Posts from “Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East”

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but for me, it was news: the wall of fire is now a 3rd circle Chaos magic spell!

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but it was news to me: Wall of Fire is now a 3rd-level Chaos magic spell!

Alan, have you already played Tribes of the East? I mean, besides the demo version. Because it seems like you're talking as if you've already played it, or am I mistaken?
I only played the Orc demo; they're fun, but I couldn't evaluate the skill wheel based on just two missions.

Yes, I play the English, licensed version of Orcs. I was too annoyed by the "localized" translation of our "talented" translators; I can't stand it anymore. Now, like in the four previous installments, I play the English version – everything is familiar, everything is convenient.
Regarding Aranthir's avatar – it's useless. Throughout the entire mission, it was summoned only twice, and that was just for fun. In comparison to the Phoenix, it's roughly equal, but the fact that the hero loses all mana upon its death makes it less relevant.

Okay, I'm being too negative; I just needed to vent a little. Now, let's talk about the positives.
Excellent voice acting. It's a shame that the Russian version will ruin it.
A GENIUS feature is the "K" key for viewing the kingdom; the person who came up with it deserves a monument. I only enter the city with the hero or to visit the market; everything else is done using that key.
Very interesting alternative options; it really makes you think about what and how to do things (although invisibility is still useless, except maybe against neutral creatures).
The Orcs turned out great; maybe I'll finally find my favorite Castle in the 5th installment, or maybe I'll still play randomly. Although now, it might be worth taking a closer look at the old factions.
I haven't played much of the single-player mode yet, so I can't judge the new Castles. In the Campaigns, they will only appear in the fifth mission of the first Campaign.
Assembled artifacts are great; it immediately reminded me of Diablo II, a successful implementation.

That's all for now; I'll play in the evening and write more. Or I'll just answer questions if anyone wants to ask.

As I understand it, there is no guild of mages in the first campaign, so who should Arantir fight with? Only as an avatar? By the way, considering that Necropolis has little mana, you can summon an avatar and replenish mana gradually using spiritual connection.

Is this avatar a specific Arantir specialization? Or just a spell?

I heard that Tribes of the East doesn't work without Heroes of Might and Magic V and Hammers of Fate being installed. Does that mean they need to be reinstalled?

When the "Tribes of the East" add-on is 89% loaded, the system may display an error stating that one of the files being loaded has a name or extension that is too long!!!:cool:
To solve this problem, you need to shorten the folder names at the beginning of the installation. Usually, the path looks like this: C:\Program Files\Nival Interactive\Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East. In order for the game to load successfully, reduce the number of characters (and/or the number of folders) in the specified path to C:\Program Files\Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East or C:\Program Files\Nival Interactive\HoMM5 - TotE :)