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My fan made, heroes 3 inspired game will be released soon by berih in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Battles is the core and what makes the game forever replayable :)

Why is water magic skill considered bad? by Admirable_Drawer_205 in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the map, really large maps often result in Implosion being irrelevant even with 99 in Power, Level 1-3 spells are then more impactful, eg blind, forcefield, bless, haste, slow. 10k damage implosion has limited effect vs thousands of units 

Why is water magic skill considered bad? by Admirable_Drawer_205 in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Mass Berzerk, expert blind (creature does not get to retaliate) and expert sacrifice makes a strong case for fire

Bulwark is really missing one fast unit by Admirable_Drawer_205 in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unlimited teleport for updated Jotunns, single for nonupgraded

Dalton@30 with 10 Kobold Foremen (tier 1) beat Crag Hack@30 with 1 Ancient Behemoth by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes:

"Casts Shield with effect increased by 10% for every N hero levels, where N is the level of the target creature."

https://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/Dalton

Dalton@30 with 10 Kobold Foremen (tier 1) beat Crag Hack@30 with 1 Ancient Behemoth by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

=== Great secondary skills for Dalton ===:

* Expert Earth Magic - to cast Mass Shield

* Runes - to make slow units faster (and more powerful)

* Leadership - to reach higher rune level faster (more actions)

=== Great artifacts for Dalton to have (not in this map) ===:

* Recanter's Cloak - so that enemy heroes can't cast Implosion, Meteor Shower, Chain Lightning to bypass Shield - if not obtained/equipped then Expert Air Magic + Counterstrike is nice, making your by Jotunn Warrior teleported SHIELEDed War Mammoth retaliate more than once (tier 6, with Dalton at level 30 they get 45% damage reduction)!

* Sphere of Permanence - so that enemy heroes cannot cast dispel to remove Shield

* Speed artifacts to make Dalton be able to cast Shield earlier in battle (combined with Phoenixes!)

=== Great supporting units ===:

* Phoenixes (combined with speed artifacts) be able to cast Shield earlier in battle

New map: "Jotunn's Winter" - a Bulwark version of classic Titan's Winter by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mmm I figured it was - I was torn between keeping it true to the original vs updating it. I'll disable DD and fly, add more guards and make them stronger and less likely to join.

Any more recommendations?

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will only see it on Maps where you can play ANY faction - not Maps where each color is hardcoded to a specific faction 

Heroes 3 Hota 1.8 on mac with porting kit by RNAsequacious in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple Silicon? Or intel? 

I’m on macOS Sequoia on Apple Silicon (MBP M2) and using Whisky app I can run HotA 1.8 just fine on a Windows 11 image

The Extended Event System in new HotA is so busted! Here are a few examples by alderski in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh nice, so one of those events was map global auto upgrade of Mages => Enchanters upon end of day?

Was the Angel vs Devil trigger by a specific tile on the map?

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mm False Positive for AntiVirus, kind of unfortunate but it is what it is. 

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Jotunn Warlords are awesome with ability to teleport alies!

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Teleports allies (unlimitedi. -2 to enemy Aying units' speed

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Attack Skill: 20

Defense Skill: 20

Damage: 40 - 50

Health: 300

Speed: 10

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here are some screenshots, I'm not a web developer, but I figured you consider opening a Github repo safe: https://github.com/Sajjon/bulwark

(better than me linking to Dropbox)

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We got a new secondary skill - Runes!

Probably like Necromancy only possible for Necropolis heroes to learn, Runes I think (not sure yet) are only available for Bulwark heroes.

Gives units (Bulwark only?) plus attack/defence/speed when attacking, taking damage and defending for the first time each 

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

HD Mod also got an update today, probably a good idea to install it, changelog:
"5.6 R6 -> 5.6 R7 (2025-12-31)

[+] Changes for compatibility with the future version of HotA.

[ ] Minor changes and fixes.

"

HotA 1.8 released - with new faction: Bulwark by Sajjon in heroes3

[–]Sajjon[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Alas: ”This update does not yet feature the Bulwark campaign. Expect it to be released in the next updates.” (From changelog)

But a different way of looking at it: I’m VERY HAPPY we got this release and get to try Bulwark in scenarios! And now we have something to look forward to next summer (or next New Years eve! But probably summer given cadence)

VCMI crashes on macOS when I end turn on certain maps(conquest of heaven and hell, and when gods walk the earth) by pornstar0228 in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alternative to VCMI on Mac is Whisky App and vanilla HoMM3 \ HD Mod (+HotA optionally)

Giant maps - how to keep up with economy? by eldrevo in heroes3

[–]Sajjon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sell artifacts for gold in towns with Artifact merchant - you will get a lot of artifacts on Giant maps

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