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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted October 27, 2011 12:40 PM |
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Quote: 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?
I think you need to swop Anton and Kiril around......
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Brukernavn
Hero of Order
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posted October 27, 2011 01:37 PM |
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So are there significant changes to the story depending on what path you choose? I remember they said something about it in Q&As a while back.
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esvath
Known Hero
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posted October 27, 2011 06:30 PM |
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I think you need to swop Anton and Kiril around......
Really? I always feel Anton is vindictive and hot-blooded (granted, some of it because of the whispering, but still...)
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted October 28, 2011 08:06 AM |
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Look at all the videos, Anton is trying to follow in his father's footsteps, Slava, and lead the duchy for Elrath. Slava was bright-grey knight, now Anton is this knight (bright-grey = tears)...the same person that's standing on the main screen of Heroes 6..
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evinin
Supreme Hero
Servant of Asha
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posted October 31, 2011 08:10 AM |
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I've started with Necro, too, and now I'm doing Sanctuary. The problem with this is that it's really boring compared to Necro. I have a question about the reputations - if Kiril should be Blood, does that make him a bad guy and a demon forever? I was thinking of playing him next with Tears in order to save his soul. Does it work like that?
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted October 31, 2011 01:41 PM |
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No, blood and tears have nothing to do with good and evil.
It's just the way the faction will play, aggressive or defensive..
Good factions = Haven, Naga
Neutral factions = Orcs
Evil factions = Demons, Necro
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted October 31, 2011 01:57 PM |
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Necro's evil now? I thought they worshipped "teh balance" or somesuch.
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted October 31, 2011 02:18 PM |
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Quote: No, blood and tears have nothing to do with good and evil.
It's just the way the faction will play, aggressive or defensive..
Good factions = Haven, Naga
Neutral factions = Orcs
Evil factions = Demons, Necro
Haven good ? They're just as evil as Inferno (see Salvatore in H6 or Laszlo/Alaric in H5)
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esvath
Known Hero
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posted October 31, 2011 02:29 PM |
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Edited by esvath at 14:30, 31 Oct 2011.
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Okay, finally I used the cheat to unlock all campaign. And from glimpse I got, the storyline is too regular, imho. It tried to create an anti-stereotype story, and yet fall exactly into the most stereo-typed anti-stereotype story
Meh.
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted October 31, 2011 03:20 PM |
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Quote: Necro's evil now? I thought they worshipped "teh balance" or somesuch.
Have to agree with your question here. In fact, the Necromancers are on pretty good terms with the Haven faction. Sveltana is the aunt of the protagonists and so far I've played with Anastasya (Necro) and Anton (Haven), both have good feelings about her.
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esvath
Known Hero
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posted October 31, 2011 07:43 PM |
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Quote: Necro's evil now? I thought they worshipped "teh balance" or somesuch.
Have to agree with your question here. In fact, the Necromancers are on pretty good terms with the Haven faction. Sveltana is the aunt of the protagonists and so far I've played with Anastasya (Necro) and Anton (Haven), both have good feelings about her.
/rant
And that is open for further inquiry : how come raising the dead is an act of balance? I prefer Kelemnvor-like balance with the dead : the dead stay dead. Anything else is eeeeevil.
Even the lore of Ashan (at least in Heroes V) suggest that the Necromancers are fanatics with a warped faith on the most destructive facet of Asha. How come they suddenly show up as the 'moderate guy'? Even the story about Kaspar converted into necromancy is rather ... forced. As if Heroes VI is the product of Necromancers' and Shadow's departement of public relations
/end rant
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted October 31, 2011 08:24 PM |
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The necros are a bunch of hypocrites, really.
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted October 31, 2011 08:50 PM |
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Quote: Necro's evil now? I thought they worshipped "teh balance" or somesuch.
Have to agree with your question here. In fact, the Necromancers are on pretty good terms with the Haven faction. Sveltana is the aunt of the protagonists and so far I've played with Anastasya (Necro) and Anton (Haven), both have good feelings about her.
/rant
And that is open for further inquiry : how come raising the dead is an act of balance? I prefer Kelemnvor-like balance with the dead : the dead stay dead. Anything else is eeeeevil.
Even the lore of Ashan (at least in Heroes V) suggest that the Necromancers are fanatics with a warped faith on the most destructive facet of Asha. How come they suddenly show up as the 'moderate guy'? Even the story about Kaspar converted into necromancy is rather ... forced. As if Heroes VI is the product of Necromancers' and Shadow's departement of public relations
/end rant
So, first you complain because you find H6's story stereotypical and now you complain because Necromancers aren't the stereotypical big ugly evil guys that everyone hates ?
