The Hawk Eye Quick Reference Guide

[Dr_Who1962]

THE HAWK EYE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
Heroes of Might and Magic 5
Based on PC 1.6 version of the game.

This guide originally created on 10-09-2009
By Dr_Who1962

What it is:
A user made quick reference guide (not official)
Hopefully it's all up to date as much as possible.

Comments:
Comments are welcome. They will help to refine
this guide, get rid of errors, and basically improve it.

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Credits:
Credit goes to the entire HOMM5 community
and those who are listed here....

Franzy who has been greatly helpful
in teaching me some things

Astronomeric210 for help with Strategy links.

Elvin for help with strategy links

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MISC SITES:

http://heroescommunity.com/

http://www.mightandmagic.com/HeroesV/uk/home.php

http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/frm/f/1851065692

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_ ... nd_Magic_V



MANUALS:
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/he ... uals.shtml


MAPS:

Original game maps - repackaged as .h5m files. Other maps here too.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/he ... maps.shtml

H5 Single Player maps
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=19609

H5 multi player maps
http://www.toheroes.com/h5maps.html

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FORUMS:

Listing 1
https://www.celestialheavens.com
farther inside...
index.php


Listing 2
http://forums.ubi.com/eve
Scroll down half way or so until you see Might and Magic etc

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TERMINOLOGY:

HOMM5 or HOMM V or H5 = Heroes of Might and Magic 5

H5std = standard map. Does not require any expansions

FFA = Free For All (meaning maps that don't allow allies)

HOF = Hammers Of Fate (an expansion for H5)

TOTE = Tribes Of The East (an expansion for H5)

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will add more terms over time
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STACK SIZE LIST

# Few 1-4
# Several 5-9
# Pack 10-19
# Lots 20-49
# Horde 50-99
# Throng 100-249
# Swarm 250-499
# Zounds 500-999
# Legion >1000

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SKILL TREE
(skill Wheel - by Aurelain)
A great interactive skill tree guide that can be used
at it's web site, and can even be DL'd as a small stand alone app.
https://www.celestialheavens.com/520

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STRATEGY AND TACTICS:

date posted (aprox) 02-04-2008
https://www.celestialheavens.com/725

date posted (aprox) 04-21-2007
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=22255

date posted (aprox) 04-20-2006
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=17793

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STICKY'S (info on)
Particularly helpful, usually heavily refined posts
that are at the top of a forum. Need help with
game installation or frequently asked questions?
Things that have been requested a lot?
Sticky's often have trustworthy information
on all that good stuff.


GAME REVIEWS:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/her ... eview.html

http://pc.ign.com/articles/710/710358p1.html

http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r26324.htm

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... 0Magic%20V


EXPANSION REVIEWS:

Review on TOTE (Tribes of the East) at gamespot (PC)
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/her ... lt;title;0

Reviews of TOTE (Tribes of the East) at newegg (PC)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRe ... 32&Local=y

Review of HOF (Hammers of Fate) at gamespot (PC)
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/her ... bs;reviews

Reviews of HOF (Hammers of Fate) at rpgwatch
http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/news?ref=0&id=226#3348

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SUGGESTIONS OR LINKS WELCOME
Especially on subjects shown below.

1.Strategy and tactics either general or specific.
2.Terminology links or info

[astronomeric210]

http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=17793

Theres the strategy guide for academy, but if you poke around on that site there is a post for each faction.

[Dr_Who1962]

Thanks Astronomeric210
First reply I've received in four days.
Definitely looks helpful. I'll put it in the guide.

[Elvin]

It's rather outdated though. This one was written after tote came out. There are some interesting factions threads in heroes community but better to check the dates, some are mixed with old and new info. They are listed in the table of contents.

[Dr_Who1962]

Greetings all,
Dropped in to see how the thread is doing.
Thanks for your post Elvin. I will start listing strategy
links with dates next to them.

At the moment I need some background info.

Can anybody tell me, in the most general sense...
what is Temple of Ashan? A map, part of an expansion,
a mod, other?

[Dr_Who1962]

Greetings all,
I updated the guide today.
Hope all is well with everybody

[Elvin]

Temple of Ashan is just the H5 forum from Heroes Community