A long time ago, Captain Corkes set sail on a great expedition in search for the fabled port of Portishead. Now, with the rest of his crew and provisions for the last seven days, he sailed to the unknown land.
Author: Сергей (qq), 30-06-2023 14:52 Erdamon - Portishead Erdamon's troops look overwhelming. Is it mandatory to fight them? Is there any witty way to win this battle (blind, artefact, berzerk, etc.)?
wasilix writes:
30-06-2023 15:16
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If I recall correctly you should by then have an orb of vulnerability. Obviously, blind too. It's possible that you came to him too early. I took care of him one of the last before heading for Portishead into the portal.
Сергей (qq) writes:
30-06-2023 17:55
Gate - Portishead
I guess I have to go here to get the orb of vulnerability since there is no other way I can see. For me, this gate looks bugged, because when I touch it, it doesn't show me what quest item should I bring. Is it a bug or a feature? If I recall correctly, somewhere I have read a hint that Titan's thunder is required. But I might be mistaken
wasilix writes:
01-07-2023 00:37
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No, the orb is guarded by Mutare in the underground. Path to her starts from here, you need a Fairie dragon to open a path for waterwalk.
Author: Сергей (qq), 29-06-2023 14:16 Trident of Dominion - Portishead Could somebody tell me where to find Trident of Dominion? I defeated Gundula and cannot pass further.
wasilix writes:
29-06-2023 18:52
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If I recall correctly, you don't need it, and it is just a decoy. You need to go somewhere else. Probably it should be a portal behind a rampart town that you took most recently (that's just behind the border guard asking for 100 fairie dragons).
Author: Nebel 74 (CZ), 29-06-2023 09:36 YouTube - Portishead Enter "Heroes 3 Portishead Start" on YT
Author: YBJ (Korea), 29-06-2023 05:30 Get the First Castle - Portishead How to do I get the First Castle?
Author: Сергей (11), 26-06-2023 18:33 Should Gelu die? - Portishead Правильно ли я понимаю, что после освобождения Жизель Гелу никак нельзя спасти? Дошел до ворот с черной палаткой. Жизель может телепортироваться, а Гелу убегать некуда
Сергей (11) writes:
26-06-2023 19:41
1 - Portishead
answer - Portishead
Сам нашел ответ. Оставлю здесь для остальных. Жизель надо подраться с троллями и найти проход чуть правее места сражения. Пройде по нему, взять ученого и получить навык Scholar. поднять его здесь же до эксперта, научить Гелу телепортироваться и благополучно свалить. Всем приятной игры!
Author: Andrey K, 24-06-2023 13:04 Like Portishead - Portishead Shame on me but I was going to delete this map after some playing. I just stuck somewhere on the first week. But there is a walkthrough on Youtube which can be used when you stuck.
Now it is no doubt my TOP-10 maps of all time. Absolute masterpiece!
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
25-06-2023 12:43
thx - Portishead
Hi Andrey, thank you for the Like and the positive rating of the map. Good thing you didn't give up. Cheers!
Author: Player (Norway), 16-06-2023 21:24 Orb of Driving Rain - Portishead hey! Love your map! But i need some help. Can't find the Orb of Driving Rain. Hope you can tell me.
wasilix writes:
16-06-2023 22:08
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The path to it is hidden to the right of Mephala's home. To enter it you'll need to disembark and embark again on another side. The orb is hidden behind a mountain on the very north edge of that path.
Author: Bill (United States), 11-06-2023 09:46 Keymaster tents - Portishead Can anyone please shed some light on where to get the Light blue and white keymaster tents please. The only ones (of these colors) that I have found have been behind boarder guards for the color of the tent right behind it. So I can't get to them.
Bill (United States) writes:
11-06-2023 09:50
bow of sharpshooter - Portishead
Or the Bowstring of Unicorn Hair as well to complete the bow of the sharpshooter. Without the bow or either of the tents (light blue/white) I appear to be completely stuck. I just can't seem to find any way to move forward from where I am.
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
11-06-2023 21:42
Progress? - Portishead
Hi Bill, I'm not sure where you got stuck on your way? You will not find a white and light blue tent, it is intended only for AI. As for assembling the Bow of the Sharpshooter, the Titan has one fragment, one is in the Seers Hut, which you can find after passing the Quest guard where you hand over the Pendant of Negativity, and the third is hidden at the top of the map in the upper left corner (from your point of view).
