Posts from Patch 1.5

A new patch for Heroes 5 was released a couple of days ago. In addition to the standard bug fixes (they keep fixing, but they can't seem to fix everything :)), it includes a couple of cool features in my opinion (battle recording, the ability to be a spectator in a duel, and the long-awaited duel preset editor :). Necromancy and Training now work as they did in 2.1 :).

Let's share our impressions! :) Did you like it? No? Why?

Necromancy doesn't work exactly as it did in 2.1. Although, the principle is the same. At the start, you get more Town Experience (TE), heroes give more TE, but there are fewer buildings in the castle. Today, I installed and launched the first mission of the Necropolis campaign. At the start, you have 252 units of TE.

I would have installed 1.5 yesterday if I had known that the game wouldn't require the disc after the patch. Today, I downloaded NoCD, and after installing 1.5, I found out that it's not needed. Now I'm going home and will install 1.5 there. I hope my daughter doesn't kill me for making her replay the mission (she's playing through the first campaign).

I downloaded the patch yesterday from the Nival server.

I heard about a bug – if you load a mission that isn't the first one from a previously completed Necropolis campaign in a different version, the Necropolis hero will retain the "Archers' Uplift" ability. I'll check it out today. I'm going to replay this campaign – I don't want Markel to appear in another campaign with a non-existent ability. Plus, I'm curious to play this mission in version 1.5.

And I'm just playing around with the duel preset editor for a bit.

I checked the bug. Indeed, Markel still has the "Archers' Uprising" ability from completing the campaign in 1.41. I don't know if it will cause problems in other campaigns. I won't check, because I decided a long time ago that after the release of 1.5, I will replay this campaign.

I also want to compare the skill wheels of Humans and Warlocks. If I find at least one discrepancy, I will replay these campaigns. Therefore, my playthrough of the 5th campaign will be temporarily suspended. I really don't want to encounter unclear bugs.

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I compared the skill wheels of Humans and Warlocks. They seem to match.

They say that in 1.5, a hero with "Unveiling the Secret" can learn the spells of his spellcasting units. I haven't checked yet.

Yesterday, a very experienced player who has played all versions of Heroes (especially a lot in 3) came to visit me. He immediately wanted to try out the new Necromancer abilities. He says that in 1.5, the Necromancer is invincible. I highly doubt that. I will install 1.5 for him on the weekend.

They say that in version 1.5, a hero with the "Unveiling Secrets" skill can learn the spells of their spellcasting units. I haven't checked it yet.

You can't use your own units, only other units... The fact that they removed this in version 1.2 significantly weakened the two Warlock heroes who initially specialized in dark magic; now there's no point in playing them at all...