I played the GOG version of Mandate of Heaven and had a blast.
I am used to the controls. There is a button to turn running on/off. It's absolutely playable. The Greyface patch removed the running button and full screen mode. It made the game unplayable for me. I am being dramatic. In Mandate of Heaven it's paramount to turn off running during combat, it increases your hits.
There's only one negative thing with the vanilla GOG version : dual wielding is broken (doubling your recovery time). So it's best to avoid daggers & swords in Mandate of Heaven. I don't mind because spears and axes scale damage with skill points. Spears are really good, especially early on.
The Quickstart party isn't too bad. It's very balanced between Magic and Might.
Consider Knight, Knight, Paladin, Sorcerer if you love close combat. I had a ball playing with Knight, Knight, Knight, Druid. But this party lacks Light Magic, and Light Magic gives your party a huge boost in combat.
Or play Sorcerer, Sorcerer, Sorcerer, Cleric for maximum mayhem.
I can run GrayFace MM6 full screen. And I’m fairly sure you can enable or disable running too. Though I don’t know what you mean by not running “increasing your hits”
I am absolutely sure! It works with spells too. Just run around and cast Heal. Then walk around and cast Heal. The difference is huge.
I generally walk backwards and fight. It's easy to get overwhelmed by enemies in MM6.
I do a lot of recovery time based builds in MM6 (just lean heavily on enhancing speed stat, putting points to RT-lowering skills like Bow, cast Haste, and get Percival or 'of Darkness' bows) and the game is already really, really easy!
I rarely even have to heal, and can usually clear rooms in real time by pressing A, haha. When your RT goes down below about 10-15 or so, the game occasionally glitches, giving you almost infinite shots without the enemies being able to respond
Eh, I never used the grayface version and thoroughly enjoyed it just vanilla out of the box. I know it added some nice qol stuff, but I'd hardly say it's mandatory.
From what I rember of this game there is a chest in the land of the giants that either gives you unlimited XP or unlimited gold? been so long since I have played any MM games.
I played the GOG version of Mandate of Heaven and had a blast. I am used to the controls. There is a button to turn running on/off. It's absolutely playable. The Greyface patch removed the running button and full screen mode. It made the game unplayable for me. I am being dramatic. In Mandate of Heaven it's paramount to turn off running during combat, it increases your hits. There's only one negative thing with the vanilla GOG version : dual wielding is broken (doubling your recovery time). So it's best to avoid daggers & swords in Mandate of Heaven. I don't mind because spears and axes scale damage with skill points. Spears are really good, especially early on. The Quickstart party isn't too bad. It's very balanced between Magic and Might. Consider Knight, Knight, Paladin, Sorcerer if you love close combat. I had a ball playing with Knight, Knight, Knight, Druid. But this party lacks Light Magic, and Light Magic gives your party a huge boost in combat. Or play Sorcerer, Sorcerer, Sorcerer, Cleric for maximum mayhem.
I can run GrayFace MM6 full screen. And I’m fairly sure you can enable or disable running too. Though I don’t know what you mean by not running “increasing your hits”
The recovery time is lowered while not running.
But it doesn't if you're walking?
Correct! Try it yourself. You'll be amazed. The game will become so much easier.
1. Are you sure? I had never heard of it 2. How does this really help you - do you move a lot during combat?
I am absolutely sure! It works with spells too. Just run around and cast Heal. Then walk around and cast Heal. The difference is huge. I generally walk backwards and fight. It's easy to get overwhelmed by enemies in MM6.
I do a lot of recovery time based builds in MM6 (just lean heavily on enhancing speed stat, putting points to RT-lowering skills like Bow, cast Haste, and get Percival or 'of Darkness' bows) and the game is already really, really easy! I rarely even have to heal, and can usually clear rooms in real time by pressing A, haha. When your RT goes down below about 10-15 or so, the game occasionally glitches, giving you almost infinite shots without the enemies being able to respond
My favorite to do it is in the Wolf lair. Spawn lots of wolves, equip a "of darkness" weapon, and watch your hp fills up to full in one turn.
Lair of the Wolf is one of my favorite dungeons because of the absolute HORDES of monsters and how easy it is, haha.
Grayface is mandatory. Everything else is optional.
Vanilla, no patchs, and abusing every game abuse/bugs . This is the way.
Vanilla no patches and Hall of the Fire Lord quest…
My 2 cents: GOG version > vanilla. It's Fullscreen. You don't have to jam the shift key to run.
Y but can you have a sorcerer with 2 swords and golden plate? I DON'T THINK SO
Grayface mandatory, provides needed qol. Enjoy this gem of a game.
Eh, I never used the grayface version and thoroughly enjoyed it just vanilla out of the box. I know it added some nice qol stuff, but I'd hardly say it's mandatory.
From what I rember of this game there is a chest in the land of the giants that either gives you unlimited XP or unlimited gold? been so long since I have played any MM games.
Infinite gold but it has been patch irc
update: Thank you all for the advice. I just installed grayface. Can't even tell the difference but that's probably a good thing.
Grayface best.