Several newb questions.

[dorn]

I tried searching but came up with nothing. I've several things which are confusing me so I'll just number them.

1) Items have a race property but what does it do?

2) A couple times now I've gone to a shop and then come back later and suddenly they have new units. What causes this? Is it level based or some such?

3) Do units ever restock? I was able to buy 4 royal thorns at one point but now none of the shops I've discovered has them.

4) Say a battlefield chest has an item in it and the enemy grabs it first. Will I get the item when I defeat them?

That's all the questions I can remember right now but I'm sure I'll have more soon. Thanks to anyone who can offer some help.

[Razorflame]

I tried searching but came up with nothing. I've several things which are confusing me so I'll just number them.

1) Items have a race property but what does it do?

nothing much really just the race who created it


2) A couple times now I've gone to a shop and then come back later and suddenly they have new units. What causes this? Is it level based or some such?

when u complete some main quest(getting more stones) after 2-4-6-8 you get new units at some place(most notable is the starting castle)


3) Do units ever restock? I was able to buy 4 royal thorns at one point but now none of the shops I've discovered has them.

shops never restock, sometimes castles do after completing some quest



4) Say a battlefield chest has an item in it and the enemy grabs it first. Will I get the item when I defeat them?

if an enemy gets it, the chest is gone for u;-)
u will never get what was in store there xD


That's all the questions I can remember right now but I'm sure I'll have more soon. Thanks to anyone who can offer some help.

got anymore?;-)

[Metathron]

Why does the AI pick chests up anyway? Not that I'm not thankful that it does sometimes. :grin:

[Razorflame]

why would u be happy that ai picks up chest?

its MONEY MAN
MONEY!!

:P
i wanna be a rich mofo and the ai can't steal my chest!!
:D

it's my "PRECIOUS" :D

[Zechnophobe]

I tried searching but came up with nothing. I've several things which are confusing me so I'll just number them.

1) Items have a race property but what does it do?


The race of an item dictates where it may be found in the game. Human items will be the most common, and you won't find undead items except at a few places. This doesn't make much difference on your first play through, but if you play a few times, you'll know what items may be found in what places.



2) A couple times now I've gone to a shop and then come back later and suddenly they have new units. What causes this? Is it level based or some such?


Debir, and the arcane university get new stuff after each 2 stones are acquired.

Scarlet wind castle gets new stuff after you defeat either of the bounties

The 'Axe', also on scarlet wind, gets new stuff when you defeat his quest.

The dwarf in montero underground who has the FedEx mission gets new stuff when you complete it (often rather good dwarf stuff)

Arnold the champion gets new stuff when you defeat him AND LET HIM REMAIN CHAMPION.

All I can think of off top of my head.


3) Do units ever restock? I was able to buy 4 royal thorns at one point but now none of the shops I've discovered has them.


Nope, only as per above.


4) Say a battlefield chest has an item in it and the enemy grabs it first. Will I get the item when I defeat them?


Nope.

That's all the questions I can remember right now but I'm sure I'll have more soon. Thanks to anyone who can offer some help.

Much Obliged.

[vmxa]

One reason you may want them to go for a chest, is when you do not want them to attack your unit.

[Razorflame]

my units get revived anyway:P
i don't care if they attack me:)

[Phyrex]

The "Anger" skill in the might tree says something like "The rage of heroes increases when their troops exchange blows".

How exactly does this work? What kind of blows count? Magic/ranged attacks also?
And does the bonus apply in every fight or just vs other heroes or something?

[Zechnophobe]

The "Anger" skill in the might tree says something like "The rage of heroes increases when their troops exchange blows".

How exactly does this work? What kind of blows count? Magic/ranged attacks also?
And does the bonus apply in every fight or just vs other heroes or something?

Whenever you deal damage with your troops or spell, you gain Rage. The amount you gain is dependent on three things:

1) How much damage it deal
2) How much your total rage is
3) How many bonuses to rage generation you have.

You actually gain rage as percentages of your total rage. That means if your total rage is 20 and you do an attack that gives you 4, if your total rage had been 40, that same attack would have given you 8.

Anger gives you a percentage bonus to the rage you accumulate. The first level gives 20%, the second gives another 20, as does the third.

if you have all three points in Anger, an attack that would give 10 rage, instead gives 16.

Rage is used by your pet dragon for his special abilities.

[Phyrex]

Thanks.

Is Anger a pretty crucial skill or do you get enough rage at higher levels?

[Razorflame]

depends on your playstyle

ussualy u should have enough but it never hurts to increase it

[Zechnophobe]

Thanks.

Is Anger a pretty crucial skill or do you get enough rage at higher levels?

Generating rage allows you to use your dragon more often. More dragon use allows it to level up faster. So it can be very important. A warrior will want strong dragon fast, since he generates more rage for it naturally. A mage will likely spend most of his rage on Ball lightning and mana accelerators, so it isn't quite as important. The paladin, as is to be expected, is somewhere in the middle.