Might and Magic The Might and Magic Discussion Thread

[Valky]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/might-an.../downloads/the-chaos-conspiracy-final-version
https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-chaos-conspiracy-redone/downloads/thechaosconspiracyredone
There are MODS for this game wtf?! Anyone here have played with these and can tell me more?

 

[Brozef]

They've even been updated recently. Have to bookmark those, thanks for the find!

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

There are MODS for this game wtf?! Anyone here have played with these and can tell me more?

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...discussion-thread.42757/page-213#post-6420290

To answer your question though, It's worth a try. I didn't really like it so I didn't play too far into it, but it's OK.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Lacrymas]

2 vampires and a necromancer in a party sounds badass. It's kind of a cool name for a gothic band too - The Necromancer and the Vampires.

 

[Storyfag]

mm8 keeps haunting me and i might give it another run.
I wish to do 3man party, no dragons. My knowledge is rusty and I dont remember specifics, yet wish to obtain specific party composition early.
Main vampire.
No members swapping for better counter parts, no recruiting to ditch later. Im confident i can escape island solo just fine.
I dont want to run around the woods to collect lvl 50 uber menshen early. I prefer to see my dudes grow and not have weirdly spent points. Lets say only 1st and 2nd companions tiers(up to lvl15).

2nd spot would be necro as i like alchemy and pernament lifesteal on weapons

this leaves 3rd spot. Im thinking either 2nd vampire or elf. Vampire allows my whole party to be covered by regeneration. Elf gives disarm and general skills. It feels somewhat silly to have drizzt, vampire and lich in party. vvn at least feels like fitting a theme.
Would welcome advice and which party members to grab(i bet someone here like Pope Amole II got a spreadsheet with viable party members, i recall some were bad).

You get a Vampire chick and a Necro guy at the tavern on the starting island. They will both be lvl 5 and eager to join.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Storyfag]

mm8 keeps haunting me and i might give it another run.
I wish to do 3man party, no dragons. My knowledge is rusty and I dont remember specifics, yet wish to obtain specific party composition early.
Main vampire.
No members swapping for better counter parts, no recruiting to ditch later. Im confident i can escape island solo just fine.
I dont want to run around the woods to collect lvl 50 uber menshen early. I prefer to see my dudes grow and not have weirdly spent points. Lets say only 1st and 2nd companions tiers(up to lvl15).

2nd spot would be necro as i like alchemy and pernament lifesteal on weapons

this leaves 3rd spot. Im thinking either 2nd vampire or elf. Vampire allows my whole party to be covered by regeneration. Elf gives disarm and general skills. It feels somewhat silly to have drizzt, vampire and lich in party. vvn at least feels like fitting a theme.
Would welcome advice and which party members to grab(i bet someone here like Pope Amole II got a spreadsheet with viable party members, i recall some were bad).

You get a Vampire chick and a Necro guy at the tavern on the starting island. They will both be lvl 5 and eager to join.

yeah but then looking at devlin and nathaniel -> 2nd one got crazy amount of skill points so with my rules its better to wait and get him

Fair enough, but Nathaniel has a reputation requirement, I think.

 

[Daidre]

Fair enough, but Nathaniel has a reputation requirement, I think.

He does not have any requirements.

I was using guides here in my several runs through different M&M - http://mm6world.ru. It is in Russian (with all names and terms doubled in English), but anyone who can read the language would probably appreciate.
It is absolutely most gorgeous site about RPG series I have ever seen.

 

[Efe]

rainbow banner really sells it.

 

[Pope Amole II]

this leaves 3rd spot. Im thinking either 2nd vampire or elf. Vampire allows my whole party to be covered by regeneration. Elf gives disarm and general skills. It feels somewhat silly to have drizzt, vampire and lich in party. vvn at least feels like fitting a theme.
Would welcome advice and which party members to grab(i bet someone here like Pope Amole II got a spreadsheet with viable party members, i recall some were bad).

Nathaniel Roberts is the only outstanding NPC in the game (in a sense of having more skillpoints and stuff - I guess they've just mixed levels 25 and 15 when designing him). Outside of that, the lower the level of the minion - the better they are as they'll have less skillpoints wasted on trash.

Otherwise, it's gonna be awfully weak but it's your game, man.

 

[fantadomat]

I am playing with a necro,elf,vamp,knight and a cleric. I decided to not get dragons even if they get the great flying ability very early. Also no disgusting monsters as companions.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[kryminator]

In most cases disarm master + item giving you bonus is enough, but there are chests requiring grandmaster (although maybe uberhigh bonus would suffice). Those chests I think are the one in Ilsingore cave (dragon on Ironsand) and in some chest or chests inside crystal and maybe more.

I read that repair master at 10 is enough to repair everything, but in fact, I think you can skip it entirely and use harden item on everything.

Identify item master at 7 + bonus from item is enough (I think that 10 in summary is ok, so the bonus could be only 3).

Dunno about perception although I don't remember many secrets which would be hard to spot without perception. In fact, I don't remember any.

 

[T. Reich]

What is effective skill lvl needed, max for disarm and perception in mm8?

Lvl4 expert + magic gloves that give +10-15 to disarm skill will be adequate.
Perception is lvl7 master. IIRC, there are no non-artifact skill boosters for perception.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[kryminator]

couldnt decide on par so i ended up soloing

now... does dragon cave hostility drop on reset? I did touch some items i shouldnt have

I think it does. I mean, not exactly Your case, but I have butchered all dragons in the cave and 6 months later they were alive and friendly again

 

[Chaosdwarft]

So I got the Might and Magic series in GOG sale. I tried playing the first one and I got lost... I managed to go down a level but now I am even more lost and my party barely survives encounters. How do I play this?

 

[Daze]

As total noob with pre-Fallout games i can only say that MM3 is very noob-friendly.
Maybe you should start with that.

 

[Strange Fellow]

So I got the Might and Magic series in GOG sale. I tried playing the first one and I got lost... I managed to go down a level but now I am even more lost and my party barely survives encounters. How do I play this?

Cast sleep.
Draw maps.
Save often.
Run from sprites.

 

[octavius]

Remember you can only save at the Inn. So return often.
Always Search after winning a battle.
Always use buffing spells like Leather Skin (I think it's called) as soon as you get them. Levitate is especially nice since it saves from many traps.

 

[Chaosdwarft]

Strange Fellow aren't the graphics made of sprites?

How long does it take to finish this game? Is it just 1 dungeon or is there an overworld?

 

[Strange Fellow]

How long does it take to finish this game? Is it just 1 dungeon or is there an overworld?

There's an overworld, and it's huge, with lots of multileveled dungeons. It took me about 70 hours to finish.

 

[Dorateen]

Map of Varn

Spoiler

 

[Chaosdwarft]

What makes me cringe is the interface to navigate all of that...