Might and Magic The Might and Magic Discussion Thread

[Servo]

I think you mean thanks to Servo for prompting you to look for a manual which led to discovering an interesting site.

 

[Servo]

I was getting owned in the outdoor area by Sorpigal (MM1). Then I went back indoors and was getting owned there too.

Do the enemies scale as you level or something? Or is it totally random whether you stand a chance in any given encounter?

 

[octavius]

Enemies only scale to area. When you're lvl 1 it's totally random if you survive an encounter or not, which is why returning to the Inn to save often, or using a DosBox version with Save States, is a good idea.

Nah, there's level scaling too.

 

[Servo]

Enemies only scale to area. When you're lvl 1 it's totally random if you survive an encounter or not, which is why returning to the Inn to save often, or using a DosBox version with Save States, is a good idea.

p much all my homies are lvl 2 now but I still gettin owned half of the time

 

[octavius]

You need to reach about lvl 5 before you can feel safe in the starting area. Then it's time to explore new areas and get a feel for how tough they are. If the monsters in an area are too tough, try a different area.

 

[Desktop Commander]

I finally got around to a playthroug of VIII, the only MM that I never got to play back in the day. I remember VI and VIII having stat-enhancing fountains in every town, which boosted your stats up to 17, thus allowing you to max your most important stat(s) at character creation and keep the rest at their minimum values.

So I've done the usual city hopping to get the towns marked for Town Portal later on as well as boost my stats to 17, but cannot for the life of me find the stat fountain for Endurance. Have I not looked thoroughly enough or is Endurance the only stat for which there is no fountain?

Btw regarding MM1: You will die a lot early on anyway, so I'd actually recommend exploring the outside areas as soon as possible (I left Sorpigal at lvl 3 iirc). The scroll delivery quests are relatively easy to complete and can be repeated (= easy xp early on,), which removes much of the tedium of MM1's early game.

Edit: Meant to say Town Portal, not Lloyd's Beacon.

 

[Minttunator]

So I've done the usual city hopping to get the towns marked for Lloyd's later on as well as boost my stats to 17, but cannot for the life of me find the stat fountain for Endurance. Have I not looked thoroughly enough or is Endurance the only stat for which there is no fountain?

I think you're right - I didn't find an Endurance fountain in MM8 either.

 

[Servo]

Geez, all my characters are level 3 now and I still feel like I'm getting nowhere. Is the entire game an endless grind?

 

[Abelian]

Geez, all my characters are level 3 now and I still feel like I'm getting nowhere. Is the entire game an endless grind?

If you genuinely want to avoid grinding, then join the dark side use my trainer. Try it. It's free.

 

[Servo]

Geez, all my characters are level 3 now and I still feel like I'm getting nowhere. Is the entire game an endless grind?

If you genuinely want to avoid grinding, then join the dark side use my trainer. Try it. It's free.

I mean I don't mind a little bit but this is like, bleh...

 

[Great Deceiver]

No awesum button here, I'm afraid.

 

[mettalhed]

Geez, all my characters are level 3 now and I still feel like I'm getting nowhere. Is the entire game an endless grind?

Lots of grinding in M&M1, at least at first. Once you get around lvl8 or so you can really start to explore. It starts to feel less grindy at that point because you can actually explore instead of just looking for combat. You'll still die alot, but you will actually be able to roam around outside and wander around Sorpigal without to many issues. You will run into many many places where the enemies are too strong for you, but you can just leave, explore elsewhere, and come back with more levels/better equipment.

 

[Luzur]

Geez, all my characters are level 3 now and I still feel like I'm getting nowhere. Is the entire game an endless grind?

If you genuinely want to avoid grinding, then join the dark side use my trainer. Try it. It's free.

I mean I don't mind a little bit but this is like, bleh...

welcome to gaming RPG's from years past, bro.

