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Unread postby kitcat0 » 22 Jan 2007, 13:08

ThunderTitan wrote:
In what way do H4 battles have more ways to be resolved then in the other games?
I am not sure what you mean, so I will just discuss it a bit with myself

Outcomes of battles - win, loose, retreat, surrender or both loose.

There are different ways of doing those things in H IV, than i Heroes III for example, but I cant really see more possible outcomes. Ok, there is actually one more - your potential enemies join you. But that is also not a new thing. (Actually corret me if I am mistaken, I dont think you can avoid the battle totally in heroes IV, since the whole stack never joins you). And in principle it would also count as "win".

I is of course possible to avoid a battle in HIV by sneaking by you enemy with stealth skill, but I would not count it as "battle being resolved"

So I guess my answer to your question would be big fat 0. But I know I am missing something here.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 22 Jan 2007, 17:31

Mytical wrote:Well TT, seems like you have everybody stumped :(
Yeah, i'm stumped too... coz i really belived i already told you what i wanted and that GC said i was wrong. Stupid AoE spells.

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No, it's just Win, Lose and Draw. The rest are just variations of the 3.

So, who said Draw is next, for better or for worse. And GC, i'm waiting for a H3 screen of a draw.
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Unread postby kitcat0 » 22 Jan 2007, 18:26

You meant a draw? Ok. Besides damage spells (armageddon, chain lightening) that hurt your own creatures there are more options of a draw. Very common thing that AI does in Heroes III is winning battle with only summoned creatures left. Which means automatic loss after the battle. Or there are only resurrected creatures (without earth magic skill) left after "winning" a battle. There are actually more options of a draw in H III, but I wont start mentioning all of them right now.

So I was actually right when I said there are ZERO more ways as an answer :P

But I guess it was Mytical who said drawl (meaning a draw), so it is your turn to ask, Mytical.

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 22 Jan 2007, 18:48

To be fair, I think H4 is the only game that recognizes a draw- the other games will just say "you lost".
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 22 Jan 2007, 20:54

Gaidal Cain wrote:To be fair, I think H4 is the only game that recognizes a draw- the other games will just say "you lost".
You're just saying that so you won't have to get a screen. :devil:
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Unread postby kitcat0 » 22 Jan 2007, 21:29

It is easy to make a screen. It will just say that your forces suffer a bitter defeat. But right after your hero dissapears, dissapears enemy hero too. I actually had a test map where I only had one hero and enemy too. Both died because of armageddon. Then I was eliminated from the game and next message said that congratulations, you won the map. It was funny.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 22 Jan 2007, 21:50

Next time i'll just ask what extra screen can pop up at the end of a battle in H4. Sound good?
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Unread postby Mytical » 23 Jan 2007, 06:00

I am better at answering then asking so I will ask a simple question to get the process going again :). How many Haven Heroes (including campain only) are there in HoMM5, not counting any introduced (if any) in Hammers of Fate.
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Unread postby EliteKill » 23 Jan 2007, 11:18

I think that would be 14.

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Unread postby Mytical » 23 Jan 2007, 16:14

By my count that is correct, you are up next.
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Unread postby EliteKill » 24 Jan 2007, 14:51

In HoMM 5 a certain bug can happen in one of the single scenarios. Strangley, it happens only on rare occasions, and has two effects. The first one is a typo in the text. What's the other bug and what scenario is it in?

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Unread postby Mytical » 25 Jan 2007, 23:44

Wow you like the tough questions :(. May take awhile to figure out what you are talking about.
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Unread postby kitcat0 » 27 Jan 2007, 21:11

I can also say that I have no idea. I played Heroes V campaigns a bit, but that was it. I hope someone who knows anything about Heroes V will figure it out.

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Unread postby EliteKill » 28 Jan 2007, 07:54

kitcat0 wrote:I can also say that I have no idea. I played Heroes V campaigns a bit, but that was it. I hope someone who knows anything about Heroes V will figure it out.
It's not in a campaign, it's in a single scenario (Like Griffin's Last Flight).

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Unread postby arturchix » 28 Jan 2007, 08:29

Oh man, this is a little unfair - like "there is a bug in Heroes V - which is it?" :tongue:

Can you share with some additional details? ;)

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Unread postby kitcat0 » 28 Jan 2007, 13:22

EliteKill wrote:
kitcat0 wrote:I can also say that I have no idea. I played Heroes V campaigns a bit, but that was it. I hope someone who knows anything about Heroes V will figure it out.
It's not in a campaign, it's in a single scenario (Like Griffin's Last Flight).
I know, that's why I am totally out.

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Unread postby Mytical » 28 Jan 2007, 13:54

Perhaps a clue or an easier question elitekill? :)
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Unread postby EliteKill » 28 Jan 2007, 19:54

Here's a big clue: the bug happens in a movie.

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Unread postby asandir » 29 Jan 2007, 00:36

a complete guess .... game crashes?
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Unread postby EliteKill » 30 Jan 2007, 12:50

Nope.

Another clue: It's a graphic bug.


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