Posts from Thoughts on the scenario after completing "Hammers of Fate". Auto-translated

buy the gold version, there's either a Misiek or a company for Sarett (from Dark Messiah) included.

Yeah, it's a mod... but it's officially recognized since Ubisoft included it. And they promised not to release any more expansions. I don't think it's necessary to buy it... someone will probably upload this mod somewhere.

aren't there 3 campaigns in Sovereigns

I think there are 3 for Dwarves and 4 for the Horde

The fact that he recognized him (Agrael) doesn't necessarily mean that Agrael's arrival was planned; it may simply mean that Tieru is somewhat aware of who is who among the demons. For example, intelligence could have informed him that two demons, Vyer and Agrael, were heading to the crypt; that's how he knows the name. And if your Tieru is such a great mastermind that he can afford to plan the salvation of the world by using a demon, why does he look so surprised :eek: when Agrael confesses his love for Isabel? Before entrusting someone with such a serious mission, one should know "how he breathes," what is going on in his soul at the moment, etc. He only finds all this out from Agrael's answers to his questions. Therefore, much was decided "on the fly" rather than being planned, as you claim.

Do you actually believe what you're writing? Tieru as a potential ally for Agrael in seizing power in Sheo? Agrael would have to be a cretin to count on that. If you are truly interested in figuring all this out, just take some free time and mentally trace the course of events once more, slowly and sequentially. I think that then you will see fewer "inconsistencies," and a "consensus" for us will be a bit closer...

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Thanks, thanks... but I really feel sorry for Hengy, a charismatic goblin... sad because, unlike Kenny, he was killed once and for all...

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As I understand from the history of Ashan, the outcomes of all the Eclipse wars were decided in ONE GENERATION. The Sixth is no exception. With demons, it's probably impossible to drag things out—either you get them quickly, or they get you.
I understand that you want more campaigns to study all the innovations in practice; I wouldn't mind 2-3 extra campaigns myself... But it's not for us to decide, and it seems to me that the developers had objective reasons to do it this way. As an option—if you aren't the only one among your acquaintances who is fond of Heroes 5, why don't you start evaluating the innovations in hot-seat, TCP/IP games, or Internet battles? I assure you, that's where the pros and cons of the innovations are felt much more effectively and intensely than in a campaign, where the conditions are essentially "greenhouse" ones

Ratnik, in the spring, the browser game Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms is coming out; it won't have a plot as such, since it's a browser game.

I was upset myself that there are only 3 campaigns in Sovereigns. But creating a campaign is no simple matter; not only do you need to create a map and a bunch of scripts on it, but you also need to write a plot into it, which isn't that easy IMHO and takes quite a bit of time. Besides, this is an add-on after all, so it can well be shorter than the original.

It's not up to us. You're right, but the developers make games for us, not for themselves. Unfortunately, I can't implement the option you suggested right now, despite my strong desire to do so. The "greenhouse conditions" were more noticeable in the latest installment than in the others. It seemed easier to me compared to the previous ones; only the last orc mission stood out.

There's only one mission there, you can download it at
http://heroes.ag.ru/heroes5/maps/singleplayer/Heroes_V_ToE_Dark_Messiah_map.zip
It's 64 MB.
(But in the Gold Edition, the subtitles are in Russian, while in this one they are in English (the voice acting is in English in both)).

Maybe there's one with Russian subtitles on Nival.

The fact that he (Agrael) recognized him doesn't necessarily mean that Agrael's arrival was planned; it could simply mean that Tieru has some idea of who's who among the demons. For example, intelligence could have informed him that two demons, Vaier and Agrael, were heading to the crypt; hence, he knows the name. And if your Tieru is such a great schemer that he can plan to save the world by using a demon, why does he look so surprised :eek: when Agrael confesses his love for Isabel? Before entrusting someone with such a serious mission, one should know "what's on their mind," what they're feeling at the moment, and so on. And he will only learn all this from Agrael's answers to his questions. Therefore, much was decided "as it went along," rather than being planned, as you claim.

Do you yourself believe what you're writing? Tieru is a potential ally of Agrael in seizing power in Shio? Agrael would have to be an idiot to rely on that. If you are really interested in understanding all this, just sit down and mentally retrace the sequence of events, slowly and consistently. I think that then you will see fewer "inconsistencies," and we will be a little closer to "consensus"...

