Enchanters only. First take the boots of Levitation behind the subterranean gate. Go with boat to spotlight the area, return to Mirkwood with Town Portal and go back underground. Use the boots of levitation and logistic speciality of Legolas to get the land down, where it stood Helm of the Alabaster Unicorn before. Kill Beorn and TAKE some spells by your eagle eye skill. For Orb of Vunerability: Garniture of Interference was in Thranduil, Surcoat of Counterpoise is in a seer hut, western land of Anduin. Use blind and the Orb of Vunerability to kill Smaug. Send Gimli to collect Azures. Conquer Dale. Behind the town is the light blue keymaster tent.
Google Translate translated it as: DO NOT CONFIRM ARTS WHICH YOU FIND, except items for resources, ship drops, items related to weapons, etc.
Frodo make free Bilbo, then get speed boots, eq. Gloves, wait for a new week at the stable, run to Bree, make free Aragorn. Levitation boots are in the bushes before the bay with Bilbo's prison.
Bilbo kill Golum, take some spells, use fire and kill the Great Goblin.
Do not forget to use the pendant of life against ripples and the pendant of general summons to Golum.
MAKE ARAGORN YOUR MAIN HERO if you want to make the game easy. Aragorn is the strongest hero.
For the guard who held the path north: cape of speed in Aragorn; Spell Cape - in the Ring of Magi; Recanter's Cloak in Arwen;
Send Legolas underground with Archangels, Gold Dragons, Hunters and Wizards. First take levitation boots behind the underground gates. Go with a boat to light up the area, return to Mirkwood using Town Portal and return to the underground. Use levitation boots and Legolas's logistic specialty to remove the ground where the Helm of the Alabaster Unicorn used to stand. Kill Beorn and take some spells with your eagle skill. For the sphere of stinginess: Interference Garnish was in Thranduil, Surcoat of Counterpoise is in the seer's hut, western land of Anduin. Use blind and "Sphere of stinginess" to kill Smaug. Send Gimli to collect Azures. Conquer Dale. Behind the city is a light blue keyboard tent.
Yandex Translate translated it as: Do not sacrifice artifacts you found, except for resource items, ship falls, tresor items and similar.
Frodo free Bilbo, then make speed boots, eq. gloves, wait for a new week on stable, run to Bree, free Aragorn. Levitation boots in the bushes before the bay from Bilbo's prison.
Bilbo kill Gollum, take some spells, use fire wall and killed the Great Goblin.
Don't forget to use the pendant of life against death ripple and the total memory keychain against Gollum.
Make Aragorn the main hero if you want to make the game easy. Aragorn is the strongest hero.
For the guard who held the path north: Cape of speed in Aragorn; Conjuring cloak - in the ring of magi; cloak of renunciation in Arwen;
Send Legolas by metro with Archangels, gold dragons, Sharpshuters and Charmers only. First take levitation boots behind the gates. Go with a boat in the spotlight in the area, return to Mirkwood with city portal and return to the underground. Use levitation boots and logistics specialty Legolas to get the land where the helm of the Alabaster Unicorn stood before. Kill Beorn and take some spells your ear skills. For the Vunerability ball: Interference Garniture in Thranduil, Surcoat of counterweight is in the seer's hut, western lands of Anduin. Use blind and Vunerability ball to kill Smaug. Send Gimli to collect azures. Conquer Dale. Behind the city-light blue keymaster tent.
I once bought Chinese woolen socks at the market; the translation on the package was roughly like this, though with even more mistakes. We laughed for a long time—we didn't even need to go to a Petrosyan show, and I still have the socks.
Please translate this if anyone knows English well.
I've reached Annuminas with Aragorn—I think it's Minas Tirith—I don't know where to go now... With Gandalf, I captured the Grey Havens and went north, beat up some dwarves, and captured their gold mines; I've reached the idol of luck and don't know where to go next... Help? What should I level up? With Aragorn, I didn't take Ranger, but took fire and air magic. Was that a mistake? Gandalf has accumulated 7 Spirits of Despair artifacts... Should I sell them, or will they be useful?
I started playing Lord of the Rings and Gandalf revealed the following:
DO NOT SACRIFICE THE ARTIFACTS WHICH YOU FOUND, except items for resources, ship drops, treasure items, and similar.
Frodo frees Bilbo, then gets the Boots of Speed, equips gloves, waits for a new week at the stable, runs to Bree, and frees Aragorn. The Boots of Levitation are in the bushes before the gulf with Bilbo's prison.
