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Cepheus
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Far-flung Keeper
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posted October 17, 2011 02:24 PM |
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Not at all - Marzhin's the one who gave it to me. Post it anywhere you wish.
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"Those who forget their history are inevitably doomed to repeat it." —Proverb, Might and Magic VIII
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tau_xxx
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 17, 2011 02:49 PM |
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Thanks a lot, Cepheus.
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Anesthetize
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 17, 2011 04:32 PM |
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Sorry for posting this here, but I have too few forum traffic to open up a thread of my own ... ;-)
Talking of Stronghold's first mission - I really need a nudge in the right direction from you experienced guys. Without getting too spoiler-ish ... I started that mission two times, and I don't feel like I'm really getting anywhere. Troop conservation seems to be the key in the beginning. First time, I took the first Haven town you come across - the one with the relatively weak defence - and then it was securing the area, freeing the goblins south of town and building up some more troops. Or so I thought. The AI kept sending enemy heroes that could be taken on one-on-one but still whittled down my hard-earned troops. I felt compelled to go for the second Haven town east of the first - I lost too many units and wasn't strong enough to hold the second area and go for the quests at the same time.
I reloaded the map, and this time I ignored the first Haven town and went straight south to the "neutral" area. I managed to grab some additional troops, but not without losses, and I was disappointed to see that there is no town in this area that you can conquer and build up. So I was forced back to the method of my previous attempt, with a delay in game time on top of it ...
For the moment, I quit the Stronghold campaign, but I would really like to go back to it as it was said it is the best choice chronologically. Btw, I plan to skill Sandor towards Blood, of course with a focus on Might abilities. Before that, I played the first three Necro missions and didn't encounter any major problems. All missions were played on normal difficulty.
So I would really appreciate some advice on Stronghold 1. Thanks alot in advance!
What difficulty are you playing on? Just for some general pointers that worked out very easily in custom difficulty (Normal AI, Normal resources, normal growth, weak neutral stacks) and also in straight normal (albeit a bit tougher) was to go for first haven town within the first week (if you skill logistics and dont waste movement you can get there easily, even with picking up most of the stuff in the starting area). Then go for goblins, and then aim to capture the second haven town to your right. After that its pretty much straight forward! Remember to look out for friendly troops to join you, they are pretty much all over.
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted October 17, 2011 05:28 PM |
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The order is as follows:
- Heart of Nightmares (Collectors' edition map)
- Prologue 1
- Prologue 2
- Stronghold 1
- Sanctuary 1
- Inferno 1
- Haven 1
- Necropolis 1
- Stronghold 2
- Sanctuary 2
- Haven 2
- Necropolis 2
- Sanctuary 3
- Stronghold 3
- Inferno 2
- Necropolis 3
- Inferno 3
- Sanctuary 4
- Stronghold 4
- Haven 3
- Necropolis 4
- Haven 4
- Inferno 4
- Epilogues
Thanks for the information. Would have been nice to know before I started the campaign. Playing the Necro campaign first, straight through, was an odd experience. Lots of random information flying all over the place.
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
You'll never take me down
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diomed
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 17, 2011 08:31 PM |
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@Anesthetize:
Thanks for giving some advice. So I was actually on the right track from the start, I only have to hurry a bit ... I played on normal difficulty, like the Necro missions.
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Anesthetize
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 17, 2011 10:55 PM |
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@Anesthetize:
Thanks for giving some advice. So I was actually on the right track from the start, I only have to hurry a bit ... I played on normal difficulty, like the Necro missions.
Yes, necro missions are really simple the way necromancy works atm, so be prepared for more challenging missions in the other campaigns. I actually spent a lot of time on the stronghold 1, so it is indeed possible to finish even when taking your time. Just work on getting your dwellings up ASAP, so you can get some growth going. Its also a lot harder if you go for a pure might hero than if you sprinkle some spells, stronghold units aren't that good at staying alive ^^
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ebonite
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 19, 2011 04:02 AM |
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The order is as follows:
- Heart of Nightmares (Collectors' edition map)
- Prologue 1
- Prologue 2
- Stronghold 1
- Sanctuary 1
- Inferno 1
- Haven 1
- Necropolis 1
- Stronghold 2
- Sanctuary 2
- Haven 2
- Necropolis 2
- Sanctuary 3
- Stronghold 3
- Inferno 2
- Necropolis 3
- Inferno 3
- Sanctuary 4
- Stronghold 4
- Haven 3
- Necropolis 4
- Haven 4
- Inferno 4
- Epilogues
Cheers
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Moshu
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 19, 2011 05:14 PM |
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Thx for the campaign order.