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted October 31, 2011 08:55 PM |
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"Evil is merely a perspective that no longer concerns me, Brother Luther".
—Pious Augustus, lich.
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted October 31, 2011 08:57 PM |
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Edited by Zenofex at 21:00, 31 Oct 2011.
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Sandro is an overly-stereotypical Necromancer in Shadow of Death but he's arguably the most liked character in any Might & Magic game (although not mine, I'd vote for Archibald). The "Asha uses all" idiot or the other stereotypical Necromancer - Markal, are almost as universally frowned upon. So it doesn't seem to be a matter of originality or clichés.
Personally, I hate their pseudo-neutrality, it's obvious that it's enforced on them and does not come natural. Not that it's impossible to make a really neutral undead-raising faction which won't look like a bunch of pretentious wannabes - but not in Ashan. Now Gauldoth Half-Dead is much, MUCH closer to this image but mentioning him in the same text as the "new" Necromancers is just... wrong.
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esvath
Known Hero
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posted October 31, 2011 09:05 PM |
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So, first you complain because you find H6's story stereotypical and now you complain because Necromancers aren't the stereotypical big ugly evil guys that everyone hates ?
I ranted because in trying to become un-typical, Heroes 6 fall into another typical category : one which have angels as fools/maniacs, religious faction is the bloody inquisitor, necromancers play as the balancer. This one is over-used too, imo.
I prefer the first typical stories like, Haven is truly working for the Light with deep religious commitment, without NOT falling into mad inquisition. Necromancers as truly the master of darkness and vile, vile creature. Vampire as blood thirsty creature, not bishonen with twinkle in his skin. Oh wait. We can not have that anymore.
anyway, when seeing Heroes VI storyline, won't it makes that Elrath vs Malassa battle is stupidity on Elrath's side?
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted November 01, 2011 06:50 AM |
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Quote: Okay, finally I used the cheat to unlock all campaign. And from glimpse I got, the storyline is too regular, imho. It tried to create an anti-stereotype story, and yet fall exactly into the most stereo-typed anti-stereotype story
Meh.
Nah, story is pretty cool. Can be a little choppy and all over the place, but there is another thread about recommended campaign order to follow the story and not get too lost. But I am doing each faction campaign one by one and not getting too lost as we kinda know what's going on. Example, at end of Haven campaign 2 they talk about Kirin and Sarah causing demon stuff, we kinda know who Sarah is without playing the demon campaign yet....
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LRN
Adventuring Hero
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posted November 01, 2011 04:05 PM |
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Edited by LRN at 16:11, 01 Nov 2011.
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So, first you complain because you find H6's story stereotypical and now you complain because Necromancers aren't the stereotypical big ugly evil guys that everyone hates ?
I ranted because in trying to become un-typical, Heroes 6 fall into another typical category : one which have angels as fools/maniacs, religious faction is the bloody inquisitor, necromancers play as the balancer. This one is over-used too, imo.
I prefer the first typical stories like, Haven is truly working for the Light with deep religious commitment, without NOT falling into mad inquisition. Necromancers as truly the master of darkness and vile, vile creature. Vampire as blood thirsty creature, not bishonen with twinkle in his skin. Oh wait. We can not have that anymore.
anyway, when seeing Heroes VI storyline, won't it makes that Elrath vs Malassa battle is stupidity on Elrath's side?
Over-used? Not nearly as much I'd argue. Besides, we've had the type of stories you mention in 4 consecutive Heroes games, haven't we?
Naturally, there is nothing I can say about the matter of taste and preference. There is nothing wrong with wishing a classic fantasy world, after all. Personally I like the game's inversion, although I believe that you generalise in too broad strokes( Michael and co. are fanatics and Maniacs but I have seen nothing of the sort concerning the majority of Haven civilisation. Perhaps it's a cultural factor as wel-"crusader" is a word with a darker vibe than the classic one since centuries in my country so the Haven you describe is not exactly an aberration. As for the Necropolis, I assume that it has its saints and monsters, as we saw in H5.
As for the vampires, I prefer to see them as a literary descendant, however distant, of Moorcock's Elric(Arthas clones? Yeah, as if Arthas was a paragon of originality), which admittedly colours my thinking .
...and now we've gone completely off-topic. Personally I play all factions' missions in a row, beginning with Stronghold and ending with Necropolis.
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odium
Known Hero
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posted November 08, 2011 10:24 PM |
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I believe Inferno2 and Necropolis3 should be swapped since the attack on a particular boss at the end of Inferno2 happens after Necropolis3 as it is implied in the dialogue.
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