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In M&M Heroes 6, there seems to be a type of alignement, one side is called blood, and the other is called tears.
Am I correct in assuming this is an either/or choice and that you can only be on one side?
The spells you take also seems to be affected by this, and my main hereos passive abilities.
There are preset heroes, but only if you play Heroes VI offline. When you aren't connected to the Conflux, you can choose from a list that contains a single Might and a single Magic hero from each faction.
When you are connected to the Conflux, you are restricted to your dynasty heroes and the factions they represent. However, as you finish the campaigns, you gain the heroes from those campaigns. I'm guessing (hoping?) that once you have finished all the campaigns you will have a might and a magic hero from every faction in your dynasty.
If I'm wrong, or if you want to play online skirmish or multi-player games right now (and be able to choose the faction you start with), you have to create your own hero for each faction.
A Dynasty tracks your progress throughout the game, both single and multi-player, and allows you to gain some benefits from earlier achievements. It is made up of a bunch of pieces that are all inter-related.
Heroes - Dynasty heroes include your main heroes from the campaign missions, as well heroes you have created for multi-player. Dynasty heroes are able to benefit from other pieces of your dynasty (traits and weapons) and also help build up your dynasty by earning experience and building up your Dynasty weapons.
Weapons - A few items in the game are considered "Dynasty Weapons". These items are available to all your dynasty heroes, and also gain experience whenever the hero wielding them does. They can level-up, giving them additional powers.
Traits - Dynasty traits are some passive bonuses that you can earn. At the beginning of each game, you can select the dynasty trait that you want your dynasty hero to get for that game. You can unlock additional traits by earning achievements, and you can unlock additional slots for traits (allowing you to select multiple ones per game) at the Altar of wishes.
Altar of Wishes - Earning achievements for your dynasty earns you dynasty points. You can spend these at the altar of wishes to unlock new options. Some are cosmetic, like new portraits for your heroes, while others have gameplay impact, like new dynasty weapons or additional dynasty trait slots.
Dynasty Rank - All experience earned by all your dynasty heroes contributes towards your dynasty rank. Increasing your dynasty rank opens up new things to purchase at the Altar of Wishes.
Best Answer
It is an either/or choice, as reputation controls the class of your hero. Once you have enough Blood points or Tears points, your hero changes class and gains a new ability. You then get the chance to fill the points bar a second time (but only with the same type of points), which gives you an advanced ability for your class.
As in previous Heroes games, each faction has a might based hero and a magic based hero. In Heroes VI, each faction also has a might or magic based Blood hero and a might or magic based Tears hero, for a total of six classes per faction.
Shamelessly stolen from the Heroes VI website, the following table lists all the hero classes available:
Haven
Inferno
Necropolis
Stronghold
Sanctuary