A THREAD FOR NEWCOMERS! — General

Niemand

6/1/2012 8:30 PM UTC

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makshaker

I downloaded a program to launch Heroes in any screen resolution. Can it be adapted to launch Chronicles of Heroes?

If you're talking about the HD mod, it can't be installed on Chronicles right away.
It gives an error - the smackw32.dll file is missing.

Dirty_Player

6/2/2012 2:33 AM UTC

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There are chronicles of heroes in the form of separate campaigns that can be played on a standard map.

makshaker

6/2/2012 6:39 AM UTC

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Thank you all for your responses! I know about the chronicles in the form of SoD campaigns. However, in the ones I have, the parts of the angelic alliance don't carry over to the next missions. It's probably a personal glitch, or maybe I downloaded them from the wrong site.

hunter98

6/2/2012 10:39 AM UTC

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Chingis

I played "Champions of Gelais" again on 200% or impossible difficulty with Fortress. I played as Bron, leveling him up to around level 20, similar to Alkin, but a bit weaker. When taking 2 Fortresses, Bron used almost his entire starting army:), it seems he didn't bring enough troops. He had to rest in the captured fortresses for 2 weeks. During this time, Galtran and Alkin (I'm not sure) defeated the red faction and 3 vanguard armies of the azure (or blue) faction. Then, Bron gathered all his troops and artifacts and defeated the pink faction. But it took a total of 72 days. That's too long. If you replay individual episodes, you can complete it in 65-60 days. But that's not interesting; it's not the same. I don't have enough knowledge yet for a faster playthrough. I'll keep learning. I'll try playing with Necropolis and Galtran later.

Yeah... I understand you want to set a personal record for the fastest completion of this map... do you really like it that much? =

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

Niemand

6/2/2012 12:55 PM UTC

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Chingis

I would play "Lake of Plagues," but I don't know where to find that map.

It's a standard map. In any case, I have this map in my Complete Collection...

Just in case, I've uploaded it.

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hunter98

6/2/2012 1:41 PM UTC

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Chingis

1. Thanks! I downloaded it. I'll play it later. Which folder in the game should I put this file in?
2. Also, what do you think, if I start with Necropolis, can Tantom immediately raise the dead? And if I start with Aislin, will she immediately have Meteor Shower? Or will they both have little mana at the start and won't be able to use their abilities?
3. I've been wanting to ask about the "Frenzy" spell. The description seems good. How is it?
4. And "Forgetfulness" against archers. How well does it work?

1) It should go in the "maps" folder.
2) Yes, immediately. But they only have enough mana for one cast.
3) Frenzy is a somewhat mediocre spell. It costs 12 mana with fire expertise, but it greatly increases attack, but defense is 0 while it's active, so you need to use it wisely, because a stack with 0 defense will quickly be wiped out... By the way, it always lasts for 1 round, regardless of the spell power.
4) Forgetfulness is a good spell with water expertise. All archers stop shooting and engage in melee combat. Without water, it reduces the damage of archers by half when they shoot, but it only affects one stack...

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

hunter98

6/4/2012 12:01 PM UTC

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Chingis

Let Galtran rest for a bit :) I haven't played as a Mage in the 3rd installment yet. I'll play as Androy :) I need to check out his manual :) His name sounds like a woman's, but in the picture, he looks like a man :) Who is he? :

Question: The Manual says: "Undead are immune to... Bless, Resurrection..." What does this mean? Can the opponent not cast these spells on themselves, or can undead not cast them on themselves?

You can't cast spells on undead (as far as I remember): curse, blessing, resurrection, blindness, forgetfulness, berserk, rage (I think), wave of death, joy...

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

Niemand

6/5/2012 12:39 PM UTC

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I'll play as Android again until I find Blind in the first captured Fortress.

Why focus on blinding? There are many other excellent spells...

Niemand

6/5/2012 12:53 PM UTC

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Slow, haste, bless, curse, bloodlust, forgetfulness, wall of fire, armageddon, meteor shower, explosion, teleportation, berserk, clone... You can list almost all the spells this way.

