Planar Gate, how to build the units?

[--Fride--]

Hi,
Quick question, i just build a Planar Gate in one of my towns and i can't find out how to build the "High elf Succubus" or the stalker that this building is suppose to unlock?

I read the tooltip and it did say class specific units, so i thought maybe i need to be another class to build them, i'm high elfs in the tutorial campain tbh, but a "high elf succubs" is a high elf unit oviously.
But neither of the units this building unlocks are available in my produce units panel...

Any help? thanks.

Edit: also, how do i get another Hero unit to lead another army for me? do i purchase them from somewhere with gold, or do they get built at cities with a particular upgrade? is there like a tavern i can come accross that allows you to buy a new hero or two?

[MrNo]

If you haven't had a hero show up yet, you're probably in the campaign. All heroes are scripted. Normally, they just show up and offer to join for a certain amount of gold. You'll get an alert on the right side notification tracker.

As for building the succubus and stalker, have you researched them? Class unit unlocks are linear researches; for rogue, it's Grimbeak Crows -> Scoundrel -> Bard -> Assassin -> Succubus -> Shadow Stalker. Should be on the left middle of the research window.

[--Fride--]

Originally posted by MrNo:

If you haven't had a hero show up yet, you're probably in the campaign. All heroes are scripted. Normally, they just show up and offer to join for a certain amount of gold. You'll get an alert on the right side notification tracker.

As for building the succubus and stalker, have you researched them? Class unit unlocks are linear researches; for rogue, it's Grimbeak Crows -> Scoundrel -> Bard -> Assassin -> Succubus -> Shadow Stalker. Should be on the left middle of the research window.

Uh huh! Yes, i've got the "Produce Scoundrel" research item in the research book, which says leads to Produce Bard. Didn't realise you had to research them afterwards.
Thank you, good sir.

And yeah, i've got one hero that showed up, was hoping it would be like other games where you might build a tavern or come accross a tavern that has a rotating roster of heros you can purchase, but regardless, thats fine.

Thanks again. and for the quick reply. Game is awesome, like Civ crossed with HoMM. Only only on the tutorial campaign, but whatever.

[slxpress]

On a custom map they show up randomly.

In the campaign, there are specific heroes that show up for each campaign level. There are some interesting story dynamics with several of them.

You can buy troops at inns, and the inns will sometimes randomly have different units show up, but none of them will be heroes.

Personally, I like the campaigns. If nothing else, they'll give you a good feel for various units, and leader types available. But custom maps are fun, too.

[Stormwind]

Be warned that campaigns are much harder than random maps of similar difficulty level. I would say get some experience in random maps first before trying to finish off a campaign.