Bilbo kills Gollum, takes some spells, uses the Fire Wall, and kills the Great Goblin.
Don't forget to use the Pendant of Life against Death Ripple and the Pendant of Total Recall against Gollum.
MAKE ARAGORN YOUR MAIN HERO if you want to make the game easier. Aragorn is the strongest hero.
For the guard who kept the path to the north: Cape of Velocity is with Aragorn; Cape of Conjuring is in the Ring of the Magi; Recanter's Cloak is with Arwen;
Send Legolas underground with Archangels, Gold Dragons, Sharpshooters, and Enchanters only. First, take the Boots of Levitation behind the subterranean gate. Go with a boat to explore the area, return to Mirkwood with Town Portal, and go back underground. Use the Boots of Levitation and Legolas's logistics specialty to get to the land where the Helm of the Alabaster Unicorn was. Kill Beorn and TAKE some spells using your eagle eye skill. For the Orb of Vulnerability: Garniture of Interference was in Thranduil, Surcoat of Counterpoise is in a seer hut, western land of Anduin. Use Blind and the Orb of Vulnerability to kill Smaug. Send Gimli to collect Azures. Conquer Dale. Behind the town is the light blue keymaster tent.
I reached Annuminas with Aragorn, probably Minastirith, but now I don't know where to go... With Gandalf, I captured the Grey Havens and went north, defeated the dwarves, and captured their gold mines, reached the Idol of Luck, and now I don't know where to go... Help me? What should I upgrade? Did I make a mistake by not taking Pathfinder with Aragorn, but instead took Fire and Air magic? Gandalf has 7 Spirits of Despair artifacts... Should I keep them or are they useless?
Good day! Good luck with the map!
Here is an approximate translation:
Do not sacrifice any of the artifacts you find, except those needed for resources, summoning/landing from a ship, or obtaining artifacts/skills necessary to complete the map.
Frodo frees Bilbo, gets the "Boots of Speed," "Rider's Gloves," waits for the next week at the stable, runs to Bree, and frees Aragorn. The "Boots of Levitation" are among the bushes before the chasm leading to the dungeon where Bilbo is imprisoned.
Bilbo kills Gollum, learns some spells, and, using the "Fire Wall" spell, kills the Great Goblin. Don't forget to use the "Pendant of Life" against the Death Ripple hero and the "Pendant of Total Recall" against Gollum.
MAKE ARAGORN YOUR MAIN HERO if you want to make the game easier. Aragorn is the strongest hero.
For the guard protecting the path to the north: the "Cape of Velocity" is with Aragorn, the "Cape of Conjuring" is in the Ring of the Magi, and the "Cloak of Renunciation" is with Arwen.
Send Legolas into the dungeon only with Archangels, Gold Dragons, Sharpshooters, and Enchanters. But first, take the "Boots of Levitation" behind the subterranean gate. On a boat, explore part of the territory, return to Mirkwood with the "Town Portal" spell, and go back into the dungeon. Use the "Boots of Levitation" and Legolas's navigation skills to go down and find the "Helm of the Alabaster Unicorn." Kill Beorn and learn spells necessary for the eagle eye skill.
For the Orb of Vulnerability: the "Garniture of Interference" was in Thranduil, and the "Surcoat of Counterpoise" is in a seer's hut in the western part of Anduin. Using the "Blind" spell and the Orb of Vulnerability, kill Smaug. Send Gimli to gather Azure Dragons. Conquer Dale. Behind the town is a light blue keymaster tent.
Once I bought some cheap Chinese woolen socks at the market; there was a translation on the packaging that was roughly like this, although it had errors too. We laughed for a long time – you wouldn't even need to go to Petrosyan’s show, and we still had the socks left.
I reached Annuminas with Aragorn, probably Minastirit, but now I don’t know where to go… Gandalf captured Silverwood and went north, defeating the dwarves and taking their gold mines. He reached the Idol of Fortune, and now I don’t know what to do next... What should I upgrade? With Aragorn, I didn't take Pathfinder, but instead took Fire and Air magic. Was that a mistake? Gandalf has accumulated 7 artifacts: Spirits of Despair... Should I store them or will they be useful?
Artifacts aren't needed either; I think it's better to store them as well – they'll last longer :D
I once tried translating maps /post/520778/ and came to the conclusion that it's better to play those that have about 10 foreign letters at most. So, I simply deleted all non-Russian language maps from my game – only a few hundred remained :D In them, too, sometimes you have to ask questions - what to do? and who is to blame?
