FACTORY IS HERE!

[@deerdren]

The important thing about the worms is that they can eat and attack at the same time if the corpse is next to the target

[@Lexiav]

ooooh I see! I didnt know yet :D this is quite the early vid, thanks for the info

[@Beordstin]

And more. They devour all corpses under them. So they can get more than even 2 attacks. This ability carried me in the trird mission of the campaign at some point. Three attacks in one turn were important.

[@entarork1]

@@Beordstin that sounds pretty OP in theory. So far worms seems like one of the best unit from Factory

[@Beordstin]

@@entarork1 Well, you need to sacrifice 2+ units in one hex. Can be done not so often.

[@tonys202]

@@Beordstin tested it and it ate only one corpse that was under it. But it if they kill a stack with their first attack, the Bonus attacks are not wasted. Edit: After Further testing, it only eats the corpse under its mouth during attack. and 2, it needs to move to eat the corpse,

[@Vandiril]

21:18 Rammus uses Q

[@GozundenDuserken]

this video has been blessed by vandiril

[@Helioo11]

This is one of the most unexpected comment sections to find Vanidiril in LOL

[@kagami27]

For a moment I thought I am seeing things 😆

[@dustinjowen4427]

Better watch a Hero3 video than finding bugs in League haha

[@itemtest1]

OK😎👍

[@otaserus]

What a time to be alive! Really looking forward to all the videos, as well as playing the faction myself of course!

[@zes7215]

no such thing as powerx or etc

[@Patr1kc]

Even with the whole map revealed, Lexi can't resist scouting 17:09

[@markf5931]

is this a meme? why is this guy obsessed with Scouting

[@Patr1kc]

​​Pretty much, yes. Scouting​ (in its buffed form in HotA) is a very valuable skill in the popular 1-hero format. @@markf5931

[@mhjmstultiens]

Looks extremely polished. Love the armadillo rolling animation! Such a nice detail.

[@dustinjowen4427]

Too bad this guy just rolling, he’s not doing much 😂

[@HTWW]

5:15 I understood and appreciated the reference. Thank you for the content. Your enthusiasm is as obvious as it is infectious.

[@kautko]

Surprisingly, this new faction blends in very well. Nice work by dev team.

[@millancche]

Not sure, man. After a while, I realized their unit are OP BS, not in terms of pvp ballance, but just how their stats and abilities are often just too much to deal with when something is guarded by them. Apart from armadillos and juggernauts, everything else is a nightmare to fight against if you're unlucky enough to have them guard sometging you really need.

[@guest273]

09:24 - Wait, what do you mean they heal? *_They only heal the battlefield from litter that are corpses..._*

[@ghastlygibus2121]

Dury exists Tazzar:"Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary."

[@millancche]

Not really a battle, Tazar is one of my favorites, but Dury is slightly better ATM :)

[@markf5931]

Crag Hack still better

[@ShockreT5]

17:10 - he just had to pick scouting instead of fire magic, that's what you get after playing a million duelka games lmao.

[@sl2pl]

Thank you Lexiu for adding new faction to the game as a 30k subs special!

[@TheTchamber]

Thank you for showcasing Factory! Looks great! I think you're probably right, once their mechanics are mastered, they might be OP. Either need nerfing, or other Towns, like Castle, which have too few specialties, will need buffing.

[@guest273]

04:07 - Me trying to repair a Golem / Ballista like: _Hmmm smh it doesn't work..._ 🤔🤔🤔

[@RllXeron]

All of this looks so AWESOME! Those details all over this new faction is cute

[@Ivan-bh9cw]

Sorry for disturbing, where can I download the Heroes 3? on steam? should I install some mods?

[@paddotk]

As it currently stands, the mod has changed quite a bit since this video: - The two level 7 units (each requiring their own building still) can still be recruited each, but they share a single availability number. So buying one subtracts one from the availability line of the other too. - Armadillos can be upgraded a second time, but only at hill forts. The third form has a cool rolling animation too. - Engineers can now repair automatons from anywhere on the battlefield, making them less exposed to attack. - I think automatons no longer explode (haven't noticed it anyway), instead they have a 'jousting' bonus, like cavaliers do. - The worms (at least the upgraded ones) have a strike-and-return attack, like harpy hags do. Not sure about the eating ability, haven't noticed but I may have missed that. - Juggernauts don't have a ranged attack anymore, instead they have a strange multi-hex (melee) attack that I don't really get. No preview as to what hexes are affected. I always hit my own troops with their attack, so I just opt for Quetzaquotls. - No bank So quite a few changes, probably more balanced this way.

