Posts from MMH5.5 - Heroes of Might and Magic 5.5

In general, all of this is easily countered by Darkness.

You need to dig around in the textures somewhere.

1) How strong is the guard that separates 2 players? Give an approximate number of creatures.
2) How strong is the largest guard on the map in the early stages?
Has the weekly % increase in guards changed?

I already wrote above:
1) mana regeneration = 2 per unit of knowledge (not 1)
2) spells are not just more expensive, but also more powerful, i.e., for the same price as before, we get the same power, but on lower-level spells

Test run:
1. Very small animation speed in battle. It can be increased by 2-3 times at the maximum value.
2. New surface textures are good, but they are too bright - eyes bleed - as a result, everything merges into a mess at a large camera distance. Reduce the saturation of the textures.
3. The windowed mode works somehow crookedly - there is no free resizing of the window. And from the available resolutions - it feels like the hardware cursor moves away from the place where it points.

Guys, does anyone know how to restore the normal water? Because the water there is white, it's not very pleasant to look at.

How is this hero going to kill creatures early game? He needs to gain levels and resources to build tier 4 magic guid as soon as possible.
I still do not see it late game. if hero has 10 knowledge and Meteor Shower costs 80 mana even with double mana regeneration it will take 5 days to get 80 mana.

Also look it from another perspective - every Might hero will want to have at least one cast of such spell because it does a lot of damage by itself. He will easily be able to achieve it with some minor artifacts.
This approach just does not work in practice.

Staff of the Netherworld: -20% initiative (for -1 penalty to Morale) - this is a game changer yes. I also have the feeling it is a bit too strong for a single slot. I will probably ask to tune it down to -15%.

Fire, cold and earth artifacts for +50% are minor artifacts. Normally you can get all of three in a single game. They are deliberately so strong because they reinforce Destruction damage in the late game.

1. How can we make animation faster?
2. We will try to adjust it in the next release.
3. The hardware cursor click is slightly moved to one side, yes. This is a Quantomas Exe problem; only he can fix it.

With strong magic of level 4-5, this might not even be necessary. The Reinforce Destruction damage will then come from increasing mana and using higher-level and more powerful spells.
In my opinion, it's wrong to make such powerful artifacts cheap and accessible. It's like lowering the Unicorn Bow to that price range.

P.S. I won't repeat myself about increasing the cost of magic anymore; I don't want to be annoying. The idea has been suggested – it's up to you to implement/test it or not (I provided a complete breakdown of the spells for Light). Theoretically, you can argue endlessly, but only tests can be truly conclusive (if they are done).

Just like before – what's the problem? Increasing the cost of magic is a buff to heroes, not a nerf. You can still use a 20-mana Fireball, which will work no worse than the old Meteor Shower (because as the price increases, the power also increases, i.e., increased cost + increased power). And Meteor Shower – like any high-level spell – is for those who have not 10-15% Knowledge, but normal or high Knowledge (reflecting the Knowledge stat).
By the way, Meteor Shower is a level 4 spell, so its price is 40, not 80. With 10 Knowledge, 40 mana is restored in 2 days. Exactly the same as the mana restoration for Meteor in your version.

Let Might heroes cast these "powerful" spells if they gain enough Knowledge and invest in it (and they will have to invest a lot – with their native 10%). The point is to make the "Knowledge" parameter meaningful, not just a burden. I highly doubt this will break anything, as truly powerful spells also require SP.

But is it possible to adjust this in the exe file? Scripts can only provide bonuses like +1 to initiative (not in percentage), and even then, only if there is a hero.

1. There is a mod that allows you to change the animation speed in combat. I tried to install it, but it seems to conflict with your mod – the game gives an error when launched. Maybe I did something wrong, or other files need to be changed.
In the modified version, the values in the 'combat_animation_time_factor' line are 1/2/3/6/100 (original – 1/1.2/1.5/2/3). File '/UI/uiconsts.(UIGameConstsH5).xdb'.

How are you going to cope with shatter perks that increase the mana requirement by a factor of 2?

how much damage will "Meteor shower" have as a base and how much will be the spell power increase?

I saw it and some of the changes (Haste, endurance) will make might heroes overpowered as their mana price is affordable and the flat boost is high.

This way Magic hero with Light will compensate the stat difference when he fights against Might classes.

If this artifact stat is in the exe file then we cannot do it. Probably some other negative effect will be added.

I suggest we ditch the hero class and spell discussion for the moment. I am feeling confident in the class system because it was play tested by a lot of people. A good rule of thumb that we followed is that when we play a game and face each other at the end, we do a couple of iterations of the battles.