Try to identify the place you reached more (eg write which hero you defeated last, etc.)
Bill (United States) writes:
11-06-2023 22:29
All good - Portishead
It's all good. I got it figured out. Only issue I have now is I am sitting at the entrance to Portishead without the shield to make TItan's Thunder. Any hint on where that may be? I have no quests left unfinished and I don't see any other artifacts on map using view air. So there must be a quest or fight somewhere I am missing
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
11-06-2023 22:49
Sentinel's Shield - Portishead
Ok, Sentinel's Shield has Moandor, you can find him behind the blue border guard. It's where you defeated Clavius.
Bill (United States) writes:
12-06-2023 03:44
Thank you - Portishead
That was it. I forgot about that blue guard. Finished the map. It was great. Thank you.
Author: Nebel 74 (CZ), 05-06-2023 23:40 Map Upgrade. Version 1.3. - Portishead Added 4 new story hints on the map.
AI Tan was denied access to the prison from Giselle.
Author: Deertheking, 05-06-2023 15:58 Like Soft locked? - Portishead Hi, is it possible I got soft locked with Gelu after getting through the scuttling of burning boats because he doesnt have Water Walk?
It is great map, but I would love to not return that many rounds back to teach him that - which I dont even know how to teach him that, cause Astra has only basic Scholar and mage guild in Castle/Rampart is not guaranteed + I guess I dont want to even go north with Gelu.
Thanks for the map! If I rly am soft locked, I will definitely come back to it later :)
wasilix writes:
05-06-2023 17:09
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Hmm... Sounds a bit like a nuisance for sure. The best and likely intended way is to obtain it through Astra. For the second option I would consider using spell research in Rampart towns available to Gelu. To be safe it would be a good idea to check in the editor if water walk is at all possible there, but if it is and if research is available there you can roll it until you get it. Next alternative would be to bring him back to Ajit's town avoiding Hugo and Boss there. Another option, maybe easier depending on positions of your heroes is just to develop your Astra beating some easier neutral stack or some treasuries, and when she gets Expert Scholar and water walk, just bring her for a rendez-vous with Gelu.
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
05-06-2023 20:40
thx for Like - Portishead
Hi Deertheking, Thank you very much for the Like. I'm glad that you like the map despite the difficulties. The Scholar skill is very important in this map. Some spells are only given to one hero and must be passed on to others. Your progress is easily solvable, as vasilix already stated, upgrade Astra and meet Gelu, and I think the water walk spell is also allowed in the city of Rampart.
The_worst Heroes3_player writes:
15-06-2023 21:09
Softlocked - Portishead
The other problem is once Gelu is on the boat he cannot land again to meet up with Astra, and Astra cannot get through the gate to get there... Very annoying, so there is no way for me to complete the map without loading a save from weeks back.
wasilix writes:
16-06-2023 11:33
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Oh, right, I forgot about that hole... That's unfortunate... I'm sorry about that
Author: Dan (United States), 05-06-2023 03:39 It was fun but... - Portishead I liked the map. What I had played of it. But I gave up. I didn't look at any walkthoughs, I wanted to figure it out on my own. I don't know how but I didn't get to free Giselle. I forgot who it was but one of the AI freed her and I had to kill her. THen I find out she was the way to getting Town Portal and I also came across a quest guard that only allowed her through. So I am giving up because I don't feel like replaying everything I had already done. What I played of it though, it was a beautiful map and was a lot of fun.
wasilix writes:
05-06-2023 10:31
Oh wow - Portishead
Wow... That was Sandro, I guess. Would never imagine him to be in time to do that. Curious how much game time did it take you to reach where you are?
My only guess is that you didn't bring Gelu where he was supposed to go when you freed him. They have a chat there by means of events when you free him.
I'm sorry about your experience with it!
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
05-06-2023 20:27
AI - Portishead
Hi guys, I was looking into the game mechanics in detail and there is an AI option to take Giselle out of jail.
It can't be Sandro because he only comes into play after Thant and Aislinn visit the black tent. And they only visit the black tent after Giselle is released from prison.
The one who can go through the white gate are players Tan (Lord Haart and Orrin). It shouldn't happen, it's the same problem as the Exp. shop and the same reason why it did not appear during testing and was therefore not resolved.