Well, it might have seemed that way because you got the hang of the first two, making the third easier to complete. The fifth mission for the Orcs is certainly challenging, but it didn't seem too difficult to me. The key was to immediately start pressuring the orange player and not get distracted by the turquoise one. The first mission for Zephyr was much more difficult (and still is).
In other words, I want to say that different players get stuck at different points, and the same add-ons/missions can seem very difficult to one player and extremely easy to another. This probably depends on the tactics they use, which race they are most used to playing, which map size they are used to, and so on.
As for the developers making games primarily for us, it's impossible to please everyone anyway. If they had created 8 full Campaigns for each race in the add-on, they would have received complaints from Orc fans, arguing that in total, Heroes 5 has at least 2 Campaigns for each race, but only one for the Orcs. And if they had made 9 Campaigns, with 2 for the Orcs, the public would have complained that there were 2 Campaigns for one race in a single add-on... and so on.
Therefore, they did what they thought was best, and in my opinion, they were right.

I played through the fifth scenario like this: I immediately captured the second Orcish Castle, then jumped to the Knight's Castle. Along the way, there were strong neutral creatures, I bypassed them with Astral creatures and captured the Castle. I returned to my own Castle, bought as many creatures as I could, and then went to the turquoise Castle, which is weak and can be easily defeated. Then I went back to my own Castle. This took about a month, give or take. After that, I took the orange Castle. I also completed it without any difficulties; the main thing is not to stop and do everything quickly. Plus, I found the Tear of Ashera. In the last scenario, I cast the spell of racial diversity, and the centaurs became stronger, and I took the Bloodeyes instead of the free Cyclops; I had to reload. The first mission for Zehir seemed a bit dull to me. Zehir learns a new spell, and he should become smarter, but instead, he becomes dumber by ten levels. And at level 25, he has only 5 spells in his book, and that's only if you take the Phantom bonus. This is not a challenge; it's just stupid. I want to try to complete it without summoning a Castle. And regarding gaining experience, the mission where you defeat Nicholas, I played it five times, and each time I wasn't sure if I would succeed. Or the last scenario with Isabelle, in Lords of the Realm, I am confident that I will succeed, even with the heroes. And you are absolutely right that you can't please everyone, and besides, everyone wants something different.

I carefully reviewed the clips featuring Tieru and didn't find any hints of any human, elven, or other settlements. It seems to me that if something like that existed, the developers, with their attention to detail in landscape design, would definitely have included it. And for reconnaissance, you need, at the very least, the scouts themselves. Of course, it's possible that Tieru hired someone (although where would an elf druid, alone on his island, get gold from?) or enchanted someone (which again brings us back to the fact that he uses magic). And then, as soon as the battle with Vaier ends, the illusion of Tieru appears. It's more logical to assume that Agrail's use of the Griffin Heart (by the way, a completely idiotic name – it's unclear what it symbolizes: either a griffin died and its heart was used to create the artifact, or it's a pretentious name for a symbol of the Griffin Empire) caused the ghost of Tieru to appear, which indirectly suggests that he is mentally connected to his artifact(s).
And besides, you yourself stated that Agrail is, to put it mildly, not entirely sane.
I, on the other hand, believe that Agrail is completely sane and wants or intends to use Tieru's help – because, logically speaking, an elf living somewhere incredibly far away, in the Irian Sea, must be powerful enough to send his phantom across vast distances. Therefore, as an ally or at least an advisor, he should, at the very least, be useful.
Now I want to return to one of my messages about the multiplicity of worlds, about which you expressed doubt. Simply, according to the logic of events (or in this case, the scenarios), the first three parts of Heroes take place in another world (I forgot its name), before Jelu and the barbarian crossed their blades. Then Heroes 4 begins with a cutscene about the destruction of this world and the survivors being transported to another world. And in Heroes 5, there is already a completely new concept of the world (precisely the world, not the races). But that's just a side note. I apologize, I don't have time to reply on the internet every day, the connection is not very good. However, we are almost fellow countrymen, right? You have the same problems (I am very envious of Russians in this case).