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ElectricBunny
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posted December 29, 2007 01:16 PM |
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Poll Question:
What is the most annoying creature in HoMM III?
Hi, sorry for a new topic if it has already been made, but I was thinking, some of the creatures in HoMM III are truly just ANNOYING. I was wondering if anyone is thinking along the same lines. So please vote on this poll, here is why I think these creatures are annoying:
Golems - pretty large numbers, great Def. and Hp stats, practically magic-proof... basically these guys are INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Dragonflies - they always seem to start first, so they keep flying over to you and weakening half your army before you can even attack them. Speaking of which they have a good Hp stat, so they're hard to kill especially with Weakness on you.
Pheonixes - They're basically as good as Archdevils, only with twice as many of them, and immunity to good spells like Meteor Shower and Armageddon. And they keep rebirthing to boot!!
Black Dragons - They have loads of life and Speed, and they are just really hard to kill. Totally magic-immune, so you'll just have to fight them in melee... which isn't really an option if you're the kind of guy who wants to have a good-sized army after a battle.
Titans - Have you ever fought 28 titans? Total pain in the butt. They just keep killing you regardless of whether you're close or far away. They have a good Speed too so they can get into the thick of the battle after their shots are gone. And Blind and Hypnotize *trumpet plays 20th Century Fox*, the masters of making people work for you... DON'T WORK. *trumpet stops*
Imps - just kidding...
Oh by the way you guys can submit your own creatures too, like Demons or something. I've had problems with them in the past...
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Homer171
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posted December 29, 2007 03:15 PM |
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Edited by Homer171 at 17:08, 29 Dec 2007.
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I vote for Phoenix when it's the only "annoying" creature of those. Others aren't that over the top creatures. I don't think H3 had so many unbalanced creatures, compared to H4 anyway 
For me:
Lv1: Centaur Captains are just too damn fast and strong. Doesn't unbalance the fanction but it's incredible strong lv1 critter.
Lv2: Storm Elements are simply ridiculous, they have somewhat lv4 creature stats 
Lv3: None really. Griffins, Golems and Element upgs are goods but not that annoying imo.
Lv4: Vampire Lords! I love these guys  Balances their rather weak lv7 creature a bit.
Lv5: Mighty Gorgons. Again creature whit strength beyond it's own level. Too bad it's Fortress only creature what i really like.
Lv6: Naga Queen can be really tough to take down whit their no enemy retaliation ability and very high damage. I personally like Dread Knights better when they are faster and their role is more offensive.
Lv7: Phoenix. I hate these fat chocobos! Highest speed in the game, 2 hex attack and double population  What where they thinking? 2 Phoenixes makes higher damage than any other lv7 creature, even their health surpasses the mighty Black Dragons in numbers.'
There are some abilities what makes certain creatures "annoying" but most of them are just great and i would not complain about them (Conflux is exception of course).
You might have love/hate relationship whit these abilities:
No enemy retaliation, Summon Demons (Demon Farming), Fire Shield, Double Shot/Strike, Jousting, Resurrection, Magic Resistance, Magic Immunity, Magic Mirror, 2-3/all adjacent hex attacks, Mind Spell Immunity, Ranged, No hand-to-hand penalty, No Range Penalty, Ignore 80% Defense, Undead, Life Drain, Death Cloud/Fire Ball Attack, Double Damage, Aging, Self Resurrection, Spell Caster, Regenerate and Fear.
My top3 annoying creatures: 1st: Phoenix - 2nd: Enchanter - 3rd: Faerie Dragon (thanks for casting that chain lightning on my own creatures  )
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SwampLord
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posted December 29, 2007 03:25 PM |
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#1-Vampire Lords. If you have sufficient numbers, they simply will not die, and the liches can keep bombing everyone next to them.
#2-Phoneixes- you're so happy you killed your enemies' L7's, and then the ****ers just come bat.
#3-(still thinking)
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Binabik
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posted December 29, 2007 08:43 PM |
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Yea, a lot of creatures are a pain to fight. I agree with a lot of the ones listed above.
Golems are easy to underestimate how hard it is to kill them. And they are faster than it seems like they should be. Except stone golems are pretty easy to kill because they are so slow.
Dragonflies. It always amazes me how hard it is to kill them. They are just little flies, it seems like I should be able to swat them with a newspaper. But then I like having them in my army. It amazes me just as much how big of a stack can hit them without losing any.
Phoenix - I disagree here. I always thought they were pretty wimpy.
Minotaurs - These guys are soooooo easy to underestimate and that makes them dangerous. Add to that high morale and they are even more dangerous.
Royal Griffins are also underestimated. Compared to other level 3 creatures: only flies are faster, only golems have more hit points, only Grand Elves and Storm Elementals do more damage (with full arrow), unlimited retaliation, and with Griffin Bastion they have the highest growth rate. On the other hand, in a short game they might not get built because of the build order for Castle.
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Pheonixes - ......immunity to good spells like Meteor Shower
Meteor Shower is an Earth spell, so they aren't immune to it.
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Have you ever fought 28 titans?
A big fight has 2000+ Titans.