[@ArgumentumAdHominem]

Really hyped over this faction. But damn, it seems so hard to play. I have played 5 JO games with it so far, I have not managed to break before 211 a single time, whereas on other factions I typically break mid third week. My observations so far: * The entire faction is quite squishy. It is hard not to bleed units. Any slightly harder fight, and I'm left with only armadillos. * It takes a goddamn PhD to not hurt your own units with Engineers. * It's not quite clear what to use for 1-stacks. Using haflings feels bad, as they are the damage dealers. Using armadillos feels bad, taking retaliation with tier 3 omg. Using Engineers is sort of ok, but see previous point. * The town is intense on wood and ore. I suspect it may be worth it to take two dwellings of each as a high priority. Looking forwards to learning how this works better

[@millancche]

Nicely said. My issue is different, though - factry unit seem too powerful and OP to me when they spawn as guards, basically everything except armadillo and juggernauts is dangerous and pain in the ass to clear due to stats and abilities.

[@margrab1]

If you can donate to HotA team please do it, they really deserve any support for the stuff they are making. I wonder if they are planning even more further updates.

[@jpdwebb]

I thought the Hota team don't take donations? (HD mod does)

[@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573]

​@@jpdwebbthe HD mod's developer is also a member of the HotA team,.

[@Parallax2137]

The fact that the rainbow coatl is the basic weaker one is a crime. It looks so much cooler

[@Delfontes]

Can't wait to see you play through the campaign, tried on impossible, first map was more difficult than expected but second map end boss seems way over difficult, even getting to him was tough.

[@sergeyangmar]

I also could not beat the second mission, but there might be some bug at work - certain seer hut asks for an artifact just ain't on a map.

[@masansr]

He played first two yesterday (maybe more, but I only saw 2). You can check the Twitch VODs if you can't wait for them to be released on KZbin.

[@Delfontes]

​@@masansr thanks!

[@ЦветомирКостов]

2nd mission you can just afk some months (the enemy will break free 1-2 days after the 7th month) and by that time you will have enough army to crush him. Did all seer huts, nothing was missing. 3rd mission is where the fun starts :)

[@Beordstin]

@@ЦветомирКостов I also didn't have the Necro pendant in the second mission so no golden bow. Suppose that either AI crushed this hero by some neutrals or he didn't pick up it from start. But yes, the third mission is great

[@Silcy6501]

The bank loan should be like take 2500 repay 2750-3000 It's kinda OP to get the money NOW without any restriction

[@Lexiav]

restriction is the build for the bank. turn of building, initial gold investment and ore. seems fair

[@Julius798]

Was thinking the same thing. It's very cheap to build and I mean the basic rule of economy is that money right now is more valuable than money in the future. And since it has no interest you basically should always get that loan since it will help you get your army faster, or for example if you use the money to upgrade town hall it's just a net positive right away. I don't play any duels, so I can't say how good it will be there, since you do have to spend a turn building the bank. But in regular maps which I usually play it seems like you should use the bank whenever possible

[@Foxfiend]

It's not that simple. You have to be pretty careful early on when you are still getting your buildings. You actually have to really plan ahead if you want to use it. Spending a day to build it might mean you won't have the time to get something else within that week. I certainly can help you get something earlier that you could not otherwise but you have plan around it quite a bit. Much safer to use late game but at that point it doesn't help that much. It can get you a bit of extra troops when you are buying in large bulk but even then you only use it on that turn specifically otherwise it is pretty pointless.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I also LOVE how this bank thing is a low-key shout-out to the original M&M games. 😁 "Safe and secure!" --MM4 "It'll be safe... with me..." --MM5

[@OzirV1000]

Factory is fkin crazy, AND a whole damn campaign! You can see so much work has been put into this, it's absolutely insane.

