About that Kotaku editor resigning....
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I don't know how big Kotaku's staff is right now but I bet there's at least 5 of them. How hard is it to sit down, play a fucking video game and find out a guide to do something? Guess what, it's not. There are people that write guides for things as a hobby ffs.
Here, look, I'll fucking write one now.
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Struggling at a Classic? How to get ahead in Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Castle Edition
By Mr. Manchester - Someone who has actually played a video game.
Many classic games can be a challenge for a new player and Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is no exception! The first army you are likely to play as is the Castle army, which are the default medieval faction complete with knights and eventually the all powerful Archangel. Here's how to make the most of this surprisingly potent army.
Prioritize Archers: Archers and Marksman will be your bread and butter source of damage in the early parts of the game. Make sure to protect them with your pikemen. You will also need to upgrade the Archer's tower as soon as possible because two shots are better than one!
Make Friends: Knights and Clerics have quick access to the powerful leadership skill. Leadership makes it so you do not suffer from morale penalties when you have different units in your army. With this skill you can use powerful units from other factions and still get those extra turns. Make sure to pick up the rare Diplomacy skill which will have some creatures on the map just decide to join you, make diversity your strength! (Advanced tip: Recruit a second hero to follow your main around to hang on to extra creatures).
Resources Are Key: Don't ignore your city hall, you will need the extra gold. While adventuring flag every mine you can. Make sure to have a hero hang back at the castle in case enemy heroes start muscling in on your territory. Prioritize gems as they are important for late game units.
Build your Mage Guild: The Castle army utilizes the often under appreciated Water Magic skill. This lets you cast buff spells like Bless and Prayer but also gives you access to Dispel. At Expert Water Magic your hero can use the low cost spell bless to let every one of their units to do maximum damage.
Help from the Heavens: Archangels are arguably the best tier 7 unit in the game. They are fast enough to go anywhere on the map, are some of the hardest hitting units in the game and come with the resurrection ability which allows you to bring dead units back to life. Consider splitting your stacks of archangels into two units so that should one fall the other can bring back this expensive and powerful unit.
Want to learn more about Heroes 3? See these other guides.
Disclaimer: Slavic strategies are likely too complex for Kotaku and would be excluded anyway to maintain Slavic supremacy in Heroes 3.
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There, nice basic bitch starting tips and I'm not even Russian. Took me 10 minutes to type from memory. 7 more towns to spit basic advice and a bunch of strategies that people have known about for years that could be a 3 paragraph essay with some pictures slapped in there.
Lazy bums.
and remarked on how the industry has more or less achieved what gamers 10 or 20 years ago could only dream of...and everyone hates it.
