Editing Greg Fulton/Fanstratics Newsletters/7 (section)

== Feature: Troop Rally Ability ==
For those of you who haven’t already figured it out, this feature is clearly inspired by Street Fighter, and was actually an old idea I had back in 1997, when I was working on HoMM3.  I didn’t push for it in HoMM3 for a couple of reasons.  First, I was already asking for a lot of new features, and the programmers had their hands full.  Second, I thought it was foisting upon the fanbase, too much complication too quickly.

Now, as to the feature... on the Battlefield, in the course of basic attack and defense, a Troop Division will accumulate ‘Energy’.  When a Troop Division acquires 100% Energy, it earns the option to activate a Rally Ability (aka. a Super or an Ultimate).  Each Rally Ability is relatively unique to each Troop Type, and largely amplifies a Troop’s unique attributes for one action.  Conceptually, the purpose of the Rally Ability is to add an extra layer of strategy to Battlefield Combat.  Specifically, ‘focusing down’ a Troop Division may not be the best or most obvious tactic.