Niemand

6/5/2012 1:02 PM UTC

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It's the same.
The force field is quite effective for blocking gaps in walls, closing passages on the battlefield, and protecting ranged units. The wall of fire works similarly. However, it doesn't completely block, but instead deals damage to everyone who passes through it.
Elementals – well, if they arrive in roughly these numbers, then why not? It can help in more or less equal armies.

Niemand

6/5/2012 1:18 PM UTC

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Hypnosis isn't very effective – it works inconsistently. Sand is mediocre. Slowing is a better option. As for genies, it's best to refer to section 2.3.1 of the Physics Manual.

mrshch

6/5/2012 5:13 PM UTC

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Chingis

Blind is very effective. He blinded everyone one by one, and then mowed down an army 2-3 times stronger than ours. Can you suggest something else similar?

Try Berserk with Expert Fire, you'll be very surprised. And check out Dirty player's video example under his posts, showing how, with the help of Berserk, Force Field, and Haste, the Moon, with a weak army and parameters, tore apart a maximum Utopia (5-6-7-8), where dragons supposedly aren't afraid of magic. Without magic, it would have lasted 3-4 rounds, no more. And here's another example of a standard Moon taking out a chicken coop using Wall of Fire (but only the Moon can do this, because her wall has double damage). Both examples are from REAL online matches.

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GoedenDag

Sand is so-so. Slow is better.

On Expert Earth, first use Slow, and then a LOT of sand, 3, 5, 10 times – and the neutrals are practically paralyzed, so you can just shoot them down, even if they have an army 10 times stronger. And you can use this to tear apart, for example, Crystal Dragons, for whom Slow isn't very scary, and everyone else whom neither Blind nor Berserk can affect.

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Chingis

It's just that Blind is very effective.

With Expert Fire, the enemy doesn't even have time to retaliate; you can just kill them without losses, if you had enough mana. With Expert Earth, you can raise the LIVING, and they will remain in the army after the battle – you kill everyone, blind the last one, and calmly revive everyone, you just need to practice.

Marmot

6/5/2012 6:45 PM UTC

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Chingis

Marmot, teach me this trick: Berserk + hit'n'run?:) Explain in more detail? I'm not very familiar with the terminology and techniques yet.

The essence of this method is as follows: in general, hit'n'run means "attack and run away." The AI often does this itself. The advantage is that the enemy's losses are much greater than the attacker's. It is used when it is impossible to defeat a given enemy, but it is necessary to weaken him. Various options are used: Berserk, Chain Lightning, other attack spells, Armageddon (if we have creatures with immunity to fire or level 4 magic).
Only with hit'n'run was I able to break through the garrison with 8000 Azure Dragons on the map "Armageddon" and complete the walkthrough.
Specifically for the "Undead Apocalypse" map, with Berserk, step by step:
1. Take a suitable hero (an expert in fire magic is obviously the best).
2. Take the fastest creatures and artifacts for speed so that the first turn and the first cast of magic are guaranteed to be ours. Take the minimum number of creatures, because, unfortunately, they will be lost!
3. Attack, cast Berserk on the fastest enemy stacks that do not have immunity to it (Azure Dragons, fortunately, do not have it).
4. When the enemy under Berserk attacks his own and takes damage, on the next turn of our stack, run away.
5. Compare the losses and rejoice.
6. In the nearest tavern, immediately re-hire the same hero.
7. Repeat until the enemy is weakened enough that we can defeat him in battle.

Воскресайте, камінні душі, Розчиняйте серця і чоло, Щоб не сказали Про вас грядущі: їх на землі не було…
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)

Zena.Malina

6/6/2012 6:28 AM UTC

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mrshch and Marmot, those are some great tactics! I should try them too:)

Chingis, Andra is not weak at all. On the contrary, he's a strong hero! With that much mana and a level 5 spellbook, and with fire and earth spells, he can easily defeat an AI opponent 2-3 times stronger than him. You just need to try;)

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mrshch

Try Berserk with Expert Fire, and you'll be very surprised. And check out Dirty player's posts for a video example of how, with Berserk, Force Field, and Haste, a bird with a small army and weak stats defeated a maximum Utopia (5-6-7-8), where dragons supposedly aren't afraid of magic.

I tried to upload a video, but it only shows some comedy movies. How do I watch Heroes 3 videos?