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Steyn
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posted January 23, 2015 09:54 AM |
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As War-overlord already said this question cannot be answered with a simple yes or no.
For me there are two aspects to H6 necropolis which influence my vote.
- Line-up: except for a few minor drawbacks I quite liked the line-up, so based solely on the line-up I would say YES, I liked H6 necropolis.
- Necromancy: however, H6 turned necromancy in a glorified version of the raise dead spell, imo destroying the unique necro feel.
So my conclusion would then be YES, I liked it, but NO, it wasn't necropolis.
Just because I like it I will also make a list with MY pro's and cons:
Pro's
- Namtaru's made a great champion, though they could've left out the dual form
- Lamasu was a fresh new addition that had a good necro feel to it
- the ghoul was an excellent replacement for the useless zombie
- ghost was really nice (and I don't mind them reusing it for H7)
Cons
- Necromancy reduced to raise dead
- Way too many spikes
- Slight overuse of the colour green
- I don't like the tanky vampire
- Super ugly liches
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Rakshasa92
Supreme Hero
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posted January 23, 2015 10:13 AM |
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No, I hated it:
1) Too much ugly green, unnatural
2) Skeletons are always boring.
3) Ghouls were fine, but they looked like demons.
4) Ghosts are boring, call them Banshees and make them like banshees.
5) Lammasu = most gentle creature out there in mythology + most boring creature coming from mythology, no sense in making that a necropolis creature, call it sphinx instead.
6) Lich, I never liked liches, they should be heroes in necro.
7) No more pretty vampires please, make them like in HOMM3, scary abominations like nosferatu.
8) The spider queen had too much green, but otherwise, I liked the creature it is much better than the stupid bone dragon by far.
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Greenlore
Known Hero
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posted January 23, 2015 02:09 PM |
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Rakshasa92 said:
7) No more pretty vampires please, make them like in HOMM3, scary abominations like nosferatu.
If you dislike their vampires that much,then why do you have one as your avatar?
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted January 23, 2015 02:55 PM |
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He feeds on the negative energy that fuels him every time he looks at it 
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted January 23, 2015 03:39 PM |
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It's a constant reminder to him how he should consider them boring  . Then again, he considers just about everything boring  .
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War-overlord
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Presidente of Isla del Tropico
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posted January 23, 2015 03:40 PM |
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Maurice said:
Then again, he considers just about everything boring .
Which makes his dislike of H6 necro no surprise.
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rodaff
Tavern Dweller
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posted February 02, 2015 05:25 PM |
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TD said:
I did like the bone dragon(or whatever it was called), but the original/real necro of h6 was the worst iteration in the series. I liked even Death from h4 better and that's saying a lot.
I hated the looks of the units in general, I hated the town-screen/looks and I especially hated the meth heads(liches), lamasus and Namtarus. I disliked the harpooners(skeletons), gimps(the idea of ghoul was good) and knights(vampires). The ghost was at least closer to mediocre(so it was best of the worst as in mediocre on neutral term). Ohh yeah and the necromancy racial was total crap! So overall? H6 necro deserved to go straight to hell!
+1
Add to all that the ridiculous glowing green in every unit and Anastasya the undead supermodel. Ugh!
H6 necro should burn in hell!
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EPICUSDOOMICUS
Known Hero
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posted February 02, 2015 07:31 PM |
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Well, with no intention to offend anyone and/or their opinion, I have to say some things about H6 Necro:
--> All that neon/overglowing green was surely on (or over ) the edge of ridiculousness...
--> Lam{as(s)}u was, imho, an abomination from every aspect and was in no way suitable for Necropolis.
--> I don't like the style the Liches were implemented but, compairing to Lamasus and Vampires, I'm ok with it.
--> Vampires were a total disappointment.
Or should I say V-Arthas(s)-es... Unfortunately, they're back in H7 I have stated I am fond of H3 Vampires. "BLUH" 
--> Gouls were a nice change. Before H6 I was already fed up with the "useless" zombies...
--> Fate Spinners, as far as I'm conserned, gave a fresh note to the faction and suited satisfyingly the role of the Undead champion. I'm sick of --badly implemented (meaning all except the H3 ones)-- bone dragons.
--> As for the "Spider theme" issue, I don't really mind...
--> Overall, H6 Necro had its flaws, definitely. But it had some pros, too. Don't forget we've seen much much worse (H4 Infernopolis)
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted February 02, 2015 07:41 PM |
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A faction of zealous idiots and wannabes trying to look serious? Why yes, I liked it very much, thank you. Griffin... erm... Namtaru eternal!