I have a problem tho. When I finish for example the stronghold Mission 1 - and move on to mission 2, if I start the inferno mission 1, then all other missions are not saved 
what can i do in this case ?
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted October 19, 2011 09:51 PM |
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What a ridiculous convoluted campaign scheme. But it makes clear why I suddenly got intermissions out of the blue in the Necro campaign that didn't seem to make much sense. As it is, after playing the Tutorial missions, I started on the campaigns, working from left to right. Still on the Necro campaign, though.
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Sherekhaan
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 19, 2011 11:19 PM |
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The campaigns are well done, but it is really a shame they did it like this and give no order to the stories. They could at least have organised the faction buttons in some order.
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SoilBurn
Known Hero
BurnsSoil
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posted October 19, 2011 11:31 PM |
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A recommended campaign map order would have been good to have in-game though as well, no? After you start finishing those races one by one it is unfortunately too late.
I played all 4 Inferno maps first and - although the story did make sense - the scenario progression felt somewhat rushed (many logical gaps)
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seddy
Known Hero
Spinner of delicious cupcakes
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posted October 21, 2011 06:05 PM |
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Indeed! I wonder why this strange chronological mess is in game. Thus I bump this for general usefulness.
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Hotarubi
Known Hero
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posted October 22, 2011 05:46 AM |
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does the game recognize the way in which you've built your heroes if you were to play "the recommended order", as well as save the artifact sets that you've collected?
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted October 26, 2011 11:57 AM |
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This recommended campaign order is cool, but is there a recommended reputation order one should go for in each faction?
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Cepheus
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Far-flung Keeper
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posted October 26, 2011 01:23 PM |
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Not really, although as Omega already noted elsewhere, the armour the heroes are wearing in the loading screens seems to imply which paths are going to be "canonical". We have:
Anastasya - Magic, Tears
Anton - Might, Tears
Kiril - Might, Blood
Irina - Might, Tears
Sandor - Might, Blood
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"Those who forget their history are inevitably doomed to repeat it." —Proverb, Might and Magic VIII
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akaihane77
Hired Hero
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posted October 26, 2011 02:40 PM |
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I'm quite disappointed at how they make the campaign story jump all over the place if you do one faction by faction. I choose to finish all the mission in a single faction first instead of doing it in story order.
Another disappointment so far is that the hardest mode for the campaign has been much easier than h5. I completed santuary , stronghold stuck at map 2 due to bug , haven at map 3. Hopefully, some other maps pose some challenge because those i've done are too easy.
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted October 26, 2011 02:40 PM |
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Hmmm yes, it's strange that they made the campaign with 1 out of 5 as a magic hero and the rest might heroes....
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akaihane77
Hired Hero
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posted October 26, 2011 02:46 PM |
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Hmmm yes, it's strange that they made the campaign with 1 out of 5 as a magic hero and the rest might heroes....
Well if you use the default which you should if u want to go by the story...Irina is magic. Artwork is just ermmm , the graphic designers probably never communicate well with the rest of team...
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted October 26, 2011 02:51 PM |
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Not really, although as Omega already noted elsewhere, the armour the heroes are wearing in the loading screens seems to imply which paths are going to be "canonical". We have:
Anastasya - Magic, Tears
Anton - Might, Tears
Kiril - Might, Blood
Irina - Might, Tears
Sandor - Might, Blood
Which is funny because Irina is Magic by default though and tbh, her behaviour is miles away from the tears path 
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esvath
Known Hero
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posted October 26, 2011 03:23 PM |
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I play using the "correct" line up with following Heroes :
Sandro - Might, Blood
Irina - Magic, Blood
Anton - Might, Blood
Kiril - Might, Tears
Anatasya - Magic, Tears
The first three characters just too violent in personality for Tears, imho.
I am stuck in the middle of swamp of boredom of playing Heroes 6 right now, so does anyone have finished the scenario and willing to share the spoilers? 
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