So, are you basically handicapping yourself if you don't get 10/11 books from a single realm of magic? I feel gimped if I don't specialize, especially if I'm splitting books between 2 or 3 schools of magic and getting retorts as well.

The only times I've won, I went with 11 books or 10 books + 1 retort.

>>2057091 (OP)
Is the remaster/remake any good?

>>2057091 (OP)
No. It's been a while since I played but dipping into several different schools has its benefits and is a viable strategy to expand faster. Especially if your race doesn't have good magic and ideally good base units to depend on.

>>2057091 (OP)
Play Caster of magic on windows

>>2057091 (OP)
of course not. there are some setups or builds where you barely use any magic and rely on army strength and other perks with like Warlord Runemaster Alchemist n shieet

>>2057091 (OP)
No, it's perfectly viable to mix, the point is to never spread yourself thin

>>2057456
It's dogshit.
ZERO optimisation.
Misses third of the mechanics.
Brain-dead AI.
1:1 (attempt at) remake.

>>2058010
I honestly tried to like it, too. Didn't last more than 10 hours.

>>2057456
It's a soulless remake
To the point of them adding a new race of golem constructs calling them the soulless lol

Anyway it's ok. The original is better. I think age of wonders shadow magic is probably the true MoM successor but nothing is as good as the original.

>>2058446
I did like some of the stuff they added in the DLCs but it's mostly trash and imbalanced. But like the insect queen and the ghost pirate dudes. Something different at least.

>>2058807
AoW1&2 are MoM-like but generally simpler. Their visuals are beautiful at least. Good music too.

>>2057091 (OP)
>basically handicapping yourself if you don't get 10/11 books from a single realm of magic?
yes. best way to get a the highest score on Impossible is with that META. cast the best summon spell , find the enemy wizard(s), kill them before they kill you. every other method just prolongs the game, which lowers your score, and give the computer wizzes more time to cheat.

i stopped doing that and just play whatever for fun. mostly with warlord halflings just to make hobbits strong enough to kill dragons.
also they're the mostly friendly with other races, and damn good food bonus.

>>2061531
AOWs are more like the HOMM games really.too many buggers copying HOMM.

>>2058807
I despise Age of Wonders to this day because people said it was a MoM successor. It's not. It's nothing like MoM. The closest thing to MoM today are Civ4 mods or modmods of Fall From Heaven 2.

>>2057091 (OP)
i wish there were a way to play this multiplayer other than hotseat.

>>2057091 (OP)
is there a fan website for this somewhere?

>>2062062
the wiki should still be alive...

https://masterofmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Buggy_Features
yep. i always check it for known bugs so i can avoid using buggy spells. and remember to exploit them.
>>2062060
there was a fan made multiplayer version but i never tried it 'cause i hate playing with fraggit online. it was forever in beta-testing mode.

>>2061705
>AOWs are more like the HOMM games really.too many buggers copying HOMM.
I've seen this repeated again and again yet they play completely differently. Interestingly enough the same misconception exists regarding Disciples. I guess those who have only read about both or only played both for 15 minutes might come to this conclusion.

>>2061837
>I hate 2 good games because some of the people talking about them are retards
Ironic.

>>2057091 (OP)
the guy from caster of magic mod did some balancing, i dont think you can even pick 11 books

>>2057091 (OP)
Most retorts don't help you at all in the first 50 turns, if you don't have a plan most things you pick are just deadweight. Doing something like sorcery master/conjurer/arch mage/8 blue books gives you the ability to assault and take over towns just by summoning a magic spirit for example but doesn't do anything if you don't specifically turn your gold into magic and immediately set out to do that.

Taking the Myrran retort and picking dwarves is also just straight up stronger than basically every single combo you can do.

>>2065506
>Myrran retort and picking dwarves
myrran races are overhyped, cost more and cause unrest to other races you take over...unless you GENOCIDE them all, but that reduces your fame which is bad unless you don't care about hi-scores and don't hire heroes.

also if you wanted myrran for adamantium weapon and more prana from their stronger magicky tiles, you can just reroll/restart maps until you get one that has a tower right next to your starter town.
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anyways Warlord is the best retort if you don't cheese 11 books. immediate "Regular" stats for normal units.
Alchemy immediately lets you convert 1:1 gold to mana to start summoning your best monsters or enhancements ASAP.

>>2064325
HOMM /AOW: heavy focus on heroes and "quests". not really 4X open-ended objectives like MOO or MOM or any civ game. magic spells also aren't as powerful as in MOM. and nothing quite as epick or role-playly like the Zombie apocalypse spell.
https://masterofmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Zombie_Mastery

if you say THERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT!!! because AOW unit seems to be more generic (just a difference in stats with no unique traits between them )than the HOMM games (or just because they have different spells), you're just being contarian and cherrypicky.

>>2065718
The first, glaringly obvious huge difference HoMM has from AoW and MoM is troop stacks instead of individual units. The second, also glaringly obvious huge difference HoMM has from AoW and MoM is troops being generated weekly in dwellings instead of being produced and having upkeep. As a consequence of just those two HoMM plays completely differently. You have only played MoM, I get it, just stop talking about other games.

>>2065767
>You have only played MoM, I get it, just stop talking about other games.
i played all 3, that's why i talk about them. and yes that's cherrypicking, while avoiding what about i said about truly epic powerful spells and the heavy focus on heroes and quest objective for the map/level. herp derp.

why don't you stop talking to me instead of acting like crybaby who wants your safespaces? i will keep talking about games i like and have play. all their pros and cons. that's what this board is for.... also herp derp, painfully obvious.

>>2065832
also why i don't talk about Disciples, because i don't play that series and never gave a damn.

>>2057091 (OP)
ok beat a Hard game with Charisma, Myrran,Warlord pick, white books, hobbits race. slow start but eventually better score than when i was going for Spell of Mastery "peaceful" ending.
better to choose only 1 enemy wizard so you can end the game ASAP. lucky to find Planar Seal so i can keep the enemies out after i dropped in a few stacks to destroy his colony which opened a tower to Myrror. after that, He was so nerfed i easily knock down the tower with just 1 stack of Hobbit slingers. He got no mana to revive. He wasted it all shooting spells at my Planar-shifting Adamantium ships. Silly computer brains. Computer was a "Turrok"(forgot his name) mage with green and chaos books. I think he got some other traits from beating nodes.

Final score about 2000 pts? Spell of Mastery always waste so much time i get about 1000 or less. worse if i chose 4 mages to fight.

>>2057091 (OP)
As for splitting books,it's most fun with the Artificer +Runemastery traits, on a large map,powerful nodes to increase chances of finding additional spellbooks.

>>2064325
Disciples feels very railroaded as far as single player gameplay. The staking and territory control is almost a nonfactor. HOMM especially with skirmishes, has early mid and late game aspects. MOO2 does this really also. There's really a rhythm and it feels like you can dominate or squander the game at each phase.