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hammerhand
Hired Hero
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posted February 03, 2015 05:54 PM |
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I hate all rip-off units. Namtarus ripped off lolth. Vampire knights ripped off Warhammer blood dragon knghts and arthas.
I wanna play might & magic heroes, not Warhammer heroes or D&D heroes.
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GenyaArikado
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
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posted February 03, 2015 10:10 PM |
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so nosferatu (silent film) and clash of titans rip off thens?
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Stormcaller
Famous Hero
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posted February 03, 2015 10:18 PM |
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Everything is a rip off something, more or less. But there are bad rip offs and there are good rip offs. It's possible to rip off something while still maintaining originality.
H6 necropolis failed though. And H7 is failing badly as well, unless they actually decide to change a unit or two.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted February 03, 2015 10:49 PM |
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The way I see it, nosferatu is more like a homage to cult horror while Arthas vampires closer to copying something from a successful series. Obviously nwc borrowed as much as they could from D&D, Tolkien or popular films/myths but I rather liked that. Creatures were iconic and easily recognizable. They were classic and fun instead of weird, dark and gritty or ridiculously decorated.
I am not always a fun of simplicity but in this case less is more. Ashan is practically screaming for attention, like a teenager who desperately wants to be noticed.
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kiryu133
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Highly illogical
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posted February 03, 2015 11:06 PM |
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not to mention Ashan seems to completely have forgotten how to have fun. Vampires going "BLAH!" might've been silly but god damn it was hilarious. That kind of playful childishness is what gets people to love your game and it's sorely lacking now
that and colours. don't forget to add colours.
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Greenlore
Known Hero
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posted February 03, 2015 11:44 PM |
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kiryu133 said:
not to mention Ashan seems to completely have forgotten how to have fun. Vampires going "BLAH!" might've been silly but god damn it was hilarious. That kind of playful childishness is what gets people to love your game and it's sorely lacking now
that and colours. don't forget to add colours.
Well we are getting funny animations for the units.
I'd say that the vampire should go "blah" for it
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LizardWarrior
Honorable
Legendary Hero
the reckoning is at hand
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posted February 03, 2015 11:48 PM |
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I always thought that these "funny" animations are too far-fetched. Instead of making a silly animation for every unit in the game they could add an alternative attack or defend animation, or use these resources and time for a better lich model
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GenyaArikado
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
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posted February 04, 2015 01:26 AM |
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Stormcaller said:
Everything is a rip off something, more or less. But there are bad rip offs and there are good rip offs. It's possible to rip off something while still maintaining originality.
H6 necropolis failed though. And H7 is failing badly as well, unless they actually decide to change a unit or two.
That's so relative that you can't make an argument with it. The h3 vampire looks so literally like Orloc while the H6/7 only has the white hair/big sword. By your logic then the h6 one should be the superior one
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Kimarous
Supreme Hero
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posted February 04, 2015 02:47 AM |
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LizardWarrior said:
I always thought that these "funny" animations are too far-fetched. Instead of making a silly animation for every unit in the game they could add an alternative attack or defend animation, or use these resources and time for a better lich model
And I've always thought that making that kind of comparison is incredibly childish because "altering the movements of an existing model" is NOWHERE near as much work as completely remaking a 3D model... ESPECIALLY the "skeletal lich" that people have been clamouring for (read: LOTS AND LOTS OF POLYGONS).
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hammerhand
Hired Hero
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posted February 04, 2015 04:33 AM |
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Stormcaller said:
Everything is a rip off something, more or less. But there are bad rip offs and there are good rip offs. It's possible to rip off something while still maintaining originality.
H6 necropolis failed though. And H7 is failing badly as well, unless they actually decide to change a unit or two.
There are something exist all over the worldŁ¬such as skeletons and ghosts.
There are someting iconic, such as arthas and drider in other games.
Based on a common thing is not rip-off.
Dont have iconic units in H6? All right design one. Other games design their unique units which MMH can rip off , why do not MMH?
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted February 04, 2015 08:29 AM |
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Kimarous said:
And I've always thought that making that kind of comparison is incredibly childish because "altering the movements of an existing model" is NOWHERE near as much work as completely remaking a 3D model... ESPECIALLY the "skeletal lich" that people have been clamouring for (read: LOTS AND LOTS OF POLYGONS).
Nowhere near as much work, still largely pointless.
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