Second Human Book of Arkain (Patch 1.29.2 or newer!)

Shar Dundred · May 8, 2018

That is indeed true

Daffa · May 8, 2018

Good that there's finally some actual answer to "Who is Lord Brian the Fallen?"

LickMyEyeBall · May 8, 2018

Am I missing something? What happened to Lerrig after 11A?

REDON PELLUMBI · May 8, 2018

Kam the same thing happened to me as gendac what should I do

REDON PELLUMBI · May 8, 2018

gendac said:

i have this problem also
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The some problem hapened to me to what should I do? Kam can you help?

Daffa · May 8, 2018

LickMyEyeBall said:

Am I missing something? What happened to Lerrig after 11A?

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Gardon killed him. You can also kill him in chapter one by having all Golden Guard killed.

subzz · May 9, 2018

REDON PELLUMBI said:

The some problem hapened to me to what should I do? Kam can you help?
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Same here

Shar Dundred · May 9, 2018

If you own a legal version of the game, go to the battle.net website and register your game with the CD key.
Then download the installation exe file and reinstall the game.

Shydosin · May 9, 2018

i downloaded patch 1.29 but it still crashes what i should do??

Bossmaster · May 9, 2018

Very good. But when will be orc second book?

Shar Dundred · May 9, 2018

I have yet to finish the concept, let alone start mapping.

renegade · May 9, 2018

Shar Dundred said:

You guys had to wait quite a while, so here are some news about the long-long-long-awaited Chapter Seven:
You all had to wait a very long time. Progress was slow, I know, I am not proud or happy about it.
As I already mentioned earlier, the map that had been prepared for this particular chapter was lost a long
time ago.
After having (again) spent some time creating this map again, I figured it would take quite a while for
the map to be finished - time that you would have to wait for the maps' release.
I had the feeling that you already waited WAY too long for getting the chance to kill Elves again.
Therefore, I came up with a (temporary) solution. I wasn't too fond of the idea myself, but it
is the only way I see to reduce the waiting time.

I am going to use the map from Chapter Five of the First Human Book for Chapter Seven of the
Second Human Book. Now, this is temporary. The map will get replaced before the full release
of the Second Human Book with the map I wanted this chapter to have.

I want to let you know that I am not doing this out of laziness, since I am going to replace this map
at a later point with the original (In fact, this is MORE work for me since I have to edit the old map
to fit the new purpose AND create the new map as well), I am doing this for you, the people who
play & enjoy this campaign (also for those who don't enjoy it. ) because you remained faithful
despite all the setbacks that had happened lately.
I hope you understand and maybe even appreciate this at least a bit. You might be disappointed to
see an old map again - and I fully understand that - but it is only temporary to get the story going,
which still is one of the most important aspects - or even THE most important aspect - of the Arkain
series.

I cannot announce an official release date as of yet, but I can tell you that it will be WAAAAYYY sooner
than it would have been with the completely new map - which you will get, yes, just a bit later.
I will spend much more time on the Arkain series than I did in the past few months, since I am tired of the
slow progress.

Stay tuned!
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Shar do you still have any plans to implement new terrain or just be contented with the old one; i'm not really complaining, but seeing the same map from the FHB is kinda tedious

Shar Dundred · May 9, 2018

I have decided not to change the map for several reasons.
Maybe I will update and replace this in the future, maybe not.

LISBOAH · May 10, 2018

Alright here is my review till Chapter 3
I will be giving my reviews from time to time

My Choices

Blen killed the Black Dragon
Blen rescued Aedale
Blen didn’t attack the unknown base
Aedale absorbed both the shard and artifact
Zarin destroyed Darkmind base
Salana chose to aid Gardon
Salana spared her apprentice
Blen killed Progaderas
Blen chose Gardon over Genethas

Overall

-Why is Gardon’s title ‘Butcher’? Merlon’s is ‘Admiral’.
-Zed almost sounds like Chewbacca from Star Wars. He makes some sounds and Gardon acts like he talked.

First Chapter

-No errors or bugs
-I completed both optional quests
-I liked seeing Lerrig’s body being eaten by Zed

Second Chapter

-No errors or bugs
-I killed the Pit Lord
-‘Leadership Boni’?
-Why are we Team 2 while the Demons are Team 1?
-I am uncomfortable with the Dreamhunter Legion having the red color. To me red demons belong to the Bloodrinker Legion
-A Pit Lord being in charge of strategy? That sounds ironic, considering that they seem like the Dumb Muscle type
-What exactly are the function for Shrines? Are they like Farms?
-Why are there two legions on the north if the demon gate belongs to the Dreamhunter Legion?

Championfighter25 · May 10, 2018

LISBOAH said:

Second Chapter

-No errors or bugs
-I killed the Pit Lord
-‘Leadership Boni’?
-Why are we Team 2 while the Demons are Team 1?
-I am uncomfortable with the Dreamhunter Legion having the red color. To me red demons belong to the Bloodrinker Legion
-A Pit Lord being in charge of strategy? That sounds ironic, considering that they seem like the Dumb Muscle type
-What exactly are the function for Shrines? Are they like Farms?
-Why are there two legions on the north if the demon gate belongs to the Dreamhunter Legion?

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5) Well, it's actually a darker shade of red called Maroon. I think it fits them though.
6) In the demon hierarchy Pit lords are roughly the 3rd highest rank. Below a regular drealord, but above a demonlord, so if you take that into consideration it doesn't sound so stupid.
7) I think shrines are used to revive the demons' heroes if i'm not mistaken.

