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dale
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posted April 21, 2003 11:43 PM |
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Whirlpool damage
I'm looking for information on the amount and type of damage that whirlpools give in HOMM4. I know that in HOMM3 it was different (some amount of weakest stack, and so one could trick it into taking only 1 halfling or some such).
I seem to recall that it takes 10% of each stack -- is that correct?
Is the 10% rounded up or down? I.e. how much from a stack of 1, 2, 3, ... , 10? Always 1? or none up to stack size 4?
I know that a single hero does not get eaten up -- don't think he takes damage either. That makes thieves very good for bouncing around via whirlpools.
Is there any artifact that protects from whirlpool damage? I seem to recall one in HOMM3.
[I have done a scan for threads with whirlpool in the message using Google, and all I came up with were things in planning stages for HOMM5. That surprises me. Did I search wrong in some way? Google, restrict to domain heroescommunity.com, include words whirlpool & damage.
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jacktrades
Hired Hero
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posted April 22, 2003 12:22 AM |
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I think it takes 1 of every stack...if I remember well...
which is not so good IMO...but is not to much either...
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valkyrica
Supreme Hero
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posted April 23, 2003 06:45 AM |
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10% is not 10%
If you have 10 level 4's in a stack it will eat 1.
if you have 5 level 4's it will eat one
if you have 1 level 4 it will die
if you have 5 groups of 1 level 4 they will die
so my guess is it has a minimum of 1 level 4 creature
that is nasty
with level 3's it works pretty much the same way, but i think it'll eat a minimum of 2
Heroes lose 10% of their health
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dale
Known Hero
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posted April 23, 2003 09:34 PM |
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Quote: 10% is not 10%
If you have 10 level 4's in a stack it will eat 1.
if you have 5 level 4's it will eat one
if you have 1 level 4 it will die
if you have 5 groups of 1 level 4 they will die
so my guess is it has a minimum of 1 level 4 creature
that is nasty
with level 3's it works pretty much the same way, but i think it'll eat a minimum of 2
Heroes lose 10% of their health
What you say makes it sound like 10% of *EACH* stack, rounded *UP*. That is nasty.
Does anyone know if there is anything to reduce the damage? E.g. That Seafarer's hat (whatever the proper name is)? Or grandmaster seamanship?
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dale
Known Hero
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posted April 25, 2003 06:58 PM |
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Quote:
What you say makes it sound like 10% of *EACH* stack, rounded *UP*. That is nasty.
Does anyone know if there is anything to reduce the damage? E.g. That Seafarer's hat (whatever the proper name is)? Or grandmaster seamanship?
I got to the point where I had to do the whirlpool jump with forces, and took careful records of what happened. I can confirm that it is 10% of each stack, rounded up (except for heros who lose 10% of health). So my stack of 243 medusas lost 25 etc.
And I can also confirm that neither the seafarer's hat nor logbook nor grandmaster seamanship helped reduce the damage.
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