I will send an upgrade and disable this option.
Thanks Dan for pointing out this possibility.
Author: Vladimir (Russia), 02-06-2023 08:06 Like Thanks - Portishead Thanks for the excellent work! Probably the best game I've ever played.
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
02-06-2023 13:42
thx - Portishead
Thank you Vladimir for the Like, I'm glad you liked the maps. Cheers!
Author: event66 (Екатеринбург), 31-05-2023 17:49 Like Одна из лучших карт - Portishead Это одна из лучших карт! Прошел за 21 месяц. Было очень интересно, местами даже сложно. Первая трудность возникла в начале игры, с Hugo и Boss. Почитав форум, понял, что с ними не надо сражаться. Но они постоянно вставали так, что не получалось пройти мимо них. Методом проб и ошибок удалось пройти это место. Вторая сложность возникла с героем Мефала. В редакторе карт подсмотрел, что битва с ней необязательна. Остальные бои были в меру сложными и интересными.
Прошел все карты Nebel74. Это его лучшая карта. Я бы поставил ее в один ряд с Парагон и Вайфаер. Спасибо автору.
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
31-05-2023 21:48
thx - Portishead
Привет, Event66, спасибо за обзор и сравнение этой карты с Wayfarer и Paragon. Должен сказать, что я сильно краснею :) Даже для меня эти RPG-карты - лучшее, что было создано на H3. Спасибо Вам большое. Ваше здоровье!
wasilix writes:
01-06-2023 10:45
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Сравнение карты с Парагоном, пожалуй, наивысшая возможная хвала :)
Author: Vladimir (Russia), 29-05-2023 20:11 Like Tell me please - Portishead Tell me please: I can’t get past the dragons, the whole army is at Gelu. Is there any way out, or replay half the game? Cheats are not registered :(
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
29-05-2023 21:31
:( - Portishead
I'm afraid, Vladimir, that you will have to go back a bit. It is necessary to go this way in full armor, because behind the portal you will have one more fight before you get another castle :(
Vladimir (Russia) writes:
29-05-2023 21:37
thank you - Portishead
thank you, I'm not crying anymore, I'm ready :)
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
29-05-2023 22:15
:) - Portishead
Nice. Let's go :)
Author: Максим (Russia), 25-05-2023 12:37 Like Гениальная карта - Portishead Спасибо, как всегда карта очень интересная, спасибо за вашу работу! Ждем следующих)
Author: Vladimir (Russia), 24-05-2023 17:45 Like sorry - Portishead sorry, already found
Author: Vladimir (Russia), 24-05-2023 16:22 Like tell me, please - Portishead tell me, please, where is the admiral's hat for Jelu?
Author: wasilix, 23-05-2023 14:46 Like - - Portishead Hey Sulim,
I'd like to rebutt point #1 a little bit if you don't mind. I assume you are referring to Mephala and Moandor.
Mephala is actually not meant to be defeated at all. She doesn't have any artifacts required to progress and there are no quests for her. A one-way portal right in front of her domain is a hint, that it may be the case. It's just me being a smart-ass and wanting to try and kill her regardless (I didn't know for sure that she doesn't need to be killed, but I suspected that Nebel wanted her to be set free to roam the free world).
Anyway, I don't think it's fair to say, that her killing in castle (even if required) is any bad. Many fights are much easier in castle (as an attacker especially), and thus it's a pretty straightforward thing quite often in many maps.
In regards to Moandor, if I recall correctly originally he was meant to be beaten in a straight-up fight, but I think Nebel boosted him a little bit (maybe a bit too much) after almost beating him on autocombat in his own testing. When I was playing through this map during testing, I was going pretty fast and I would assume I reached him at least several months earlier than Nebel did, and probably had a smaller army. So he really felt unbeatable, and I started looking for any specific tiles on map to fight him on (had to play around with the map editor to find good spots). When I managed to beat him this way, I suggested to Nebel to leave him as is, because in my opinion it's much more refreshing to be having to employ different tactics on a map, but neither I nor Nebel wanted everyone to go through the same process that I did, and thus I suggested to add holes and a hint to make finding the right spot easier for other players. To be honest the hint seemed blatantly obvious to me, but I guess my prior knowledge may be making me think so.
