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Might and Magic seriesDoes order of party members matter in Might and Magic series?(11 posts)(11 posts)
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Posted June 21, 2013
I've seen some walkthroughs/faqs/character-creation guides and some claim that the front character gets hit the most (I suppose "front character" means the left-most?). But in my experience, I can hardly say that's true. Also, official manual doesn't mention it. In MM7, it also seems that the party member order matters for bowmen - as the arrow flies from the left, middle or right, depending on the position. But that's about all I noticed.

So, could you please tell me more about the order of party members, particularly in MM6, MM7 and MM8? Thanks!
Posted June 21, 2013
Some monsters prefer to hit certain classes or races. Most people in MMVII complain that their clerics get too much unwanted attention, while their main tank feels neglected, regardless of the character order.
Posted June 21, 2013
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Paya: I've seen some walkthroughs/faqs/character-creation guides and some claim that the front character gets hit the most (I suppose "front character" means the left-most?). But in my experience, I can hardly say that's true. Also, official manual doesn't mention it. In MM7, it also seems that the party member order matters for bowmen - as the arrow flies from the left, middle or right, depending on the position. But that's about all I noticed.

So, could you please tell me more about the order of party members, particularly in MM6, MM7 and MM8? Thanks!
Party order does not matter in six, seven, or eight. It matters in the earlier games, though.
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Charon121: Some monsters prefer to hit certain classes or races. Most people in MMVII complain that their clerics get too much unwanted attention, while their main tank feels neglected, regardless of the character order.
The default cleric is a dwarf, which a lot of monsters hate. Also, many evil or undead monsters hate clerics.
Post edited June 21, 2013 by Shloulet
Posted June 21, 2013
Thanks guys for the info. But the party order still matters when it comes to the bowmen and spells, right? I remember shooting the wall with my leftmost and rightmost characters while the middle one would be able to hit monsters.
Posted June 22, 2013
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Shloulet: The default cleric is a dwarf, which a lot of monsters hate. Also, many evil or undead monsters hate clerics.
Yes, that would explain it. Seems like dwarven clerics can't take a break. :) I don't know about bowmen, though.
Posted June 22, 2013
In Might and Magic 1-2, party order is very important, because some of the party will be in range to use melee weapons against the monsters, but typically not all of it.

In Might and Magic 3-5, the two party members furthest to the left are relevant to the Bash command, but I do not think party order matters in any other way. So put the characters with the best Might on the left side.

In Might and Magic 6-9, party order does not matter at all (except that, yes, when the leftmost character uses an arrow/spell it will start from the left area of the screen, and so on.)
Posted June 22, 2013
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MalcolmMasher: In Might and Magic 1-2, party order is very important, because some of the party will be in range to use melee weapons against the monsters, but typically not all of it.

In Might and Magic 3-5, the two party members furthest to the left are relevant to the Bash command, but I do not think party order matters in any other way. So put the characters with the best Might on the left side.

In Might and Magic 6-9, party order does not matter at all (except that, yes, when the leftmost character uses an arrow/spell it will start from the left area of the screen, and so on.)
Thank you a lot! That's exactly what I wanted to know. :-)
Posted June 22, 2013
The only monsters that really hate dwarves are goblins and trolls, which are only really problematic in Harmondale and Tatalia. And there's no real need to fight the trolls in Tatalia.
Posted June 23, 2013
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Paviel: The only monsters that really hate dwarves are goblins and trolls, which are only really problematic in Harmondale and Tatalia. And there's no real need to fight the trolls in Tatalia.
That explains so much! I used the dwarf cleric, and in Harmondale, she was pretty much the one and only target. I suppose in a way it made it easy to know who to give all the best armor and whatnot to.
Didn't know monsters had racial or class "hate".
Posted June 23, 2013
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Paviel: The only monsters that really hate dwarves are goblins and trolls, which are only really problematic in Harmondale and Tatalia. And there's no real need to fight the trolls in Tatalia.
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MadOverlord: That explains so much! I used the dwarf cleric, and in Harmondale, she was pretty much the one and only target. I suppose in a way it made it easy to know who to give all the best armor and whatnot to.
Didn't know monsters had racial or class "hate".
There are a few other monsters that target specific classes/races. The elves in The Tulerian Caves will target any humans in your party. Most everyone in Fort Riverstride will target elves. (This makes sense, considering humans and elves are on the brink of war with each other when you tackle these dungeons.)

I believe shades, spectres and ghosts target clerics more often than other characters. Also, dwarves in Stone City and Nighon Tunnels target goblins, but they are never hostile to you unless you attack them first.
Posted June 25, 2013
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MalcolmMasher: In Might and Magic 3-5, the two party members furthest to the left are relevant to the Bash command, but I do not think party order matters in any other way. So put the characters with the best Might on the left side.
I remember in one of the towers in MM5 there is a chest which requires a password to open. It will default to using the left-most party member, so I had to move my thief into position 1 to successfully open the chest (even with the correct password).

Fortunately, it is easy to swap positions.
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