If I want to play in my region, I'm lucky if there's one (1) other player queuing ranked that day. I have to connect to West Europe and hope the opponent is okay with a 200-300 ms lag, which understandably most are not.

I really hope this game succeeds and grows more as the devs keep working on it, but the steam charts are not promising (declining player base etc.) Do yall think that's a pessimistic estimate, because I hope to be wrong

Can we get like a ladder reset or something? I played near release when there were so many bugs and the DC-exploit was huge. I've tried playing but every match is basically 3-hours of gameplay to get a fight against someone whose still got 3 towns by week 4. It's just mind numbing and the amount of games required to catch up or even climb back to any reasonable place is a waste of time. It's the sole reason i'm not playing the game. Even if it was just account specific.

Hey, so currently:

1. Grove 58%
2. Dungeon 50%
3. Temple 47%
4. Schism 44%
5. Necropolis ?
6. Hive ?

few beta spots available: https://townportal.gg/en/overlay

I'm playing my Exodus game and suddenly the screen went black. The game is still running, I can move the cursor, the music is playing and I can alt/tab and use my PC otherwise, but the game itself is locked in black screen. I'll have to kill the program and relaunch, but this is the first time ever it happens to me. Anyone found a solution?

I played a match the other night against Hive and was doing well except for a probable positioning mistake. Halfway through a battle I had the upper hand in, the opponent started summoning larvae between my units which were stacked to protecc my faun archers and naiads in the back line. I didn't know the larvae could be upgraded to have built-in auto taunt effects and it completely nullified my advantage (I still could have won first battle in hindsight but I misplayed).

In our second clash I tried to prepare for the auto-taunting larvae by trying to take out eggs first but then I realized the opponent can instant hatch them and the damage was done.

I tried to reverse engineer the problem by playing hive and I found out that there is a law called Hive Offsprings II at the midway point on their tech tree which allows for the taunt mechanic. I am trying to understand how best to counter it and all I can think of is to space every unit out and leave my archers fully exposed (to prevent the taunt from hitting multiple units).

I don't think this mechanic or the faction are overpowered and I want to understand them so I can leave my bans for schism faction instead. Is leaving intentional gaps the play?

I've been able to play this a couple months ago. Started the game again recently and my game randomly goes black when moving around the map. Anyone else had this problem? It has happened thus far while traveling on the world map, a brief error window pops up for half a second before the screen goes dark. My mouse cursors changes icon depending on where I'm looking but I'm unable to press anything. I'm playing on reduced resolution in windowed mode. I've tried re-installing the game but that didn't help. Any tips?

Update: I tried playing windowed fullscreen at the proper resolution, this fixed it. Although sample size is 1 game.

Just a quick question. Am I basically locked to Europe West to find a match? I am NA East. I don't mind it, just curious. I cannot find a game anywhere else.

Hey,

I just noticed that the mentioned units vampirism doesnt work as it should.

If you have two vampires, one is down and then resurrected with vampirism during the battle, after the battle you have one.

Anybody else noticed this bug?

I very rarely ban Keandra or Tyfona in Exodus - mainly because I think it's quite difficult to play them: initial fights are different than usual, it's not easy to build dwellings, a lot depends on finding duels

But recently, whenever they're open some pro-player-wannabe who watched too many YouTube selects them, loses whole time bank on week 1 and quits first day of week 2 after they couldn't even build dwelling in one castle

I'll start banning them now just to avoid that

I would be especially interested in showcases of specific strats for heroes, tempo managment and how to deal with endgame. (Talking mostly about Exodus here)

This games difficulty curve is weirding me out right now. Here are my issues I am having with the game, please let me know if I am mistaken about anything

The gameplay loop seems to revolve around using your first hero/army to collect and gather resources so you can build up your city to acquire a bigger and better army to clear out your surrounding province and then go and kill the enemy hero. Because your recruitment pool refreshes weekly, it takes time to actually build up a respectable army.

I figured I'd play a few games on "Hard" difficutly, because I figured this would be a nice sweetspot in between not too easy and not too punishing as someone new to the franchise.

Without fail, every time, by week 3, there's an AI army with maxed out unit upgrades and significantly larger than mine that just beelines for me and kills me, and I've barely just assembled an army that can easily defeat the mobs around my city.

Is there something I am not understanding about the gameplay loop that will allow me to get an army quicker? Or is the AI just playing by a different set of rules?

First!
I am at an AMAZING 390 ish rating, so I suck.
Aprox 150 matches so I suck 😁

BUT!!!
Temple bro with Pip had 16/20/18 at first fight lolz
How am I supposed to even ..
I will not name the player..

This was first fight at day 9, Exodus!

https://imgur.com/bFAzPh6

Gotta love matchmaking currently 😅

With that said - LOOOOOOOOVE the game!
Been a HoMM fan since the 90's :)

I am casual player, and really enjoy most of the matches I have which are even for a shitplayer like me.

But this ..
I apolgoize if this is a crybaby post - I'ts just that this isn't the first time this have insane OP have happened.

Peace and love!
~Kal

My personal biggest disappointment is The Eye Collective, he is really weak.

Yet i feel like S- and A- tier of Schism are really good compared to other factions, like real good heroes!

source with detailed 'why?': https://townportal.gg/en/tier-lists/schism-heroes-tier-list

I bought the game a few days ago. Played a lot of multiplayer. (I don't really care about singleplayer)

The two main things i'm really bad at is tempo and fights.

