Fabrice Interview on AoH

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 08 Jun 2006, 14:33

Age of Heroes have published a new <a href="/http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/he ... terview</a> with the Heroes V producer.

According to Fabrice, Ubi are planning to issue monthly updates, each coming with patching material. Other info:

- the second patch is planned to contain 10 new multiplayer maps

- the map editor will come with patch 3, due in medio July.

- the AI will be tweaked throughout the patching process.

- duel mode will be improved.

Read the whole interview <a href="/http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/he ... l">here</a>.

If you would like to take a look at the original page visit this link:
https://www.celestialheavens.com/1149777197

jeff · Unread postby **jeff** » 08 Jun 2006, 14:57

Fabrice said, "Combined with the map editor, or with a further patch will be added the capacity to link missions together as in the Heroes 5 campaigns."

Dare we hope this means a campaign capability for the map editor either released at the same time or with a patch to it.

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 08 Jun 2006, 15:09

Kalah -- I rewrote the first point above, to avoid any confusion.

Dakobstah · Unread postby **Dakobstah** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:05

Unless I'm not reading between the lines right, it seems like he's saying that Duel mode will be improved functionality-wise, but regular multiplayer will not. That's a shame since there are many things (like simultaneous turns) which regular multiplayer needs badly. Unfortunately, the person doing the interview didn't seem to actually know what the shortfalls of the game are, aside from the map editor and AI. I hate to tell him or her but there's a heck of a lot more wrong with it than that! And to say that the game is not flawed is unwarranted optimism. The game, while good, is quite flawed.

Romanov77 · Unread postby **Romanov77** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:09

The miracles of marketing....we are getting as EXTRA PRESENT what we should have deserved for paying.

VodevilX · Unread postby **VodevilX** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:24

ahh some good news

CloudRiderX · Unread postby **CloudRiderX** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:24

Map Editor mid-July, not bad, better than August. Still, all this stuff was released with the game when 3DO was making HOMM. I hope Ubi gets their crap together for H6, it seems like they were very unprepared for the magnitude of HOMM 5.

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:33

Note he doesn't say "10 maps with the second patch", but "We’ll introduce ten new multiplayer maps starting from this second patch." So depending on how you read it you might not get all 10 in one patch.

Minmaster · Unread postby **Minmaster** » 08 Jun 2006, 17:20

i guess RMG isnt gonna be a part of a patch but an expansion

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 08 Jun 2006, 18:00

So we are to expect more patches,with one bug fixed per patch...So in two years the game will be bug free with 10 additional maps!My god!So many maps!!

Saurus · Unread postby **Saurus** » 08 Jun 2006, 18:14

This is in any case much better than the horrible support H4 got.

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 08 Jun 2006, 18:30

That may have something to do with the fact that the producers went bankrupt...

Vlaad II · Unread postby **Vlaad II** » 08 Jun 2006, 18:33

CloudRiderX wrote:Map Editor mid-July, not bad, better than August.

Mid-July = early August.

Continuity · Unread postby **Continuity** » 08 Jun 2006, 20:00

Jeff, it sure sounds like it. Also, Fabrice has said before that a RMG will come in an expansion.

arturchix · Unread postby **arturchix** » 08 Jun 2006, 21:19

Continuity wrote:Jeff, it sure sounds like it. Also, Fabrice has said before that a RMG will come in an expansion.

Not expansion but addon, I've never seen Fabrice saying "expansion", not once.

We fans have old-fashioned world outlook then.

dragonn · Unread postby **dragonn** » 08 Jun 2006, 21:33

He forgot the soon™ term

I just want a big patch which will reduce at least half of the bugs mentioned in the Buglist thread...

Orfinn · Unread postby **Orfinn** » 08 Jun 2006, 21:55

Finally some spicy news, nice to hear from Fabrice again, he sure gets the job done

jeff · Unread postby **jeff** » 08 Jun 2006, 22:01

CloudRiderX wrote:Map Editor mid-July, not bad, better than August. Still, all this stuff was released with the game when 3DO was making HOMM. I hope Ubi gets their crap together for H6, it seems like they were very unprepared for the magnitude of HOMM 5.

Whoa, the UBI guardian angel attacks.

dragonn wrote:He forgot the soon™ term
I just want a big patch which will reduce at least half of the bugs mentioned in the Buglist thread...

Well they're doing a Microsoft monthly patch routine, dare I say an UBI autoupdate program that automatically checks for the next patch.

Campaigner · Unread postby **Campaigner** » 08 Jun 2006, 23:16

....Is there anybody on this board that DOESN'T think about the mapeditor 24/7?? Getting tired of hearing of it all the time....I know that the current maps will last at least 3 months more to me.

Interesting to hear about the montly updates and A.I fixes. I hope Fabrice reads our bugthread (certain he has) so he know what to fix.

jeff · Unread postby **jeff** » 08 Jun 2006, 23:21

Campaigner wrote:....Is there anybody on this board that DOESN'T think about the mapeditor 24/7?? Getting tired of hearing of it all the time....I know that the current maps will last at least 3 months more to me.

Perhaps it is a sign on how important the editor is to the Heroes community. UBI could have headed off a lot of this with giving more information earlier, and then people would have been a lot less worried.

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