LISBOAH · May 10, 2018

Championfighter25 said:

6) In the demon hierarchy Pit lords are roughly the 3rd highest rank. Below a regular drealord, but above a demonlord, so if you take that into consideration it doesn't sound so stupid.
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I usually think this way
Dreadlords: commanders, generals and spies
Succubus: assassins and those that tend to corrupt mortals using seduction
Infernals: constructs for battle
Doomguard: bodyguards and generals
Felhounds and those dragons: attack animals
Felguard: foot soldiers and bodyguards
Wrathguard: mook commanders
Eredar Diabolists: commanders but tend to stay behind the troops since they are spellcasters
Pit Lords: generals but more of the type that focus more on overwhelming foes with force rather than using strategy.

Shar Dundred · May 10, 2018

To be fair, that particular pit lord wasn't doing much other than trying to drown you with units.

LISBOAH · May 10, 2018

My reviews of Cinematic, Chapter Three and Chapter Four

Cinematic

-'An entire three legions'? Is that spelled correct?
-van Durce contradicts himself. He says that the cannon will help them defeat the demons, but later says that they are just using it to delay the demons

Chapter Three

-I completed the optional quest
-Where did Thanok came from? He just appeared as Gardon’s lieutenant out of nowhere, without appearing in any previous mission or cinematic
-Having Pyrrean Rebels appear occasionaly at the start of the pass is both annoying, since they appear from behind me even after I cleared the path, and illogical
-What is the purpose of the Arks? They are just standing there.
-Unholy Aura affects our catapults. Is that on purpose? Because if so, then upgrading the War Golems with self-regeneration is pointless.
-The Defenders of Essix are useless as allies. Most of their forces are trying to attack the Pass Guard, but are stuck because there are some crates blocking the path
-Does Zed have to say Snarl on every mission?

Chapter Four

-Wait. If Retka is secretly obeying van Durce, then why did he sent Golden Guard to protect the city?
-Shadow Stalkers can be affected by Disease Cloud? They are shadow creatures, how can they get sick?
-Why does our allies have Marskmen while we have Crossbowmen? And why do they have Darksteel Golems and we don’t?
-After the cinematic with Rahandir, the camera is still fixed on the area where Gardon is, rather than returning to our forces.

LickMyEyeBall · May 11, 2018

LISBOAH said:

My reviews of Cinematic, Chapter Three and Chapter Four

Cinematic

-'An entire three legions'? Is that spelled correct?
-van Durce contradicts himself. He says that the cannon will help them defeat the demons, but later says that they are just using it to delay the demons

Chapter Three

-I completed the optional quest
-Where did Thanok came from? He just appeared as Gardon’s lieutenant out of nowhere, without appearing in any previous mission or cinematic
-Having Pyrrean Rebels appear occasionaly at the start of the pass is both annoying, since they appear from behind me even after I cleared the path, and illogical
-What is the purpose of the Arks? They are just standing there.
-Unholy Aura affects our catapults. Is that on purpose? Because if so, then upgrading the War Golems with self-regeneration is pointless.
-The Defenders of Essix are useless as allies. Most of their forces are trying to attack the Pass Guard, but are stuck because there are some crates blocking the path
-Does Zed have to say Snarl on every mission?

Chapter Four

-Wait. If Retka is secretly obeying van Durce, then why did he sent Golden Guard to protect the city?
-Shadow Stalkers can be affected by Disease Cloud? They are shadow creatures, how can they get sick?
-Why does our allies have Marskmen while we have Crossbowmen? And why do they have Darksteel Golems and we don’t?
-After the cinematic with Rahandir, the camera is still fixed on the area where Gardon is, rather than returning to our forces.

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Unholy aura affecting mechanichal units is a vanilla game thingy, but its not THAT significant to ignore the regen upgrade.

Championfighter25 · May 11, 2018

LISBOAH said:

Chapter Three

-I completed the optional quest
-Where did Thanok came from? He just appeared as Gardon’s lieutenant out of nowhere, without appearing in any previous mission or cinematic
-Having Pyrrean Rebels appear occasionaly at the start of the pass is both annoying, since they appear from behind me even after I cleared the path, and illogical
-What is the purpose of the Arks? They are just standing there.
-Unholy Aura affects our catapults. Is that on purpose? Because if so, then upgrading the War Golems with self-regeneration is pointless.
-The Defenders of Essix are useless as allies. Most of their forces are trying to attack the Pass Guard, but are stuck because there are some crates blocking the path
-Does Zed have to say Snarl on every mission?

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2) The answer to this question is sort of complicated. When Gardon went to the Derryn outpost to contact the black dragons of Zyainor, they accepted his alliance proposal, crafted him the armour he currently wears and sent one of their own kind (aka Thanok ) to help on his missions. So this is technically them honoring their alliance. All of this is revealed in the interlude 'Revelation'.
Normally i woudn't be answering such a spoiler heavy question, but since you've already been to that part of the campaign, i'm just refreshing your memory a bit.
3&4) The arks are like waygates when used by the enemy. That may explain why you are backstabbed.
7) It's his way of speaking. He can't just say 'Gardon gimme the bones man'.

Second Human Book of Arkain (Patch 1.29.2 or newer!)

Legends of Arkain Second Human Book (Campaign)

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Gardon Bloodclaw

Cora Redfist

Lord Brian the Fallen

Thanok

Duke Volarian Redfist the Tyrant

Merlon Seabright

Lord Marin

King Dorten

High Lord Inquisitor Renald van Durce

Larine the Exiled

Lord Korras Retka

Scarlett Retka

Councillor Birram

Queen Renova

Vail

Lord Harmos the Guardian of the Flame

Sir Praxeus "The Holy Bastion" Braelon

Prince Toraes

Claire Greendale

Zarin Hammerfall

Horgar Whitebeard

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