[@m.asimreyhan]

My heart beat so fast when I saw the release video. True new year present

[@cwarekd2]

The bank should take 700 per day to make some profit. Also it will give more fun to gameplay when you forget your income

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I've been looking forward to "Factory" for YEARS. 🙂

[@matthulik5832]

I know this may not be a feature in Jebus matches but the Airship as a complete new game mechanic is sooooooooooooooo wild, you have got to try it!!!

[@karpai5427]

A reason to make another tierlist!

[@ivans3806]

5:18 - the Joerg Sprave (the Slingshot Channel) - reference :)

[@Tibor0803]

Olgoi Khorkhoi can be used effectively to increase it into a very great powerstack against beefy monsters for clearing the area by using 1 stack baits as allies to fed the Olgois and the last retal baiting unit will take the retal and then the Olgoi-Khorkhois (same applies to regular Sandworms) will multi-bite it's opponent to death, even a 3 times more powerful one with just one attack. An Olgoi-Khorkhoi with all the requirements to accomplish this they can strike up to 7 times just by the help of our own little guys sacrifice themselves in the fight. The maximum amount an Olgoi-Khorkhoi can strike can reach up to 13 strikes if we calculate small enemies as well surrounding 1 powerful enemy has to be striked 13 times to death.

[@Mangeol]

Noteworthy thing about engineers you didn't mentioned is that they can get cloned and clones have full effect repair ability as well!

[@zenzenchi]

Appreciate the designers for their hard works

[@paulvontarsus729]

How does the diplomacy special even work?

[@shiggydiggy6847]

It's nice to see that they made they gave the units pretty unique functions and clear disadvantages instead of just slapping high stats to everything and calling it a day.

[@TheZaibs]

Omg I have been searching videos on new factions, and then the Lexiav God dropped this 😮

[@elirantuil5003]

05:16 was that a jorge sprave reference?

[@woutervisser876]

Looks fun tnx Lexiav! now, update all your tierlist video's please :-) Also might be interesting to go over the general game updates / buffs/nerfs

[@Lexiav]

yah soon too!

[@SerdarAkkilic]

Let him to have a lil bit experience first lol

[@youdonegoofed]

Random question: Are you using some sort of filter to soften the game's output image? It looks very pleasingly soft, sort of like a CRT filter but without the scanlines. Edit: Never mind, I found out myself. It's the SmoothSal x2 stretch filter in HoMM3 HD for anyone curious!

[@ТеодорЧаков]

Are you going to upload the campaing ?

[@delyanpanteleev2534]

Can the sandworms go under the castle walls?

[@MagicCrocro]

Yes

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Like Devils and Archys and Oceanids, they are essentially "teleporters".

[@markjedigorian7489]

It looks very, very attractive I can't wait for the weekend to try FACTORY. Thanks Lexiav! Thanks HotA team!

[@blackwidow7804]

Ranged pre-emptive strike is nice but it should work like normal retaliation so only once per turn. Right now its stupid to have infinite pre-emptive strike.

[@Lexiav]

the unupgraded version is exactly like that, only upgraded have it unlimited

[@Fera-gr5mm]

I mean if the lizards tried to shoot instead of getting into melee they could have got at least one kill ;)

[@Winnetou17]

Totally agree. Also, having preemptive strike should exist first for melee, as there it makes much more sense. On ranged, only cowboys should be allowed to have that. And having unlimited retaliations AND preemtive strike really feels like too much. Even though I don't like griffons, I'm starting to feel for them now, they suddenly feel so useless and not unique. Realistically speaking, they should limit it to 2 retaliations like the normal griffons. And leave the royal griffons the only ones with unlimited retaliations.

[@aabrightlove]

@@Winnetou17 notably it's not unlimited retaliations. Just ranged retals

[@Winnetou17]

@@aabrightlove True, it's an important distinction. Get something into melee with them and they're dead in no time.

[@KB_13247]

man i have SO GLAD heroes 3 has made such a resurgence. hopefully more modders join in and help improve this classic. honestly ubisoft dropped the ball so hard screwing this series up.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

It'd be hard for anyone to live up to JVC's direction and imagination back in the NWC days. If you've never played "King's Bounty" or even the original "Might & Magic" games, you should really give them some playthroughs!

