Anyone figure out yet how damage is computed?
Heroes 5 used:
Creature Dmg * Stack Size * (1 + (.05 * (Attacker's Attack – Target's Defense)))
Is it still the same for 6?
The Might and Magic: Heroes 6 Damage Computation
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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.
It depends.
Generally speaking, a larger army is better than a few levels on a hero, so that would indicate that it is better to take the gold. However, as your hero gains levels, it takes more and more experience to gain a level, which makes the experience in the treasure chests worth relatively less, which indicates that you should take the experience to maximize its effectiveness.
Therefore, I usually choose gold on a small / medium map (when I know I will encounter enemy heroes in a short timeframe) and experience on larger maps (when I know I will have time to explore and build out my main town prior to encountering the enemy).
In the late game, you usually have more than enough gold and a high level hero, which is when I start leaving the treasure chests so that secondary heroes can get a few easy levels.
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There is a fan created Heroes VI manual that contains all the gritty details of the damage calculation. This is not an official manual, so no guarantee it is correct.
Essentially there are two calculations:
Creature Damage and Stack Size are what you think they are. The Attack Modifier is a separate calculation based upon the hero's Might or Magic Attack value, depending upon the type of damage the creature inflicts. The Raw Damage is calculated as a range, due to the Creature Damage not being a fixed number.
The second calculation brings in the defense of the stack being attacked:
The Misc Modifiers are bonuses given by spells, skills or artifacts (i.e. friendly creatures' ranged attacks deal 8% more damage). Resistance % is calculated in a similar manner to the Attack Modifier using the defending stack's and hero's Might Defense or Magic Defense.
Final Damage is also a range (as Raw Damage was) and the calculation then picks a random integer out of that range for the actual damage caused by the attack.
As to your comment question regarding +3 Might Defense, that does mean +3 to the the Might Defense value, which is turned into a percentage during the Resistance % calculation.