How do you play the combat in Might and Magic 6-7-8-9 ?

[TheDeveloperDude]

I always use the turn-based combat.
I remember, first time I played MM6 I used the real-time combat but that was a very strange FPS.
May be I should replay them in real-time once.

 

[Monkeyfinger]

6 and 8 almost entirely RT, all about kiting and wearing packs down.

7 more like half and half, lots of cramped areas where you have to stand and fight and TB makes action economy and targeting easier.

 

[Gregz]

It's nice to spam shrapmetal and bows to clear the lawn, but when the combat is very difficult I need to pause frequently.

 

[Bester]

RT to dodge missile attacks and cheese everyone.

 

[DaveO]

You HAVE to play turn-based in MM6 to do the ICBM technique.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Oh man, for a moment after I read the thread title I thought this was going to be a thread complaining about how difficult the combat is in the late era MMs and that was giving me some serious

But I play them the same way I play Arcanum; 98% real-time with the occasional shift into TB for maximum cheese.

 

[catfood]

Mainly TB, but I sometimes switch to RT when I'm powerful enough to be mowing down the mobs or when I'm trying to do some cheesing.