[@BagsyBoi]

Great breakdown and great content as always Lexi, thanks for the years of great vids.

[@AkadTheFox]

I love new factory! It really gives me heroes 5 vibes, where most of the units had really unique abilities. I still wish they stayed with the original science fiction concept, i understand why they changed that, but i think now it might be too similiar to tower

[@ssjrefrigerator7773]

yo lexiav can we see your playthrough of the campaign?

[@ivanjusup2848]

you can eat and attack unit when dead body is nerby live unit whit sandworm lvl 2 9:48

[@ivanjusup2848]

andbest hero for me is Tancred

[@chiwy1150]

Wow. This is amazing. Thank you for showcasing.

[@gurjani9544]

Are not halfling grenadiers much better master gremlins?

[@murlocaggrob2192]

Yes, but they have a lower weekly population and are 50% more expensive. Factory is a pretty expensive town even without factoring in the double tier 7s.

[@TheTallRaver]

FANTASTIC NEWS!🎉🎉 This looks like it will blend in well with other towns. I’m not gonna lie, I have been worried that the ‚Factory’ theme would not mix well with the HOMM III world but it seems great! Cannot wait to see the town in action. Esthetics looks great too! Well done Factory team!💪💪

[@ingolf82]

does the automaton explosion also damage your units if it dies close to them? I assume so. so you want them to stay away from your other units... Oh... you can activate or deactivate self destruct, thats good.

[@nikolaraev1411]

The rolling armadillos. Love it!! Can't wait to play

[@petrpicmaus2540]

I have a question.. I would like to have so much information about heroes when you right click on them, while choosing them... How do I do that please? In one update I had that but now I can not find, how to do it...

[@NeedHealer]

Hyyype! Such a good gift from HOTA team to give on the new year!

[@nikrul]

Any new artifacts ? Is there a way to differante the news scenarios from old hota ones or a list of the new scenarios ?

[@lachie__]

Does the Juggernaughts AoE attack count as offense, archery or sorcery for its style? Would it be boosted by fire orb as well potentially with it being a laser? Really looking forward to seeing you play this faction!!

[@Lexiav]

i believe its just like attacking, so only boosted by offense

[@zes7215]

wr

[@boeingnz]

The damage was about the same as their normal atrack.

[@Bjarkenb]

5:15 no way did you just drop a Joegsprave reference! *laughs in German*

[@Lexiav]

yah :D am a fan

[@ArcadianCatharsis]

So engineers are like homm5 gremlins in terms of repairing mechanical units

[@sintezbatesintezbate9586]

Fellas ive installed 1.7.0 and my duel template is gone , how can i play duel now 😢😢😢

[@scarywhite9422]

What if you cast expert forgetfullness on bounty hunters? Would they still use their preemptive shot? I am thinking yes since it is a special ability but would see the logic in not using it as well

[@Tibor0803]

That's a great myth should be examined, because it can be really decisive in some plays.

[@florio131]

Lexiav loves factory he is so excited I love it

[@botsman6477]

16-th century pirates with guns, cannons and now with this expansion we have robots, lasers, flamethrowers. Too much for me but I got so used to the important gameplay improvements in HOTA like hotkeys, autobattle, simultaneous turns, I just cant go back to play Heroes 3 Complete without those.

[@ainsley4204]

Most of those are from the HD mod which can be put on Shadow of Death. only a few features from HotA isn't included in the HD mod, (like showing amounts of units before attacking). So you can for sure play with these features on the original game. HotA does however bring some balancing to the original, Nerfing conflux, Necromancy, diplomacy and buffing tower. I used to play so much original shadow of death but it gets kinda boring that the enemy AI that gets conflux just steamrolls all the other AIs

[@dimitarvasilev5787]

It was about time.

[@berro100]

Is Factory just a simple hota game update or must do additional file uploads?

[@adaelasm6467]

Even with cheats on and the map revealed Lexiav still can’t help but take SCOUTING!!

[@oskariilola2819]

I download the factory and notice that hotkeys doesnt work anymore. How can i fix this?

