what can the main characters do?

[Carnosaur]

i know the main characters are more powerful than other humans but do they have special abilities?

[Julian]

If you promote heroes to...

level 2: aura effect to boost surrounding friendly units or weaken surrounding enemy units
level 3: special move
level 4: hero adds new unit or building to a tribe's tech tree
level 5: global chieftain bonus

[Carnosaur]

oh i like having to do good micro management:)

so i would have the hero near my titan :)

[oblivion]

Are their going to be any heroes for the 2 or (3) other tribes? And if so will they be put on the official website under the heroes section soon?

[Julian]

Are their going to be any heroes for the 2 or (3) other tribes?
Heroes aren't tribe-specific. You can use any hero/faction combination in the MP mode. (In the SP mode there, of course, are some story-related restrictions.)

Yes, there are more heroes, and yes, they'll be introduced at some point.

[oblivion]

Heroes aren't tribe-specific. You can use any hero/faction combination in the MP mode. (In the SP mode there, of course, are some story-related restrictions.)

Yes, there are more heroes, and yes, they'll be introduced at some point.

Cool, thats good to know. Im glad ther are more heroes in the game than just the main 3.

[Carnosaur]

so i guess the mayer makes your city better and the warroir types make things stronger or something?

[Julian]

Yeah, well, the mayor strengthens your defense.

[Webmaster]

ParaWorld's featurelist tells about the amount:
# Comprehensive solo campaigns with 3 completely different tribes and 7 playable heroes
# 3 different LAN and Internet multi-player modes for up to 8 players with 9 playable heroes

[Carnosaur]

whoa thats cool! and they each give you something different?

[Julian]

Yes, that's kind of the point.

[Carnosaur]

thats sounds brilliant. just gotta wait now

[Samurai Squirrel]

will we get a list of the different abilities on the website? right now, there´s only a bio...

[Julian]

Of course. :)

[Carnosaur]

will they show the tribes the technolongy (if any) they brought with them(the 3 non tribe heros).

[Julian]

Rest assured that we've got some nice features prepared. ;)

[Carnosaur]

good to here:)

[Shadowstorm]

I thought i would add a bit more info from the SEK forums about the heroes and what effects they have.

Heroes are stronger than other infantry units on the same level. Of course, they also cost a lot more. Upon reaching level 2 each hero gets an aura effect to boost/weaken surrounding friendly/enemy untis. The effect is unique for each hero. From level 3 on the player can use special move each hero has. Again, this differs from hero to hero. Promoting them to level 4 makes things a lot more interesting as a hero will add a new unit or building to a tribe's techtree. This special differs from tribe to tribe and hero to hero! That said, if you're playing with the Dustriders, the unit you'll get upon getting lets say Cole to L4 will not be the same unit/building you get when you're using the same hero but a different tribe. Which is a nice element of surprise element since your opponent knows what tribe you're playing with, but he doesn't know what heroes you got around or if you have any heroes at all - until he meets him or the special units on the battlefield. Upon reaching the highest level, a chieftain effect will provide a global bonus for the whole tribe, e.g. druids healing faster, infantry being cheaper and whatnot. These units can be used to boost the given strengths of a tribe, but they can also partially compensating for weaknesses.

I like that the hero's have different specials at level 4 dependant on a tribe so even if 2 players pick the same hero or same tribe they could have an entirely different special dependant on the other factor.

EDIT: So i didnt sound like a pratt

[Carnosaur]

yes that is brilliant for strats

[T-Rex Tom]

Yeah, well, the mayor strengthens your defense.
who is the mayor