To sum up, I'm far from being a great h3 player and I was able to kill both heroes without any hints from outside, so it's not really fair to say that it's impossible to do them without watching a playthrough, and as far as I can tell (I hope Nebel agrees) we did as much as we could to keep the fights interesting yet approachable to less experienced players (remember, Mephala doesn't have to beaten at all).
As for your #2, I'm curious which points do you have in mind.
Anyway, I don't want to detract from your review and experience. You liked the map and that's all that matters. I'm happy you do, and I'm happy Nebel will be happy too :) I loved this map I happy to see other people also enjoy it very much.
Cheers!
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 23-05-2023 12:38 Finished - Portishead Done, amazing and complex map. I would like to share my opinion about small things, which I didn't like, comparing to your previous maps:
1. Fights against two heroes, which are doable only in one particular way (standing in exact terrain location and second is hero must be in castle). This is too linear and can be done only by seeing walkthrough (hint about hole was not clear for me).
2. In few cases there were two possible directions to go, only one was optimal.
Nevertheless map is amazing and would like to have such every day.
Sulim81 (Poland) writes:
23-05-2023 20:24
Feedback - Portishead
Thank you for your comments. As for Mephala, maybe it would be good to add some clue, that you can just collect troops from dwellings and run for your life. Fight was not though for anybody playing chinese maps before, like Elven recovery. where castle fights and draining all enemy hero mana before any action was standard. For regular players it will not be doable and before fight is done, nobody can know if she is not holding anything what is necessary further on. Anyway it is just my opinion, it is not changing hell a lot of fun having from playing this map.
As for Moandor - outcome is at it is, there is only one possible way to beat him, but it doesn't mean it is bad, we need to learn more things, also connected to terrain.
Point 2 I was refering f.e. to situation after conquering dungeon castle, you can either sail on sea or go to Moandor land, which as a first choice is too early and could bring player frustration.Again, after some time player could realize it is too early and try second path, but then he is loosing time - anyway, treat it more as trying to find some minor updates in map, which is almost perfect, rather than a real life problem, which is decreasing fun :)
Sulim81 (Poland) writes:
23-05-2023 20:39
:) - Portishead
One more thing, personally I do not like guards asking for troops, it is always frustrating for me to go back to dwellings, collect them and loosing time for empty running.
I hope you do not treat it as some kind of empty crying, I am great fan of your maps and just try to give constructive feedback concerning my thoughts during the gameplay, as I know your duo is trying to give top quality maps to HOMM3 scene.
wasilix writes:
23-05-2023 21:33
:) - Portishead
All fair points, I guess. Mephala bit is indeed a bit unclear, but maybe the one-way portal is still a hint. Anyway, I'm not sure to whom you referred as the duo. If you meant me as one of the duo (truth be told, I don't know why would you), thank you for your kind words, but all I did is just helped testing another absolutely amazing map of a man who doesn't stop producing maps like these one after another and every time the new map is even better than the previous one. To be honest, I didn't even experience all of the "beta"-type struggles like poor balance, because overall everything was already balanced almost perfectly for me, and even though I did complain at times to Nebel and he had to endure my weeping (sorry, Nebel :) ), after reviewing it and playing it again, I'd say that I'm happy we didn't make any changes that I initially was proposing.
Sulim81 (Poland) writes:
23-05-2023 22:06
Thanks - Portishead
Thank you for clarification, I was not sure about your role in process. I am sorry Nebel, it should not be duo, maybe 98% - 2% effort? :)
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
24-05-2023 21:34
% - Portishead
Hello gentlemen, I think everything that has been said here is more than exhaustive :)
So I will make one more update of the map with new hints especially about Mephala. So that it is clear that she is not holding anything and does not have to fight with her. With the holes at Moandor, I think wasilix explained it. This map can be passed continuously and progress is possible without waiting, of course when the progress is fast the opponents are stronger and in the case of Moandor it is the hole. If you don't understand, look on YouTube where wasilix uses it. By the way, he completed the map in 12 months, it took me 25 :) and I didn't delay at all :)
I have to add that I don't know how other map makers feel about it, but for me testing is the most demanding part of the map and that's why I'm very happy that someone will help me with it. You can make the best map, but if it has a lot of bugs and blocked paths, no one will want to play it. So at wasilix or sphinxx who helped me in testing, I personally value 50% of the map creation. Cheers!
