Has anyone completed Festival of Life, one of the Armaggedon campaigns?
I can't find any strategies for it posted anywhere. On the whole, it
seems relatively easy, as I'm on the 3rd scenario now without help,
although I had a big panic in the 2nd one (Taming the something or
other) because you have only 4 months to wipe out every creature on the
map and I got to the last week and just couldn't spot any more. Tracked
them down in the end - just a couple of little Trogs that snuck in at
the beginning of the week, but quite hard to spot on a big map!

Anyhow, in the third one (already forgotten the name), you still have
your 4 heroes who are all about Level 20 and you have to beat 3 enemy
heroes. Sounds easy, till you go to the Thieves' Guild and see their
stats which are pretty damned close to your best hero's! And of course,
they start attacking you before you've been able to build up a strong
enough army.

I know speed, or at least the right speed, is the key in all HOMM
campaigns; I mean you have to knock out their castles so they can't
build up huge armies, but it's quite difficult and I'd welcome any
tips.

Had a look back so I would remember that scenario. Yes, I did have
problems, but it all came good in the end! I'm attaching a Mac Word (MS
Office 2001) file for the whole of the "Liberation" scenarios, hope you
can read it. The second set of tips on T&Trogs is the most useful (I
think I've changed the attribution - it is really Q. Dragon, not
Maneater who wrote that).

Anyway, the point is: we all learnt early on in HMM that you have to
beat the bad guys early before they get too strong. If you're like me,
you sometimes (often!) make the mistake of enjoying the game instead of
going for the win. I think that if you stick to the TIMETABLE suggested
in the attached tips, it will work for you.

It's clever the way the work these scenarios - all those tempting
targets to lure you away from the main goal, and of course, you need
some of those mines and items anyway - tricky stuff! In this one, you
must eliminate all other competition apart from the superhero so that
only you can get significantly stronger instead of him. At least, if I
remember rightly, there's no time limit on this scenario.

-- Rob Bannister

>Allan Marcus wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  I'm having trouble with the tunnels and troglodytes scenario. The
>>  computer's best hero is way more powerful than mine, even though I
>>  own most of the towns.  I suppose I could just keep plodding through
>>  a few more weeks until I get more armies, but he get's more too.
>>
>>  Any ideas on a strategy to beat this scenario?
>
>So long since I did that one, I've forgotten - it was certainly a lot easier
>than the scenario I'm stuck in (Armageddon: Dragon Slayer: Faerie Dragons)!
>Have you checked out the tips at:
>
><http://www.astralwizard.com/heroes3/h3tips.htm>http://www.astralwizard.com/her\
oes3/h3tips.htm
>I followed his advice pretty much. Yes, it did take me several goes - what I
>find with a lot of scenarios after Erathia, is that luck plays a huge role,
>and that starting from the beginning again (not just restarting the
>scenario, but going back to the save game at the end of the previous one -
>you did save that didn't you?) is a big help, and for no apparent reason.
>
>-- Rob Bannister
>

Thanks!  I've give it a try.

I think when the map is first generated some random elements are
initialized.  That's why starting from before the beginning can have
an affect on the game.

And yes, I save often :-)


--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

Allan Marcus wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble with the tunnels and troglodytes scenario. The
> computer's best hero is way more powerful than mine, even though I
> own most of the towns.  I suppose I could just keep plodding through
> a few more weeks until I get more armies, but he get's more too.
>
> Any ideas on a strategy to beat this scenario?

So long since I did that one, I've forgotten - it was certainly a lot easier
than the scenario I'm stuck in (Armageddon: Dragon Slayer: Faerie Dragons)!
Have you checked out the tips at:

http://www.astralwizard.com/heroes3/h3tips.htm
I followed his advice pretty much. Yes, it did take me several goes - what I
find with a lot of scenarios after Erathia, is that luck plays a huge role,
and that starting from the beginning again (not just restarting the
scenario, but going back to the save game at the end of the previous one -
you did save that didn't you?) is a big help, and for no apparent reason.

