Expansion #1 wish list

[Naki]

Balance and graphical changes are insufficient. Make the game live. Also AI must be balanced.

Make the game LIVE and BREaTHe with BUGS!!!
Hmm, then again we already have that!! And each patch makes it even better (worse?) in that respect.

[Queen Hera]

* Group formation without having to learn tactics.
* Reserve troops that don't participate in combat.
* Marketplace for every faction.

[monozelle]

I've always thought of the HoMM universe being incomplete without the Academy, Rampart (Elves/Sylvan), Dungeon and Fortress factions.

Academy = Race of genies as well as djinn type heroes like Solmyr (my favourite because of the Chain Lightning spell!!).

Elves = Skill in taming creatures such as the Unicorn and drawing strength from nature.

Dungeon & Fortress = Creatures were of a reptillian species and also derived from mythology like the Minotaur, Medusa.

All of these factions contributed toward the diversity of the M&M universe which seems to be lacking in VI. I wish Ubisoft had been more mindful of the CULTURES that were attached to the different races/factions. I believe this is a key aspect of the game that makes it enjoyable.

While I am thrilled to have new factions such as the Sanctuary with water-aligned creatures, I did not appreciate the marrying of creature types like centaurs together with barbarians to form Centaur Marauders. Centaurs are formidable yet graceful creatures, and to have them looking like steroid-pumped lady zebras was a terrible eye-sore.

Bring back the dragons too! They were and remain at the core of the M&M universe. There were the Black, Red, Green, Golden, Bone, Ghost, Azure, Crystal and Rust dragons. And the Faerie dragon in HoMM IV was kinda cool.

I much prefer the older system of learning spells at guilds. It was clearer and less confusing. Plus, it also meant having an interesting 5-tier building in your town screen :)

And that's my wishlist for a full expansion!

[Kalah]

Shorter shutdown time might be nice.

[Naki]

Shorter shutdown time might be nice.

Wow! I thought my shutdown times - about 20-30+ seconds - were ridiculous, but yours beats that. However, after moving to a SSD + new videocard, my shutdown times are now much better for some reason - under 5 seconds.
What are your computer specs? Maybe it is too slow, or if not, something peculiar in the config Heroes does not like.

EDIT: Hmm, it is back to 20-30+ now. Not sure why I got under 5 seconds several times. It seems something else is the reason/affecting this and not my SSD or videocard. By the way, they broke this back in patch 1.2.1 - patches 1.2 and older shut down in under 5 seconds.

[parcaleste]

Ctrl+Alt+Del seems the best solution for this one.


Edit:
lol, even Windows is shutting down faster.

[Naki]

1) Ctrl+Alt+Del seems the best solution for this one.


Edit:
2) lol, even Windows is shutting down faster.

1) I prefer Ctrl+Shift+Escape.
And, I keep Task Manager running at all times (on my 2nd monitor, or minimized) anyway, especially when playing Heroes VI. So that I can kill that frozen process (NVidia GeForce townscreen freeze bug).

2) Not always. Sometimes Windows 7 needs to install updates on shutdown and that takes time.

[darknessfood]

Shorter shutdown time might be nice.

Even on SSD it's taking half a minute!

[Naki]

Shorter shutdown time might be nice.

Even on SSD it's taking half a minute!

Yeah, me too! It took under 5 seconds just the 1-2 times, then it returned to normal - 20-30+ seconds. So, that means the problem is not with the HDD/SSD speed, but elsewhere.
This was broken in patch 1.2.1 - in 1.2 and older it closed really fast.

[darknessfood]

Yeah that's right. Before, I ran the game from a regular HDD.

[van]

3 its litlle short,more levels for each one plz