Справочник по НоММ-4 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-heroes-iv.html
Памятка по НоММ-3 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii.html
и HotA http://handbookhmm.ru/vyishla-obnovlennaya-pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii-hota.html
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
Regarding machine translation:
“Pendant of Total Recall” is actually a Charm of Absolute Memory. Garniture of Interference seems to be a Necklace of Resistance (which gives +5% magic resistance).
Recently, when translating the description of a German map using Google Translate, I came across the unexpected phrase "Masters well." :) I checked the original: it turned out to be Wizard's Well.
In general, if there is a lot of text on the "Lord of the Rings" map, it will be difficult without knowing English, although two automatic translators help to understand the meaning of most of the text, but there are also incomprehensible moments.
Marmot, thank you for the clarification; I couldn't find an adequate translation.
I hope it will be easier for Anatoly with the Walkthrough.
Google Translate works with normal text, and even then, not very well, but what the user posted is just awful)). Sphere of Stinginess is a strong one)).
If you need help with translation, post the text, and I will help as much as I can. For free.)
The Sphere of Avarice is really powerful!
It should be added to the game :D
When you translate it yourself, you don't pay much attention to such gems, sometimes you don't even notice them, because you look at the translation more seriously.
Справочник по НоММ-4 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-heroes-iv.html
Памятка по НоММ-3 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii.html
и HotA http://handbookhmm.ru/vyishla-obnovlennaya-pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii-hota.html
This looks like a cool artifact :smile20:
It should be added to the game :D
When you translate it yourself, you don't pay much attention to such gems, sometimes you don't even notice them, because you look at the translation more seriously.
The game will immediately become more interesting:D
That's right, and game terms and designations are only understandable to players. Google Translate gives a general idea, you have to figure things out, but thanks to it for a good laugh))
Added 7 minutes later
Thank you to everyone who responded. Currently, I'm preparing for a battle with Witch King 1, he is located in the north near the city of Angmar (Apparently, the Angmar King, the main Nazgûl, who cannot be killed by a mortal man who wounded Frodo and almost killed Gandalf during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, if you believe the director's extended version). This is where I stopped https://yadi.sk/d/fireuIlU3JwwrA, I uploaded the save to Yandex Disk.
I leveled up Aragorn, before that I was thinking of leveling up Gandalf, but I couldn't get Clone, Blindness, and Berserk, after studying these spells, it would be tough for the Angmarite. I had a test battle with him, it seems I need to accumulate troops, or replay until Clone and Blindness appear. Thanks again to everyone, especially for the translation.
Send Éowyn to fight the Angmar Witch King)). Sauron made a terrible mistake, underestimating a woman:D.
Regarding the highlighted part - Gandalf has Blindness and Berserk, if you go back a couple of pages in the thread, you will see my misadventures with Berserk). Thanks to the guys in the section, they helped:smile20:.
I also don't know where to find Éowyn.
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)
Thank you to everyone who responded. Currently, I'm preparing for a battle with Witch King 1; he's located in the north, near the city of Angmar. (Apparently, the Angmar King-Witch is the main Nazgûl, who cannot be killed by a mortal man who wounded Frodo and almost killed Gandalf during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, if we are to believe the director's extended version). Here's where I stopped: https://yadi.sk/d/fireuIlU3JwwrA. I uploaded the save file to Yandex Disk.
I upgraded Aragorn; before that, I was thinking of upgrading Gandalf, but I couldn't acquire Clone, Blindness, and Berserk. After learning these spells, it would be tough for the Angmarite. I did a test battle with him; it seems I need to gather more troops or replay until Clone and Blindness become available. Thanks again to everyone, especially for the translation.
1. I advise starting over and setting the difficulty to 3 to 5 (you have it set to 1). What's the difference? Well, according to the plot, Theoden and Isildur are supposed to die (the latter unlocks the Green Border Guard). Not to mention the author's intent; many features are lost at the "Very Easy" difficulty.
2. There are 2 artifacts near the city of Bree; they're not immediately visible, but use the Air/Earth view periodically.
3. The 2 Rider's Gauntlets do not stack (on Aragorn).
4. It's worth wearing the Elixir of Life before the battle.
5. The battle itself is easy and can be completed without losses.
1. Use the Archangel to close the gates, cast Slow, and simply shoot down the Liches, then the Vampire Lords. If the enemy casts Haste, cast Slow again. If not, use Prayer, Blessing, etc.
First, target the Liches, then the Vampire Lords, the Guards, the Black Riders, and finally, don't forget to resurrect the Snipers/Sorcerers with the Archangels, depending on who the enemy will be shooting at with magic