[@olehovchynnikov5420]

4:18 no, they can‘t repair golems (: As well as anything else than their own automatons and dreadnoughts

[@boeingnz]

Teleport the juggernaughts for surprise laser attack!!

[@omfgacceptmyname]

it's awesome. fits right in. been playing as wynona and henrietta mostly.

[@solidlegendvn]

How can i download the game or where to buy it?

[@RiffandRoll.]

Crimson couatis need a little buff

[@ivans3806]

so much waiting for Lexiav to mis-call the t3 units armadildos :)

[@yuhsuanlee]

gold dragon can now be resurrected with sacrifice

[@stevenfink2086]

Im new to heroes 3 mods, shud i juss start w horn of abyss, plus is legacy of silence a thing yet or is it not high quality lik hota? I love idea of new factions but only if they r high quality such as cove n factory

[@filipwarpechowski6681]

I also seen a problem when the airship can block your town or sth since it 'lands' at the end of the move. I guess it can be a strategical move since it is quite expensive (5k gold and 20 wood i think) so its a gamble in a sense but yea if enemy ends their move at your gate and doesn't disembark it feels kinda unfair? I'm not sure what to think of it. In my understanding it is to prevent ending move on unreachablw terrain like mountains but imo it would be better if you could only end your move on normal terrain (but thata probably too complicated to predict/implement? ) and then spend a extra turn actually landing and disembarking. Like a normal ship - if you end your move on land you dont just sit there and then go swimming again.

[@sergei4456]

nice review, thank you Lexiav! :)

[@Nighmareking]

I thought it would never happen... factory before silksong?

[@JoeZombie-nq7qj]

Even if the town is balanced from a player standpoint: I wonder how much of a menace Factory AI will be on 1v7. Will it be worse than rolling orange confy on SoD?

[@vladimirsmatanik1648]

Can't wait, it looks really good!

[@ОрестКурпіта]

Lexiav please make campaign on your Chanel. Do not play heroes, but love when you doing it

[@Lexiav]

ofcourse!

[@filipwarpechowski6681]

I think the lightning rod should only work on siege?

[@dfyz1407]

Why? There are another global grails

[@andrejakobsson5790]

Where do I get this version of the game?

[@BenDovahkin]

2 tier 7s ? Wtf is this... Looks like something I would have imagined as a child.

[@DevillForce]

Engineers cant actually repair Golems

[@sussyjuice]

why can't i play this faction do i have to download new version of hota ?

[@helkor_z]

Yes you have to

[@MackNJacishopper]

maybe decreasing animation speed during a showcase would be nice

[@alexanderzharkov7653]

when are you going to play duels as factory?

[@gavronmichal4731]

Was playing with Dury, he is OP

[@shemsuhor8763]

YO JUST IN TIME FOR LEXI'S BIRTHDAY LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Leasingr]

Can anybody please help me with the first campain? I always die day 3 to Ash =D and I dont get it what I am supposed to do :(

[@Sunamar]

Looks really amazing. Think I'm gonna change WoG for HotA again just to try this town :D

[@xolr6287]

PDF seems kinda strong with bounty hunters and juggs as their guards

[@KonfluxGames]

Yay, Factory!

[@defenderbwe]

Looks amazing ! Fuck I'm old enough to remember the community going ape-shit crazy cause of pictures of Forge town 🤣

[@brett1908]

This is a really cool faction, lots of innovation with the abilities but still not over tuned and clearly OP compared to any other faction even with 2 T7s.

[@themaniomarian]

I am excited, yet sad that because of some bastards sending death threats we didn't get original factory.

[@Fera-gr5mm]

Heroes tier list when? :)

[@fergus247]

seems like a great expansion. i hope it can compete with necro!

[@truckersforfreedom4535]

Factory is perfectly balanced

[@aabrightlove]

oh god I can't wait for the Spiff video

[@ginfreecz]

wait what? they've finally released it

[@Thalaranthey]

whatafak never thought it'd happen

[@magnem1043]

I like the polished feel of this faction it feels quality compared to pirate one

[@ernestasarlauskas7303]

Ey ey, don't bad talk on my favourite faction, Cove is hella based, the slightly lover quality might be because of them being the first new faction in HoTA.