Initiative and Training Grounds/Expert Counterstrike

[Lurpsukka]

Can someone explain Initiative skill in detail to me? I thought Moral affected how often a creature can move/attack in battle.

Also how does Training Grounds/Expert Counterstrike work? It allows me to upgrade troops but at certain cap. Somehow I was able to upgrade unlimited amount of troops in mission 3 though?

Other than that, great game. Loving it :)

[Futurista]

um, depending on the level creature upgrade for heaven is 7 of them per week to 20 of them per week. if you have a stack bigger then 7 if u have seven avaliable u have to split the stack with shift i think or is it control? well after you do that u can upgrade lets say 7 archers to 7 infintrymen and so on. only works upto the paladin. angels are not human.

i havent figured out counterstrke yet.

[|RD| Bullet Sponge]

Counterstrike increases the amount of damage your army does on retaliation strikes (when they hit someone who just hit them) and increases the number troops you can upgrade. I think you misunderstood the upgrade process. Every faction can upgrade within a troops tier (Archer -> Marksman) but the Haven faction can use the training grounds to upgrade to the next tier (Marksman -> Footman). Upgrading to the next tier is the one that has limited uses per week and is affected by the Counterstrike skill.

Initiative is what determines how often a unit gets a turn. High morale gives a bonus to initiative which recalcs when the unit gets to go when High morale triggers. Haste and Benediction also give bonus to initiative which shortens the time between the units turns. Low morale can cause a unit to lose a turn and have to wait for it's next turn. If you are fighting a high initiative unit then you want to slow them so they don't go as often. If you are fighting a low initiative unit you want to cause low morale or confusion so they might lose what few turns they get.

http://www.celestialheavens.com/ is a great site for HoMM information.