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18 years ago
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Since we touched upon the topic of fighting neutrals, I'll share how I eliminate them. Against neutral archers, the following strategy works: use alt-grade unicorns, and if your guild has regeneration, deploy only unicorns, treants, and dryads in battle (although dryads are not essential). If you're playing, for example, as Wing, you need to add +1 speed to your troops, meaning either speed boots or a speed aura in leadership, and dancers, dryads, and unicorns can reach (or fly to) the last line of the neutral deployment (especially effective against archers and lightly armored creatures).
Yes, yes! I also defeat neutrals this way, but what I don't like is leveling up with them at the beginning. It doesn't seem to cause any particular problems (unlike with demons), but still, even a small mistake can result in losing half your army, so you have to play very carefully(((( But then, the feeling of power is immense!)))))
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18 years ago
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I wanted to ask if the "Lucky Charm" skill applies to destructive spells charged into an arrow or a ballista?
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18 years ago
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Dracon Mallasa;154212
I would like to ask if the "Lucky Sorcerer" skill applies to destructive spells charged into an arrow or a ballista?
I haven't checked, but in principle, it should, since the spell is cast according to the usual rules. So, you can go for a Sorcerer build if you want to rely entirely on magic. Although, it might not appear as an option.
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18 years ago
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Major Whirlwind; 154216
I haven't checked, but in principle, it should work, since the spell is cast according to the usual rules. So, you can go for Sorcery if you want to rely entirely on magic. Although, it might not appear.

It didn't work in 2.1 (I installed it as a mod).
I haven't checked in 3.0 myself, but people said it doesn't work. And the mechanics probably haven't been changed.
By the way, the chance of getting Sorcery for a Ranger is 8%. It's more likely that Magic of Light won't appear, which has a 4% chance.

Yes, to avoid pointless arguments like "But in the Wheel of Fortune...", I'm saying that there's an error in the Wheel of Fortune. The information is taken from the game's resources.
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18 years ago
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Hmm... the chance of Light Magic appearing seems to be quite low. Did they change the probability to 4%? Even in the changelog, it was stated that the chance of Sorcery appearing was reduced from 8% to 4%, and the chance of Attack appearing was increased from 2% to 6%.
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18 years ago
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Snowball;154260
Hmm... Light magic drops quite often, did they change the chance to 4%???
They even wrote in the changelog that the chance of Sorcery dropping was reduced from 8% to 4%, and the chance of Attack dropping was increased from 2% to 6%.

They must have made a mistake. They meant Sorcery, but made it Light. Attack was indeed increased to 6%.
And, by the way, there were cases when Light magic wouldn't drop no matter what... :(
Yes, here's the information from the resources (although the engine seems to be cutting off some parts, so I'll remove the symbols...):
ID HERO_CLASS_RANGER /ID
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SkillID HERO_SKILL_SORCERY /SkillID
Prob 8 /Prob
/Item
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SkillID HERO_SKILL_LIGHT_MAGIC /SkillID
Prob 4 /Prob
/Item
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SkillID HERO_SKILL_OFFENCE /SkillID
Prob 6 /Prob
/Item
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18 years ago
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2Mdance
I saw you on the Nival forum :) What do the developers say about this bug? When will the patch be released (and will it be released at all)? I just couldn't find anything in the search :( and I don't want to reread everything.

I just read your January post on the Hugo's forum :)
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18 years ago
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Yeah, it seems like this topic has been neglected, and no one is posting anything. So, here's a question: which is better for ranged attacks, "Archery" or "Battle Fury" from the attack skills?
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18 years ago
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1. If I'm leveling up an Elven Warrior, I try to maximize the attack and damage of my troops, so I take Battle Balance + Retribution (I always take Leadership because of the speed aura) and Speed Magic (if I'm leveling up a Light hero, I take Archery instead of Speed Magic). 2. If I'm leveling up an Elven Marksman (very rarely), I take Archery + Fire Arrows and Tactics/Cold Steel/Battle Balance. 3. If I'm leveling up an Elven Chaos Knight, I sometimes take Cold Steel, Archery, and Battle Balance. P.S.: Yes... this topic really needs to be brought up again.
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18 years ago
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Well, personally, I don't often pick a Chaos Elf; I still prefer what you called an "Elf-Engineer."
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18 years ago
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If I'm playing as Ossir, I definitely choose ranged attacks! But if it's Winghael, I'll go for spellcasting!
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18 years ago
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I personally prefer Vinraiel from the Sylvan faction; he has a bonus to experience gain.
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18 years ago
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Winraell, yeah. I always play as him too. I also played as Diraell, but she's not suitable for large maps because her Special Ability doesn't level up.
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18 years ago
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It's risky to level up an Elf Machinist because of the low chance of getting machines (2%). If you're playing as Chaos and want to quickly defeat an opponent, it's better to use a combination of Arrow Rain + Enchanted Arrow + Cursed Enemies + Altar of Druids, which is more effective than an Elf Machinist.
P.S. Vinrael is good, but it doesn't provide a bonus to troops, and the Elf's special ability isn't the best option for leveling up.
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18 years ago
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Vinrael is certainly good, but there's no bonus to troops.

Well, as they say, there's no accounting for taste. Everyone has their favorite hero.

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