Posts from Harmony - Troop Symmetry

As for the Dungeon Lords – they worship the Dragon of Darkness, not Chaos. It’s logical that Darkness would be their primary focus for Specialization, but since they specialize in Chaos, Chaos can’t be ignored either. Therefore, I think the path to Specialization should be through Darkness, Chaos, and Sorcery.

I didn't mean that Town Enhancement (TE) should replace unit upgrades.

I don't consider myself a strong Heroes 5 player; I only play as Humans, Elves, Mages, and Necromancers... and I don't know how things stand with the other three races regarding unit upgrades, but I want to say that I don't see the point in upgrading units for Light Elves, Humans, or Necromancers because of their upgrade tree. Because a set of various disables, especially in combination with the right artifacts, is more useful and applicable in a wider range of situations... both against all enemy races and in clearing the map (especially if the map is complex, not just empty).

My recommendation:
TE should tie the race to the magic of its castle (one school) and to "non-combat" skills that are equally useful for all races - i.e., logistics, education. These three skills should be for everyone. Moreover, learning TE should not prevent the player from choosing which magic skills of their race they want to learn... if this is impossible, then, in my opinion, it is better to go through three main magic skills of the race (as it is now with TE for Light Elves in fire magic).

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[/U]Very often, Specializations are very powerful, so it makes sense to make it so that you have to choose between something, rather than mindlessly leveling up in the same branch to get to the Specialization, while having all the best skills.

And the absurdity with the Demon and Tower Specializations needs to be addressed (as I wrote above - the Tower worships the God of Darkness, but for some reason they level up Chaos, and vice versa - the Demons worship the God of Chaos, but for some reason they level up Darkness).

No way!
Leveling up all three lords on the way to the Specialization - isn't that too much? In general, it would be better to make it so that it is impossible to level up all the lords - max two.

a call to creation

And before you change anything: you know why demons have "fire magic" (damage magic) when they level up: 45%/10%/15%/30%

a call to creation

Why? Isn't everything logical here?

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Well, you can change the stats...

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Renaming "Summoning" to "Creation" is nonsense, but renaming it to "Distortion" makes sense; "Creation" is just absurd! I just don't see how "Summoning" relates to "Creation."

Well, distortion is definitely nonsense, but creation is more like an enhanced summoning spell.

Well, you can change the stats...

And in your opinion, is True Luck and Absolute Protection a weak skill??? - ideally, the value of Special Abilities should be balanced.

But why not 100% then?
You need to understand that "attack" plays a much bigger role in clearing the map.

Because "chaos magic" is the elements of "earth," "water," "wind," and "fire" – the elements of the dragons of Asch. Renaming "chaos magic" to something like "elemental magic" would be more appropriate.

And before you change anything: you know why demons need "fire magic" (damage magic) when leveling up: 45%/10%/15%/30%

Oh, distortion is definitely nonsense, but creation is like summoning, but broader.

So, what's next? Change a race's skill? It's designed for the Elves to deal magic damage, not for Demons. Demons are warriors... sort of. Anyway, regarding Demons, don't ask me. I don't play them (I just don't like them because their Imps burn through all the mana at the start of the battle, regardless of your hero. There are always so many of them that they drain everything).

You need to look at the whole picture. For example, let's take Dwarves as an example (I don't have time to go into detail right now).
1. What do Dwarves study for "absolute defense"?
"Defense," "Summoning," "Fire."
2. Their troops (parameters, skills)
3. The availability of artifacts.
4. The special abilities of the enemy hero.

So, which two skills will the Dwarves choose?
If there's a Necromancer on the map... Let's say "Light" + "Leadership."
Necromancer's skills: "Summoning," "Darkness," "Education," "Light," "Magic."
If, in addition, you wear full Morale gear, you'll get hit by "Blind" and subsequent debuffs, and Morale will still be +/- 1 (depending on which second ring the Necromancer chooses).
The Necromancer has 2 special abilities: "Shriek of Horror" and Zoltan. 50% block chance for spell removal, twice as much mana as the Dwarf, even without a connection, and +>15 stats.
The Necromancer's two-slot ability gives Dwarves -40% initiative (blocked by rings), and -1 speed (not blocked, as you probably can't wear +1 speed boots - immunity to slow is more important).
And, of course, the Necromancer's (2 slots) ability saves 50% of the hero's turn + 30% turn from Magic on Blind.
Without leveling up the "Morale" skill and wearing Morale gear, Dwarves can't win - because prolonging the battle and taking turn skips (and -20% attack/defense) against a stronger mage is not a good idea.
And without "Light"... mass +12 parameters, blessing, curse, and the inability to remove Blind...

In general, you need to sit down, write out the balance of everything, and think about it for a long time...

And without that, I wouldn't cut skills. For example, the Humans' special abilities are completely useless - I changed them. They were created back in the days of the first version of Heroes 5, and if you remember, there weren't things like troop training limits back then, so people didn't choose special abilities. Afterwards, I think a lot wasn't revised. Skills like "Lord of the Dead" used to be skills, but now they're not. If it gave 50 Dark Energy instead of just meaningless 5%, it would be a skill.


P.S. I completely forgot: "Vampirism" is something that a warrior needs to be a warrior, even if a 7th-level opponent has 50% damage (and even then, in 50% of cases, with 5 luck).

especially when considering popular tactics like "shoot them down" (where damage is dealt through ranged attacks, while other troops endure, and defense works) or "kill with magic" (troops endure, defense works).

I must apologize, but it's complete nonsense to consider artifacts – firstly, they shouldn't be so strongly tied to a race, as the main effect doesn't relate to the race, and secondly, any player can find any artifact – in short, considering artifacts is stupid in my opinion.

No problem :) , so, let's break it down:
Dwarves have an ability that reduces 50% of damage (even without considering the opponent's luck).

Necromancers give you -8 morale, -10% initiative (which is tactically worse than reducing damage), and -1 luck (another -10% damage).

Result:
Even with a developed "Leadership" skill, -8 + 5 = -3 morale, -10% initiative, -1 luck, and for Necromancers, plus one skill. Or are you planning not to develop the Leadership skill? :)

Of course, the hero spends a turn doing this.

P.S. What will happen if the Necromancer develops the "Luck" skill instead of the Gnome's "Leadership" skill, giving him +30% damage and also "Deadly Unluck" against the Gnome?

and why did you feel the need to explain all this in response to my "artifacts shouldn't be taken into account" – you're talking about something completely different here, and I didn't say that the Necromancer has weak Specialization.

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any Specialization is simply useless against the combination of magic schools and "defense"/"attack" if there is an opportunity to use them (depends on the enemy race)

And according to you, is true luck and absolute defense a weak skill??? – ideally, the values of Specialization should be somehow balanced.