Author: Garri, 22-05-2023 21:27 Brilliant! - Portishead I really enjoyed this map. The author should be given an Oscar :)
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
24-05-2023 21:16
thx - Portishead
Hi Garry, thank you for the kind words and of course for the Like. Cheers!
Author: JOY, 22-05-2023 18:01 Like drimmy1@yandex.ru - Portishead Играю во вторую версию, т.к. не успела за гигантами в магазин) Но не могу найти воскрешение, где искать? ((
Author: JOY, 22-05-2023 15:07 Like drimmy1@yandex.ru - Portishead Играю во вторую версию, т.к. не успела за гигантами в магазин) Но не могу найти воскрешение, где искать? ((
wasilix writes:
22-05-2023 16:07
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Воскрешение дается в будке на воде. Доступ к ней получаете, когда отдаете 4 архангелов. Рядом с будкой находится город причала, а перед ней событие охраняемое немалым кол-вом существ болота.
JOY writes:
22-05-2023 18:06
drimmy1@yandex.ru - Portishead
Спасибо) Шедеврально все запрятано. Даже однажды найдя, второй раз как первый :D
Author: Максим (Russia), 21-05-2023 01:37 сфера огня - Portishead как сюда попасть? я так понял, что там сфера огня у кого-то, сфера воздуха на острове под защитой титанов, это вижу
Максим (Russia) writes:
21-05-2023 01:37
сфера огня - Portishead
как сюда попасть
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
21-05-2023 11:53
сферы - Portishead
Вы должны собрать все сферы (вода, воздух, земля, огонь) и затем пройти через портал с острова, охраняемого Торосаром.
Вам понадобится Гром Титана, чтобы добраться до самого Портисхеда.
Максим (Russia) writes:
21-05-2023 14:50
Книга магии воды - Portishead
спасибо, понял. Значит проблема в Книга магии воды, ее не могу найти. Сандро вроде убил, но книги у него не было.
wasilix writes:
22-05-2023 10:09
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Книга точно у Сандро. Вы уверены, что убили его? Насколько я понимаю, он и отдать её никому не может. В той части карты он один, если правильно понимаю, и перемещаться в неё или из неё можно только с ТП.
Author: Stoyan (Bulgaria), 20-05-2023 18:39 Finished - Portishead Hello,
I was able to finish the map ( not updated version)
Thank you for the effords to make maps like this one i really like it, and i hope to see new maps like this one every day :)
Nebel 74 (CZ) writes:
21-05-2023 11:49
:) - Portishead
I'm glad you liked the map. Cheers!
Author: Максим (Russia), 19-05-2023 00:26 Like Воры, сатиры, леприконы? - Portishead Не могу найти воры, сатиры, леприконы
wasilix writes:
19-05-2023 07:08
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Все они находятся рядом с домом Мефалы. Если мне не изменяет память, то дорога к ней идёт через вот это место. Лепреконы прячутся справа после того, как проплывете место с драконами (в конце еще есть важный артефакт там же, он спрятан), а воры и сатиры находятся у Мефалы.
Максим (Russia) writes:
19-05-2023 13:39
Леприконы - Portishead
Спасибо, а то уже час вожу курсором по всяким областям, но тут не догадался
Author: Pawel (Opole), 17-05-2023 16:18 stuck again - Portishead Is there any other way? If no where to get satyrs, leprechauns and rogues?
Author: Nebel 74 (CZ), 15-05-2023 19:53 Pendant of Negativity - Portishead The path to the Pendant of Negativity leads through an island guarded by Yog. There is a secret entrance to next water beyond the Subterranean Gate.
Author: Nebel 74 (CZ), 15-05-2023 19:47 Map Upgrade. Version 1.1 - Portishead Map Upgrade. Version 1.1
The map has been upgraded. AI Tan has been denied access to the Experimental Shop.
Author: Nebel 74 (CZ), 15-05-2023 17:46 Experimental Shop - Portishead Hi Garri,
I see, you are the second player who didn't have time to select a shop before the enemies arrived. Unfortunately, the map cannot be completed at this point. The only option is to upload a Save file before arrival and take the shop. We did not solve this task during testing, because there are 3 months of time for it, which was more than necessary. But now I will make an upgrade where I will make it impossible for enemies to access the shop.
Upload SAVE and take the shop :) Cheers!
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