Might and Magic The Might and Magic Discussion Thread

[jaekl]

What level are you? I also wonder how bad the c64 port is as when I played my old crew a few decades ago I was ripping the shit out of everything. If the old c64 worked I’d boot it up and take a pic of their stats and gear. I just know I got tired of resetting that hour glass to get my age down. No wonder the dinosaurs are extinct…. I KILLED THEM ALL!

Their levels were between 10 and 13 at the time, I had just got the level 7 spells for the cleric and wizard. Octavius was right though, the FAQ authors were on crack. The dragons were so much more difficult than any of the normal endgame enemies that if you *could* grind on them, you would already be so powerful that you wouldn't need to grind anyways. They're so resistant to magic and their breath attacks seem to do the same damage no matter what buffs you apply.

I beat it though, the dragons can keep this trash ass planet! I'm out!

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

lemme think what classes I had 1 of each class:
Knight
Paladin
Archer
Robber
Cleric
Sorcerer

So a standard party and technically that party finished the game several times since you can do that. I guess I was just exploring everything over and over again recording stuff. I still think the c64 had some sort of leveling error of i just had heaps of xp stored because I’d empty my gold leveling up then have to go to Dino land. Shit, what were they near lvl 60? At least 40. I think I was trying to get their core stats up by doing a certain series of quests then going to a certain dungeon that would reset quests. Memory is foggy there. I don’t recall a level limit.

 

[jaekl]

lemme think what classes I had 1 of each class:
Knight
Paladin
Archer
Robber
Cleric
Sorcerer

So a standard party and technically that party finished the game several times since you can do that. I guess I was just exploring everything over and over again recording stuff. I still think the c64 had some sort of leveling error of i just had heaps of xp stored because I’d empty my gold leveling up then have to go to Dino land. Shit, what were they near lvl 60? At least 40. I think I was trying to get their core stats up by doing a certain series of quests then going to a certain dungeon that would reset quests. Memory is foggy there. I don’t recall a level limit.

Oh yeah, the quest to reset the stat fountains. I had to do that one several times because my patience for rolling up stats is *extremely* thin. In the basement of the castle next to the town of Dusk (#4) there's a priest who hangs out in a room and makes you go around ringing random bells until you luck in to the correct ones. Each time you ring a bell, you get teleported to a random spot in the dungeon. The process can take an entire hour and one unlucky combat can wipe all of your progress since you can't save and the quest resets if you retreat from the area.

 

[Storyfag]

I can't remember the best tactics against dragons, though.

Running around in real time and dodging all their breath attacks, duh.

Meh, just flying up and down should suffice even in TB mode.

 

[Kuruwin]

I'm thinking about starting MM4&MM5 in the near future. Any recommendations for good party composition?

 

[Grunker]

I'm thinking about starting MM4&MM5 in the near future. Any recommendations for good party composition?

I would recommend one robber and one sorc. No more no less.

With the rest you can really do whatever the fuck you want. I like Paladins and Archers, but double barb is the easy way to fly. Something like Barb / Barb / Paladin / Robber / Cleric / Sorc would be very strong, though I would personally not play with that party myself.

 

[octavius]

Just use the pregens. The game is easy enough and the character system so basic that there's really not much to think about.

 

[Mauman]

I'm thinking about starting MM4&MM5 in the near future. Any recommendations for good party composition?

Barb/Ninja(or rogue)/Pal/Pal/Arch/Arch

SP is not as big of a deal as some might make it out to be.

 

[Kuruwin]

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Game needs a reset so you can grind it again with your Uber endgame party. And it needs a difficulty setting up to 10 where each increment 10-25% harder.

 

[solemgar]

M&M 2 on the snes had a lot of fun bugs that could be exploited. Like the broken disintegrate or the 3 giants giving gazillion moneys and xp.

Steps:

1-create shitty party
2-go get Mr. Wizard
3-Teleport to mountain where giants are
4-disintegrate (read with Dalek voice)
5-Profit

PS: The incredible amount of useless old video game trivia I posses sometimes scares me

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Just any old giants spot?

 

[octavius]

The ones that chop, dice and slice.

 

[solemgar]

Just any old giants spot?

Maybe they were called berserkers. Need to check now

 

[octavius]

Just any old giants spot?

Maybe they were called berserkers. Need to check now

Cuisinarts.

 

[solemgar]

Just any old giants spot?

Maybe they were called berserkers. Need to check now

Cuisinarts.

Thank you kind sir. This is the exact sequence to follow:

https://youtu.be/eX5vwQeCXx0

could only find the video for the genesis version of the game (cuisinarts in snes have the original model, not the man-at-arms type of genesis) but same drill

 

[octavius]

The "profit" of this cunning tactic is that you remove all challenge and fun from the rest of the game.

 

[solemgar]

The "profit" of this cunning tactic is that you remove all challenge and fun from the rest of the game.

I didn't say it was fun and challenging, just said it is an exploit

 

[Dorateen]

I remember using that tactic, not for our main adventuring party, but for the extra characters who were created for bringing along on the class specific quests. A quick way to get them up to speed.

 

[solemgar]

I also remember M&M 6 being extremely adictive. Nice graphics for the time too. Gameplay loop was a bit repetitive but man, the game was such a hardcore drug that I did not mind.

 

[Alex]

I also remember M&M 6 being extremely adictive. Nice graphics for the time too. Gameplay loop was a bit repetitive but man, the game was such a hardcore drug that I did not mind.

I have always thought it looked hideous; especially given how beautiful four and five looked.

 

[solemgar]

I also remember M&M 6 being extremely adictive. Nice graphics for the time too. Gameplay loop was a bit repetitive but man, the game was such a hardcore drug that I did not mind.

I have always thought it looked hideous; especially given how beautiful four and five looked.

It has this weird graphics that tried to look "real" , specially the character portraits. I kinda liked it :D

I never played 4 and 5, are they recommended? It is one of the few sagas I did not play.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Wasn’t 6 during the time 3D polygonal graphics was hot on the scene for all modern platforms. 2D in all its forms was thought to be phasing out to get this hot bitch 3D titties in your face. 3D Titty slap after Titty slap.

Side Note: has anyone had their Might & Magic maps made into cloth maps? Paper were fine but damn cloth maps would be pretty cool. Maybe make ultima 1 maps cloth as well.

One site I found.

 

[solemgar]

Wasn’t 6 during the time 3D polygonal graphics was hot on the scene for all modern platforms. 2D in all its forms was thought to be phasing out to get this hot bitch 3D titties in your face. 3D Titty slap after Titty slap.

It was 1998 so yeah, it was the beginning of the golden age of 3dfx

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I noticed 6-8 models were kind of close (making me think of claymation a little). 9 looked like they were trying to do something a little different but obviously it was also rushed. Was 6-9 all rushed to a degree? It seems like it. If you were playing heroes alongside the RPG series you might like the crossover lore. I found it interesting enough but the Heroes sucked me in away from the main games after Xeen (this never finishing 6-9… well, I only got 9 via GOG.)