Which heroes do you usually hire and for which towns?

[Elwin]

I use nature 90% of the time (druids + summon mantis = pawned) and I usually hire Elwin and Shaera. If they do not appear in the tavern I campaign edit it so that I could use them....

So which other heroes do you usually hire? I know Soymr is a good one.

[darknessfood]

Yeah, for me usualy druids. But otherwise a sorcerer for some serious magic damage!

[Paulus1]

In most cases I use two heroes in each army I have. They will be from my allignment in order to avoid morale penalty.

It will typical be one might and one magic hero. The magic hero will get some Combat though for survival. When playing Haven, the might hero will also get basic Life magic for healing.

[jeff]

It will typical be one might and one magic hero.

Me to, I usually hire the two best looking female heroes. Ok a bit of a sexist, but if I am going to stare a pictures all day, I might as well enjoy the view.

[Alamar]

It will typical be one might and one magic hero.

Me to, I usually hire the two best looking female heroes. Ok a bit of a sexist, but if I am going to stare a pictures all day, I might as well enjoy the view.

And here I thought that I was the only one that shallow


Honestly though I do end up picking my heroes based on:
1. Were they an old favorite?
2. Do they have a cool bio?
3. Do they look cool?

As others have said I will often get 2 heroes .. one might & one magic. Either way both heroes will have at least enough combat to get by & not get gacked the first turn of combat.

[darknessfood]

It will typical be one might and one magic hero.

Me to, I usually hire the two best looking female heroes. Ok a bit of a sexist, but if I am going to stare a pictures all day, I might as well enjoy the view.

Me 2, i usualy play with woman characters in every rpg. You must look at them for quite some hours, might as well enjoy the view !

[jeff]

It will typical be one might and one magic hero.

Me to, I usually hire the two best looking female heroes. Ok a bit of a sexist, but if I am going to stare a pictures all day, I might as well enjoy the view.

Me 2, i usualy play with woman characters in every rpg. You must look at them for quite some hours, might as well enjoy the view !

Sorry I don't think it's shallow, but ok. All of my MM parties have been all female for the same reason.

[darknessfood]

In MM6 i just like the one with the beard, he can scream really funny

[RobB]

It will typical be one might and one magic hero.

Me to, I usually hire the two best looking female heroes. Ok a bit of a sexist, but if I am going to stare a pictures all day, I might as well enjoy the view.

And here I thought that I was the only one that shallow


Honestly though I do end up picking my heroes based on:
1. Were they an old favorite?
2. Do they have a cool bio?
3. Do they look cool?

I very rarely read the bios, but I have to admit I tend to prefer the better looking women. However, some of my favourites got quite unpleasant icons in the change from H3 to H4.

[Sir William S Titan]

One Might(Two, if Stronghold), One Magic. One Male, One Female.

I use all the towns pretty equally. Even the Haven, which I like the least.

[saugeen]

If there is a choice, I usually pick a Tower Town and Solymr. Sometimes I'd pick Inferno and a hero that already comes with a3rd or 4th level spell. I Like necropolis too.

[Cem]

Specialization, then the looks and charisma
one boy one girl preferred

[HodgePodge]

I too almost always use heroes that are aligned with whichever town type I begin with. And if I pick up new towns along the way, I hire heroes that match the alignment.

I have my favorite heroes for each alignment though.

For Nature (which is my preferred alignment) I obviously like:

Enathrae … … and Aeris … …

Agraynel … … and Elleshar … …

Snowjay … and Saleena … (they look like sisters, don't they?)

[Alamar]

Ah ... that reminds me.

The main heroes that I hire will be aligned with the town that I'm playing. However I'll happily pick up any character that knows Estates or anything that helps them to be a good secondary character.

[UndeadHalfOrc]

In H1 or H2: I hire Knights/Barbs exclusively no matter what town I started with, except Necro town.

H3 - Any hero of the town alignment is fine

H4- don't own the game, don't plan to.

[asandir]

druids can be awesome, but I also like death magic heroes, if you can get hold of nature magic (or death for the druid) it's game over .... sure it's cheap and well known, but demonologist rock!

[HodgePodge]

…it's game over …

Are you going to retire now that you've reach 10,000 posts, stefan?

[ByteBandit]

Necropolis - Thant
Castle - Loynis

Nuff said

[darknessfood]

In H1 or H2: I hire Knights/Barbs exclusively no matter what town I started with, except Necro town.

H3 - Any hero of the town alignment is fine

H4- don't own the game, don't plan to.

?? why not, it's not THAT bad...

[UndeadHalfOrc]

Simple economics really;
Time/money spent on bad/mediocre games is better spent on excellent/awesome games.

Besides I still have only barely started the H3:SoD campaigns and have barely touched the stand alone maps.