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SwampLord
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posted December 29, 2007 10:40 PM |
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Minotaurs are rock hard. Those guys are tough to beat, especially with their ability.
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angelito
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posted December 30, 2007 12:19 AM |
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Sultans!
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SwampLord
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posted December 30, 2007 12:30 AM |
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Forgot all about them! That Fire Shield is annoying as hell, because you know you're going to lose your own dudes attacking but you have to do it anyways. 
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mamgaeater
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posted December 30, 2007 01:03 AM |
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I find wraiths to be more distracting. Totally destroys my early game.
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SwampLord
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posted December 30, 2007 02:22 AM |
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You mean the mana drain? That can be annoying as well.
I suppose Gorgons would also be annoying since they'll vape your entire level 7 stack. But they're pretty slow.
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c0ldshadow
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posted December 30, 2007 06:20 AM |
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i voted phoenixes b/c of their speed and breath attack, it can be especially annoying if you dont have your troops aligned properly and get attacked by suprise, then not only do phoenixes go first but they hit 2 stacks at once.
personally i think royal griffins are one of the most annoying creatures. they always seem to take so long to kill when they are in a big stack, and they even look annoying. unlimited retaliation is annoying too.
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ElectricBunny
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posted December 30, 2007 12:16 PM |
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yeah, I admit I missed a couple of really annoying creatures... wish i'd thought more
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ElectricBunny
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posted December 30, 2007 12:20 PM |
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Pheonixes - ......immunity to good spells like Meteor Shower
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Meteor Shower is an Earth spell, so they aren't immune to it.
Yeah HoMM V was sort of flying through my head at the time... but I meant Fireball and Inferno and things like that
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Have you ever fought 28 titans?
A big fight has 2000+ Titans.
Yeah yeah... but still, 28 titans = 8,400 HP and 1120-1680 damage, I mean WTH?
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ElectricBunny
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posted December 30, 2007 12:25 PM |
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Oh yeah minataurs... I agree there. Once I was playing dungeon VS conflux, 16 blacks and about 83 minataurs against 36 pheonixes. I won, but all my blacks died... but only 30 of my minataurs died!! Cuz I was just walking up and doing 5K damage or something (well not that much but still), and that basically won the fight for me.
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Totoro
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posted January 02, 2008 02:29 PM |
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Edited by Totoro at 22:44, 02 Jan 2008.
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Arrow-towers are the worst!
I always plan my moves so I would lose as few creatures as possible in a fight. Target = 0, of course. Take marksmen for example which do alot of damage but have so little health.
And when we come to a castle-fight you lose alot of them and there's nothing you can do about it (except resurrect at the last turn if you happen to have the spell or arcangels).
Thanks to arrow-towers. They always shoot marksmen and they act just after the catapult and you can't kill them any other way than with catapult (or cyclops).
If you have ballistics the catapult shoots twice and you can click what to shoot so you might think that you can destroy 2 arrow-towers but it never works for me. Even I click the shooter or anywhere close to it, Bang! A part of wall just broke and the other shot, Bang! another wall is broken.
The only way to prevent the massacre of marksmen is to defeat creatures within walls in one turn or like that. But it's hard if you have crapmagics, little fliers, little shooters. Griffins are good at this if you have alot of them. They just fly inside and kill every stack that attacks them, thanks to unlimited retalation. But if there is alot of shooters they won't attack griffins and you will need many turns to kill them all and meanwhile arrow-towers are murdering marksmen.
After couple of castle-fights you don't have marksmen anymore.
Same thing for any useful creature with little health.
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Totoro
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posted January 02, 2008 02:46 PM |
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Edited by Totoro at 14:51, 02 Jan 2008.
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If we do not count arrow-towers I would say harpy hags.
They come, hit you and then return. I wouldn't say they do lot of damage but it's just annoying.
In addition any weak creature on which you have to waste time to kill like 3 imps. Arrrhh!! 60 Black Dragons come and kill them. What a glorious victory!
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sandronecro
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posted January 02, 2008 10:07 PM |
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Lvl 1: Centaur Captains
Lvl 2: Storm Elementals
Lvl 3: Iron Golems
Lvl 4: Ogre Magi
Lvl 5: Mighty Gorgons
Lvl 6: Dread Knights
Lvl 7: Black Dragons
Lvl 8: Faerie Dragons
Lvl 10: Azure Dragons
oh... um... i also forgot to include those peasants... dude, they're so useful...
*cough* NOT!!! *cough*
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Griphonheart
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posted January 04, 2008 10:54 PM |
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BLACK DRAGONS KEEP KILLIN ME!
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william
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posted January 04, 2008 11:15 PM |
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Mighty Gorgons or Golems.
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iwannarefresh
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posted January 05, 2008 02:47 AM |
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I agree with Angelito here, Sultans are the pain in my ass 
And sometimes some surprises come from my underestimate about Iron Golems too 
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dohh
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posted January 07, 2008 02:34 PM |
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1. Fairy Dragons. Evil snowes...
2. Enchanters
3. Arch Angels
4. Efreet Sultans
Marksmen are annoying too as you mostly deal with them at the beginning.
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