-- Rob Bannister

Allan Marcus wrote:

> >Light Nicky wrote:
> >
> >>  Best erotic comics for AVS members:
> >>
> >>  <http://www.comics100.non.ru>http://www.comics100.non.ru
> >>
> >
> >Looks interesting, but I see it's subject to Adult Check. I used to belong
> >until I realised that to actually *see* anything, you have to join their
> >'gold' version which is reasonably costly.
> >
> >-- Rob Bannister
> >
> >
> >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
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> >
> >
> >
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>
> Sorry that subscription got past me.  I think I'll post that if you
> want to join the board, you have to send me an e-mail.  Spammers
> won't go to that trouble.

Not sure I entirely understand your message, but here's an email!

-- Rob Bannister

Hi,

I'm having trouble with the tunnels and troglodytes scenario. The
computer's best hero is way more powerful than mine, even though I
own most of the towns.  I suppose I could just keep plodding through
a few more weeks until I get more armies, but he get's more too.

Any ideas on a strategy to beat this scenario?

--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

>Light Nicky wrote:
>
>>  Best erotic comics for AVS members:
>>
>>  <http://www.comics100.non.ru>http://www.comics100.non.ru
>>
>
>Looks interesting, but I see it's subject to Adult Check. I used to belong
>until I realised that to actually *see* anything, you have to join their
>'gold' version which is reasonably costly.
>
>-- Rob Bannister
>
>
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>mac-homm-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the
><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Sorry that subscription got past me.  I think I'll post that if you
want to join the board, you have to send me an e-mail.  Spammers
won't go to that trouble.


--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

Light Nicky wrote:

> Best erotic comics for AVS members:
>
> http://www.comics100.non.ru
>

Looks interesting, but I see it's subject to Adult Check. I used to belong
until I realised that to actually *see* anything, you have to join their
'gold' version which is reasonably costly.

-- Rob Bannister

>Best erotic comics for AVS members:
>
>http://www.comics100.non.ru


Do they contain nude pics of Jenova and Adelaide?

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Nu wrote:

> Logistics is a bonus to your overall movement (the length of that
> green bar next to your hero's portait)
> Pathfinding is a reduction in the penalty you get for moving over
> rough terrain (swamp, snow, etc)
>
> Both skills will increase your hero's movement, but in different
> ways. Pathfinding is useful if the map you are playing has a lot of
> rough terrain. Logistics is universally useful, and unless the map I
> was playing on had all rough terrain, I would usually pick logistics
> over pathfinding.
>
> >Can someone please explain the exact difference between
> >Pathfinding and Logistics?
> >
> >
> >
> >

Thanks - I think that does explain it.

> -- Rob Bannister

Perth, Western Australia.

Logistics is a bonus to your overall movement (the length of that
green bar next to your hero's portait)
Pathfinding is a reduction in the penalty you get for moving over
rough terrain (swamp, snow, etc)

Both skills will increase your hero's movement, but in different
ways. Pathfinding is useful if the map you are playing has a lot of
rough terrain. Logistics is universally useful, and unless the map I
was playing on had all rough terrain, I would usually pick logistics
over pathfinding.


>Can someone please explain the exact difference between
>Pathfinding and Logistics?
>
>
>
>
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> Can someone please explain the exact difference between
> Pathfinding and Logistics?
>
>
>
>
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Pathfinding make you able to travel over different terrains
faster....logistics allows you to travel faster over any terrain...if you
did not have pathfinding but you had logistics you would travel faster than
someone without logistics over the same terrain, but not as fast as someone
with both pathfinding and logistics.

Make sense?  Or did I confuse myself?
--
Ray

"Lay down the melancholy burden of sanity"

Can someone please explain the exact difference between
Pathfinding and Logistics?

You can buy it directly from 3-DO.  www.3do.com   go to their  web store.

