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Interview with the leader of "Empire's Wrath" Ektoras

Author: Henry IV

“Kill them all. God will recognize his own”
(с) Arnaud Amalric

Hi! Introduce yourself: who is Ektoras in a real life, how were you involved in the LWM project and what was the most fascinating thing here?

Hello, I am 30 years old, I live in Greece, Athens. I work as an engineer. 4-5 years before a friend invited me to play in the old com server. Although I was not a fan of HoMM series, I was immediately hooked by the game.

Interview with Edwin

Author: Henry IV

“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.” (с)
Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

Introduce yourself, please. Where are you from, what are you, how were you involved in the project?

Well, I am Edwin , I'm a 35 year old guy from the Netherlands. I live in a small town, called Papendrecht. I install moveable walls in the Netherlands and in Europe. I have thought a lot how i got involved in this project and i somehow came across to a link of the game and started playing it :)

Interview with the leader of European Foreign Legion Lord Patrickou

Author: Henry IV

Whether a prince has such power that, in case of need,
he can support himself with his own resources,
or whether he has always need of the assistance of others...(c)
“The Prince” by Nicolo Machiavelli

I present you an interview with the leader of European Foreign Legion Lord Patrickou to your attention.

Our chroniclers

Author: Вальтурияя

It was a remarkable sunny summer evening. I was riding my unicorn towards the foot of a hill as usual. “I’m being late again”, I thought, being about to reach my destination. “Thank Twin-Gods they are not there yet”. I slided off my staunch mount and sat at the steep to enjoy the sunset.

Suddenly I spotted a flying chariot from afar; three ice drakes were harnessed in it. Quite an unusual sight, “Must be foreign magic”, I told to myself. The air around me got filled with bright light, it seemed as the chariot was shining a little as it landed next to me and I was able to distinguish the rider’s face.

Clan wars

The official newspaper HWM_Daily together with the Destiny military clan and HWM_Radio declares a series of clan tournaments for different levels with the prize fund 1.000.000 for each tournament.

A special bonus can become a pleasant surprise: each participant, belonging to the MC-winner of the tournament, will receive 50 (the quantity of brilliants doesn't depend on the number of battles held).

Interview with the leader of Angels and Daemons

Author: Henry IV

“May you live in interesting times” (c) Terry Pratchett

Tournament. Wizards vs Dwarves

Wizards are one of the oldest factions in our Empire, Dwarves joined us after the war. The confrontation between these two factions began a little while ago. In order not to use the words lightly it was decided to solve the problem in a fair fight.

Lords! From the 19th of February (00:00) to the 25th of February (23:59) Wizards and Dwarves will have an opportunity to prove their dominance. Duels and group battles 3x3 FFA (between equal levels) in the Commanders' guild will serve as a battle arena.

There are 4 nominations to be awarded:

Tournament. Wizards vs Dwarves.

1. Dwarves’ hunter. Wizard

2. Wizards’ hunter. Dwarf

3. Dwarves’ hunter. Any faction

4. Wizards’ hunter. Any faction

Holy Dwarf

Author: Te1as

One can be a real Holy Dwarf at level 11 only with Expert Holy Magic and two Dominions. I was without early-upgraded Berserkers, so I’ll tell you about the “Shooting Holy Dwarf” Tactics.

Elf Chaoser

Author: Qwainos

A well-known topic about the build variety has been warming our souls for many months already. If anybody forgot, I’ll recall the abstract:

It is suggested to add some new classes (builds) to every faction with different talents cost, army recruitment and some additional bonuses. For example, Knights in the Shooting build for hunting, Necromancers, specialized in Raise Dead at high levels or with Offense skill branch, Wizards with Holy and Darkness magic, Elf- Chaosers, Barbarians with good defense or with Darkness spells, Dark Elfs with Holy and Nature magic, an army and a rush build for Dwarf-Chaosers.

Last time I wrote an article, concerning this topic, so I’ll highlight the phrase about Elf Chaosers. As a person, who plays the original HoMM V for Elfs with Chaos and Darkness magic, I wondered why LWM Elves have so castrated version of the battle magic – Nature magic only with only half of the spells in the branch, and the absence of Sorcery branch. So it was decided to check the elf-chaosers’ abilities, adapted to the present day situation.

Demon Chaoser (lvl 14)

Author: dwango and Gnomek

Chaos. What does this word mean for any Lord? Deadly magical damage one can't escape, and also a swift Gargoyle or an impenetrable Hydra. In both cases we are talking about a fearsome sorcerer with almost useless army, who destroys his opponents with spells only. Public techniques involve Lizard Charge or Gargoyle flight, but few players use the other troops.

This article is about a more interesting chaoser – Demon, who can simultaneously damage his opponents not only with his hero, but with his units as well. In this case you can't just press a defence button and kill your enemies with the powerful magic. Demon has to enter a close combat with his enemies. Unlike the common chaosers whose armies deal about 5-10% of all the damage, Demon troops do more than a half of all the damage and hero spells are only an auxiliary force in reaching the certain aim.