 

[Abelian]

Version 1.02 of the MM1 Trainer is ready. Changes from version 1.01:
-Added input validation for all numerical fields: check if all values are in the acceptable range, catch non-numeric input and display message with incorrect fields.
-Raised maximum experience from 65535 to 4294967295.
-Raised maximum gold from 65535 to 16777215.
-Check whether the character's names are too long.

A word of warning: MM1 does not check for out of bound values, so if you transfer additional gold or gems to a character who already has the maximum amount, the value will overflow and start from zero again.

 

[MessiahMan]

"Endure, and in enduring grow strong"! Around level 5, you'll feel the world starting to open up, and it is massive (for 1986). It's like one of those water pumps, though. You've got to give a little to get anything out of Might & Magic 1.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Glad to see that more than four years later VI is still acknowledged as the best. Truly a unique game, there will never be any game with dungeons and a game world as good as it. A crowning jewel.

 

[treborSux]

I just finished WoX. My characters were only 23. I think initially the game starts off a lot slower and feels a lot more massive, so I thought my characters would be a lot older by the time it was over. The game really just breezes right through though. The largest part of the whole game are the mines right at the beginning.

Anyhoo I thought it was just an alright game. It's enjoyable and easy enough to finish without it being a chore, but nothing particularly great or memorable about it. Most of the game you're not really in any danger, battles are over before they start. Most spells end up being useless except a couple really powerful ones that are useful at some points, and critical spells that you have to use.

This is only the second MM game I've played. I played most of the first one on NES and this. The series just seems kind of mediocre. I might go back and play 2, 3 and 6 at some point before I die since i have all of them but 6 is the only one that peaks my curiosity.

 

[Cadmus]

So would it be correct to assume that MMX is actually hard when compared to the rest of the series? I think about playing the older ones but the simpler combat just turns me off

 

[groke]

It's enjoyable and easy enough to finish without it being a chore, but nothing particularly great or memorable about it. Most of the game you're not really in any danger, battles are over before they start.

y hallo thar.

 

[Scroo]

I just finished WoX. My characters were only 23. I think initially the game starts off a lot slower and feels a lot more massive, so I thought my characters would be a lot older by the time it was over. The game really just breezes right through though. The largest part of the whole game are the mines right at the beginning.

Anyhoo I thought it was just an alright game. It's enjoyable and easy enough to finish without it being a chore, but nothing particularly great or memorable about it. Most of the game you're not really in any danger, battles are over before they start. Most spells end up being useless except a couple really powerful ones that are useful at some points, and critical spells that you have to use.

This is only the second MM game I've played. I played most of the first one on NES and this. The series just seems kind of mediocre. I might go back and play 2, 3 and 6 at some point before I die since i have all of them but 6 is the only one that peaks my curiosity.

I don't like you anymore

 

[Luzur]

I just finished WoX. My characters were only 23. I think initially the game starts off a lot slower and feels a lot more massive, so I thought my characters would be a lot older by the time it was over. The game really just breezes right through though. The largest part of the whole game are the mines right at the beginning.

Anyhoo I thought it was just an alright game. It's enjoyable and easy enough to finish without it being a chore, but nothing particularly great or memorable about it. Most of the game you're not really in any danger, battles are over before they start. Most spells end up being useless except a couple really powerful ones that are useful at some points, and critical spells that you have to use.

This is only the second MM game I've played. I played most of the first one on NES and this. The series just seems kind of mediocre. I might go back and play 2, 3 and 6 at some point before I die since i have all of them but 6 is the only one that peaks my curiosity.

I don't like you anymore

fucking consollers

 

[treborSux]

Yikes did I say mediocre? I meant amazing.

 

[Excidium]

Yikes did I say mediocre? I meant amazing.

Only in the codex

 

[Luzur]

Yikes did I say mediocre? I meant amazing.

fucking swiveldoor

 

[DashiDMV]

In related news gog has M & M 1-9 + Crusaders for 8.50 USD.