Charles Lechasseur wrote:

> >>i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting Homm3 Complete.
> >>any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or at all, since
> >>my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?
> >>
> >
> >
> >I got Mac HOMM3 Complete from Compusa.com for $20.
>
> unfortunately, i live in Quebec, Canada, so we don't have any CompUSA
> around here... as i said, i haven't seen Homm3 Complete in any gaming
> store; i was looking for a place to buy it online, perhaps.
>
> --
>
> charles lechasseur - danov@...
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/danov/marathon/
>
>   "The butts of evil are awaiting my bootprints!"
>      - Minsc
>
>
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>Not CompUSA store.  Http://www.compUSA.com on-line.  They still have it
>for $19.99 US.
>
>here's the direct URL:
>
>http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?prodzip=&product_code=280816

hey, thanks. that's the best deal i've found so far.


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--- In mac-homm@y..., Allan Marcus <allan@p...> wrote:
> >Can anyone explain to me in detail how to bypass the spoils
of
> >war bug?  I have already played both of the other available
> >campaigns and I have saved games after each.  I have tried
> >starting spoils of war from both saved games.  Am I really
locked
> >out of most of the campaigns in the game?
> >
>
> here's what I did.  I restored my game from right before I won
the
> Save the Queen (or whatever its called) scenario.  I then won
the
> scenario and started the Spoils of war scenario right away.
That
> seemed the work.  When I saved after I won the queen
scenario, then
> tried to start Spoils, I crashed.  The trick seems to be to actually
> win Queens, then start Spoils int he same session.  After that I
was
> able to save the Spoils games and restart HOMM at will.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Allan Marcus

Thanks Allan

It worked this time.  I was sure that I had tried it that way before.

Don

> >>i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting Homm3 Complete.
>>>any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or at all, since
>>>my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?
>>>
>>
>>
>>I got Mac HOMM3 Complete from Compusa.com for $20.
>
>unfortunately, i live in Quebec, Canada, so we don't have any CompUSA
>around here... as i said, i haven't seen Homm3 Complete in any gaming
>store; i was looking for a place to buy it online, perhaps.
>
>
>--

Not CompUSA store.  Http://www.compUSA.com on-line.  They still have it for
$19.99 US.

here's the direct URL:

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?prodzip=&product_code=280816



--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

>Can anyone explain to me in detail how to bypass the spoils of
>war bug?  I have already played both of the other available
>campaigns and I have saved games after each.  I have tried
>starting spoils of war from both saved games.  Am I really locked
>out of most of the campaigns in the game?
>

here's what I did.  I restored my game from right before I won the
Save the Queen (or whatever its called) scenario.  I then won the
scenario and started the Spoils of war scenario right away.  That
seemed the work.  When I saved after I won the queen scenario, then
tried to start Spoils, I crashed.  The trick seems to be to actually
win Queens, then start Spoils int he same session.  After that I was
able to save the Spoils games and restart HOMM at will.

Hope this helps.

--
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on 7/28/01 11:25 AM, Charles Lechasseur at danov@... wrote:

>>> i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting Homm3 Complete.
>>> any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or at all, since
>>> my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I got Mac HOMM3 Complete from Compusa.com for $20.
>
> unfortunately, i live in Quebec, Canada, so we don't have any CompUSA
> around here... as i said, i haven't seen Homm3 Complete in any gaming
> store; i was looking for a place to buy it online, perhaps.
>
>
> --
>
> charles lechasseur - danov@...
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/danov/marathon/
>
> "The butts of evil are awaiting my bootprints!"
> - Minsc
>
>
>
>
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>

www.compuexpert.com is ok, but it costs $36 I think.

