New World Computing was dedicated to giving their fans what they wanted, and it shows. The HoMM formula truly reached its sweet spot with Heroes of Might and Magic III. It was an improvement on all fronts: sound design, custom map building, multiplayer, campaigns, factions and gameplay. Heroes of Might and Magic III yes, just for the heroes V and all the expansions of heroes V its worth it. And only for 9€ it even better. I got all might and magic games, before the heroes VII release for 10€ on steam :D. Thanks. I have indeed decided to get the HoMM bundle from GOG which included HoMM 1-5 for $9 (at 85% off). There are diffrent "the best" factions, depending on the mission and the map. Here I gonna rank them as the game provides them (without OP artifacts) Always good (imo) is NECROPOLIS, because the skeleton farming (has a pretty weak 7th unit, compared to other dragons). If the map is poor in resources, the best is STRONGHOLD, because it has the Might & Magic: Heroes VII combines a bit of light city management with venturing heroes, who amass resources and collect additional armies of different units to tackle your foes. A skill wheel 5. Cove is definitely a more balanced faction than Stronghold in terms of ranged/ flying/ melee and might v magic mix. But it is still not a magic faction. You can expect that when facing a human player they will find counters for that nasty stack of Sea Dogs. In late game it is pretty common to have magic heroes able to do 1500+ damage in one Heroes III magic schools. Edit. School of magic is a term for a characteristic of a spell, that refers to one of the four basic elements: air, earth, fire and water. All spells belong to one of the four schools of magic, with exceptions of magic arrow and visions that both belong to all schools. School of magic is closely in a close interaction zsUQWC. Teaches 3 Level One Nature Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 35% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points. Teaches 3 Level Two Nature Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 50% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points. I've won HoMM 1 with all factions except just the witches (or sorceresses). Anyhow, this map is a slow map where you have plenty of time to build up, and the enemy won't come to you. You don't need to restart the campaign, but it sounds like it may be a good idea to restart the scenario. Burning with anger, the ArchDevil hits the Archangel for 150% damage. You can check this pretty easily through the map editor. Just find a town of the faction you're interested in, open its properties, and check out what spells are flagged as able to appear in the Mage's guild. Heroes I factions. Category page. Edit. Factions playable in Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest . Heroes 3 is still very easy to play online with friends nowadays. Forget the crap version that can be purchased on STEAM (does not include the Armageddons Blade and Shadow of Death datadiscs). Steb-by-step guide in comments.

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