How do I git gud at this game? I feel like I don't get half of the mechanics and how to be "good" at it. I know the controls and basic gist, but when I play I quickly get curb stomped.
Also what mods are recommended? I noticed there's a lot. Also HoMaMIII Thread.
I never played online but did LAN parties pretty frequently while in the military, so I can't speak for the skill level of any online community.
I'd usually play dungeon because mana doubling is OP. I know what technique that really helped me out was just saving money and getting units. You might not have a 4000g income but the guy who does probably won't have an army for another 2 weeks.
Step 1) Play necropolis.
Step 2) Kill everything. Raise 9001 skeletons.
Step 3) Snowball.
Just use firewall man.
Results may vary.
Recruit a second hero ASAP and use it to scout/gather resources/flag world map stuff like mines and dwelling. Use your main hero to kill stuff. Hire a third hero to ferry fresh troops to your main hero. Rushing Capital is usually a bad move unless you're on a L/XL map since more/better creatures lets you tag more valuable world objects. Never take the 500/1000xp chest rewards, 1500xp may be worth it early on to get Expert spells. Magic heroes tend to be better very early/early game while Might heroes will get stronger later on (see Firewall video for most extreme example). Not every creature is created equal, learn which ones are easy to kill and which ones you need to avoid; also learn which ones you want to recruit and which ones you want to avoid spending money on.
Your most important resource is your movement speed. The more you can do in a day, the better. Logistic specialists are broken OP and always banned in MP matches.
Isn't this the 4th time you made this EXACT SAME thread in a row?
You've already been given advice last month and 2 months ago.
But anyway, embed.
The whole game revolves around cheese by the way.
Install horn of the abyss if you want a more balanced game with polished graphics and new units.
Install HD mod anyway.
List of cheese:
1. necro
2. conflux
3. rampart
4. fortress
5. dungeon
6. stronghold
All this except magic heroes are useless since your enemies get artifacts that annul magic, like the cape that forbids all level 3+ magic or the orb of inhibition (forbids ALL magic). Also the best spells in the game are level 1 anyway (slow, haste, bless, shield, stone skin).
Short answer: you install superior HoMM2 and have fun instead.