Camelot.ca (a computer book store in Montreal) sell Heroes
Complete for 70$ can. You can probably find better deals online.
Try these:

Outpost.com
mac-o-rama.com
macstation.com




--- In mac-homm@y..., Charles Lechasseur <danov@s...> wrote:
> >>i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting
Homm3 Complete.
> >>any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or
at all, since
> >>my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?
> >>
> >
> >
> >I got Mac HOMM3 Complete from Compusa.com for $20.
>
> unfortunately, i live in Quebec, Canada, so we don't have any
CompUSA
> around here... as i said, i haven't seen Homm3 Complete in
any gaming
> store; i was looking for a place to buy it online, perhaps.
>
>
> --
>
> charles lechasseur - danov@s...
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/danov/marathon/
>
>   "The butts of evil are awaiting my bootprints!"
>      - Minsc

>>i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting Homm3 Complete.
>>any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or at all, since
>>my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?
>>
>
>
>I got Mac HOMM3 Complete from Compusa.com for $20.

unfortunately, i live in Quebec, Canada, so we don't have any CompUSA
around here... as i said, i haven't seen Homm3 Complete in any gaming
store; i was looking for a place to buy it online, perhaps.


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http://www3.sympatico.ca/danov/marathon/

   "The butts of evil are awaiting my bootprints!"
      - Minsc

>Can anyone explain to me in detail how to bypass the spoils of
>war bug?  I have already played both of the other available
>campaigns and I have saved games after each.  I have tried
>starting spoils of war from both saved games.  Am I really locked
>out of most of the campaigns in the game?
>
>Thanks,
>Don



Well, one thing you can do is e-mail 3DO explaining the problem and
hope they'll release a patch.  Details about that are in earlier
messages on this list.

Other than that, I don't know... other people have said Spoils of War
worked if you finish one of the other campaigns first.

Can anyone explain to me in detail how to bypass the spoils of
war bug?  I have already played both of the other available
campaigns and I have saved games after each.  I have tried
starting spoils of war from both saved games.  Am I really locked
out of most of the campaigns in the game?

Thanks,
Don

You know it already but my ICQ is 124485388. See you later.



--- In mac-homm@y..., "Doodle Pad" <drummerdude6@h...>
wrote:
> Darrrrn! I don't have Homm3 Complete...at all.
> Anyways, a better way to connect (instead of email) would be
through ICQ.
> Learn each others' time differences, then log on at the same
time. That way
> the accuracy of starting the game is better.
> >
> >Let me know if you can, the sooner the better. I deleted
Heroes 3
> >too.
> >
> >
> > > >> Heroes III or Heroes III complete?
> > > >
> > > > I have both. If all the players have complete we play
> >complete.
> > >
> > > Well, I don't know if I'll be free on Saturday or not, but I
deleted
> >Heroes
> > > III to save HD space.  I have Heroes III complete installed
> >though.
> >
>
>
>
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Darrrrn! I don't have Homm3 Complete...at all.
Anyways, a better way to connect (instead of email) would be through ICQ.
Learn each others' time differences, then log on at the same time. That way
the accuracy of starting the game is better.
>
>Let me know if you can, the sooner the better. I deleted Heroes 3
>too.
>
>
> > >> Heroes III or Heroes III complete?
> > >
> > > I have both. If all the players have complete we play
>complete.
> >
> > Well, I don't know if I'll be free on Saturday or not, but I deleted
>Heroes
> > III to save HD space.  I have Heroes III complete installed
>though.
>


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>i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting Homm3 Complete.
>any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or at all, since
>my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?
>


I got Mac HOMM3 Complete from Compusa.com for $20.

--
Thanks,

Allan Marcus

i currently have Heroes III and i am looking into getting Homm3 Complete.
any suggestions as to where i can find it at a good price (or at all, since
my local CompuCenter boutique doesn't have it)?


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http://www3.sympatico.ca/danov/marathon/

   "The butts of evil are awaiting my bootprints!"
      - Minsc

Let me know if you can, the sooner the better. I deleted Heroes 3
too.


> >> Heroes III or Heroes III complete?
> >
> > I have both. If all the players have complete we play
complete.
>
> Well, I don't know if I'll be free on Saturday or not, but I deleted
Heroes
> III to save HD space.  I have Heroes III complete installed
though.