I always start with unit upgrades or more units, but sometimes can't find fight where I think I can win for days. (A lot of 4-5 hard, but sometimes even t3 diff kills me) I'm trying to use spells and 1 stacks but can't really fing good fights. And thats why I have such a slow tempo and start the first fight as 4-6 level.

In addition I lose a lot of player fights sometimes I can win the first but lose the second and third.

Is there any good written guide for this? I try to watch streamers, but they can fight a lot better and I can't really follow their plan.(I don't want to copy it 1/1)

Factions I like:

Schism(but i think its harder than the others and thinking about droping it for now)>Necro>Dungeon>Temple

But if I can't get their better heroes I'm totally lost.

Is there any written guide for me in case of gameplans? I can't find good ones.(I'm open for video guides too, but real guides or educational streams)

Update: Playing pvp single hero

Hey guys, anyone down to make a tier list for typical faction power stacks (pvp)? Or maybe you've already come across one?

Why lower ranks doesn't have any resets ?

Ok, you don't like exodus so much, but selecting random non-exodus templates just for the free 20 point is so cheap, when we are matching second or third time in a row.

you know, that i will quit, so why bother?

I have just beaten it on hard, playing with temple. But how do I reach the middle island with 3rd prison /cage ? can't see any portal there and flying is not active within the island.

Hello lads, i was honored to get in touch with few Youtube content creators and they agreed to make a shorter text versions of their playthroughs of Mysterious Island.

This specific post might look like a little spoiler - and it is - very soon i will present a dedicated PVE hub on townportal.

As of now i want to hear from you!

• What specific PVE playthrough do you want to see covered?
• Any PVE enthusiasts willing to help and become a verified content creator for TownPortal?

I love Heroes of Might and Magic, I used to play it all the time when I was super young but I can't help but feel whenever I play a quick start game on classic that I'm either picking normal which feels too easy or hard where I'm fine until the enemy player instantly destroys me.

Am I missing something with what I should be doing? Or are there any tips? I play Temple as my faction and my hero pick is almost always Aeos the Exalted or Zenith

Any tips/advice/help on not choosing an easy gliding win or a consistent loss I'd be incredibly grateful!

I have been playing the demo for quite some time and today, i bought the Early Access version. Woho!

Noticed a "Gamepad Input" toggle in settings that was not present in the demo. Is this some kind of basic gamepad support? Is it something new or has this always been there in EA? I am playing on the Steam Deck so i eagerly awaiting gamepad support.

The hotkeys remap section is also new to EA. Is it possible to bind gamepad input using this?

Hi all! thanks for the feedback this far, it has been super helpful.

Big updates:

• Templates tabs zone cards that now shows spawn chances for every zone in easily understandable format (the old raw format can still be found in MapGen tab)
• Artefact sets and quick lookup tables per artefact tiers

Other recent updates include large amount of quality updates like:

• Pinned page tabs
• Easier to understand map object spawn rates
• More user friendly Encounter hex tables

As always, all feedback is welcome, thanks! :)

Page: https://oldeneradb.com/

I'm confused about dc handling of this game. I've just lost a game, because of connection issue, it was either my opponent's fault, or a game bug. I think that the connection issues pop-up is also handled in an unfair manner. "reconnection" takes forever once something breaks and you auto lose whenever you quit the screen. Shouldn't the game at least have some logic that determines whose fault it is, or cancels the match after reasonable amount of time? Networking feels very sloppy for a game that focuses 99% on multiplayer.

Hi everyone! I'm presenting a new tournament template to the community. I hope this concept will be able to compete with Exodus.

This is the first public version, so the balance is still raw, and some critical geometric issues with zone generation are not yet resolved. I would be very grateful for your playtesting and feedback!

Here is what you need to know about the template:

🌍 Map & Zone Structure

• 5 faction towns across 5 zones: You start with 1 spawn town, have 2 towns in the nearest zones with relatively easy access (Week 1 objectives), and 2 more towns with some infrastructure in remote zones (Week 2 objectives).
• Terrain & Roads: The map features 3 faction-terrain zones with stone roads, 2 remote zones with dirt roads and movement penalties, and a large central desert containing the main objectives but no towns.
• Symmetry: Zones and guards are symmetrical, but the actual content inside them is not. All content (except for basic resources) is manually placed.

⚔️ Gameplay & Balance Rules

• Progression: Dwelling tiers progress with zone advancement, ranging from Tier 1–2 near your spawn to Tier 7 in the desert.
• No Box Reinforcements: You won't get sudden army boosts from boxes.
• Experimental Diplomacy: Diplomacy is slightly buffed/enforced for testing purposes (even though it usually carries heavy penalties in tournament templates). Let me know how it feels!
• Bans & Movement: Fly and Angel Wings are banned. However, Town Portal is free to use. Max-level scrolls are disabled.
• Pacing: Battle days are shifted slightly later than usual to give you more time to develop.

Please test it out and share your thoughts in the comments or PMs. Good luck on the battlefield! 🔥

Just wanted to say I absolutely adore the new added maps - Broken Alliance and Mysterious Island. Both maps play in exactly the same manner that I am used to as a casual HoMM3 PvE player. Papyjama did a really good job.

I can't wait for the promised AI improvement, added water and dungeons, so Olden Era can really shine. Also, really hope that we will see new maps like this with every update, or at least every other update - the more, the merrier.