Starting Bonuses in Campaigns

[zenseii]

Opening this discussion as a general one regarding the starting bonuses for campaigns, both as a way to share info and to share opinions on changes. @pflugs30 mentioned that it might be better to change the use from enums to classes for them.

Anyways, here's a list of all starting bonuses that are artifacts:

All Unique Campaign Starting Bonus Artifacts A-Z for Heroes 2 TSW and PoL (click to drop down)

Ballista
Black Pearl
Breastplate
Caster's Bracelet
Defender Helm
Dragon Sword
Fizbin Medal
Foremost Scroll
Gauntlets
Hideous Mask
Mage's Ring
Major Scroll
Medal of Honor
Medal of Valor
Minor Scroll
Nomad Boots
Power Axe
Spiked Shield
Stealth Shield
Tax Lien
Thunder Mace
Traveler's Boots
White Pearl

Complete Tables of Starting Bonuses of all Campaigns ("unreadable" on phones):

NB.: There are always 3 bonuses per scenario. All bonuses are reported as they appear in-game.

Roland (Good)		Archibald (Evil)		The Price of Loyalty
Scenario #	Starting Bonus	Scenario #	Starting Bonus	Scenario #	Starting Bonus
Scenario 1	2000 Gold	Scenario 1	2000 Gold	Scenario 1	Medal of Valor
	Thunder Mace		Mage's Ring		Stealth Shield
	Gauntlets		Minor Scroll		Minor Scroll
Scenarios 2-5 & 8	Wizard	Scenarios 2, 4-7 & 9	Necromancer	Scenario 2	White Pearl
	Sorceress		Warlock		Ballista
	Knight		Barbarian		2000 Gold
Scenario 6	Mirror Image	Scenario 3	2000 Gold	Scenario 3	Mage's Ring
	Summon Earth		Mass Curse		Major Scroll
	Resurrect		Defender Helm		Adv. Logistics
Scenario 7	Black Pearl	Scenario 8	Basic Logistics	Scenario 4	Medal of Honor
	Dragon Sword		Power Axe		Caster's Bracelet
	Breastplate		White Pearl		Defender Helm
Scenario 9	20 Crystal	Scenario 10	Black Pearl	Scenario 5	2000 Gold
	20 Gems		Dragon Sword		Power Axe
	20 Mercury		Breast Plate		Defense Skill +2
Scenario 10	Tax Lien	Scenario 11	Tax Lien	Scenario 6	2000 Gold
	Hideous Mask		Hideous Mask		3 Crusaders
	Fizbin Medal		Fizbin Medal		Traveler's Boots
				Scenario 7	10 Sulfur
					Power Axe
					Animate Dead
				Scenario 8	View Heroes
					5 Magi
					Advanced Estates

Voyage Home		Wizard's Isle		Descendants
Scenario #	Starting Bonus	Scenario #	Starting Bonus	Scenario #	Starting Bonus
Scenario 1	Nomad Boots	Scenario 1	2000 Gold	Scenario 1	1000 Gold
	500 Gold		Power Axe		50 Wood
	Basic Scouting		Stealth Shield		10 Crystal
Scenario 2	Basic Pathfinding	Scenario 2	Mage's Ring	Scenario 2	Attack Skill +1
	Basic Navigation		Foremost Scroll		Defense Skill +1
	15 Sulfur		Fireblast		1000 Gold
Scenario 3	Basic Archery	Scenario 3	Mass Haste	Scenario 3	Basic Logistics
	3000 Gold		Summon Earth		Steelskin
	Attack Skill +1		Chain Lightning		Mage's Ring
Scenario 4	Bas. Necromancy	Scenario 4	5 Wood	Scenario 4	Basic Logistics
	Basic Logistics		5 Ore		Basic Scouting
	2000 Gold		1000 Gold		Power Axe
				Scenario 5	Basic Luck
					Basic Leadership
					Spiked Shield
				Scenario 6	-1000 Gold
					-10 Wood
					-2 Mercury
				Scenario 7	1000 Gold
					Basic Scouting
					20 Wood
				Scenario 8	Basic Leadership
					Basic Archery
					Spell Power +1

[pflugs30]

@pflugs30 mentioned that it might be better to change the use from enums to classes for them.

Please see the discussion at #4517 for a related conversation.

[pflugs30]

See also #4421

[zenseii]

@pflugs30 I finished adding the complete table of starting bonuses in the first post. Sadly no colors exist on github so the readability isn't optimal.

One thing I noticed is that OG has the short forms: Bas. Necromacy in scenario 4 of Voyage Home, and Adv. Logistics in scenario 3 of The Price of Loyalty. Not sure how these appear in fheroes2.

Edit: Right now secondary skill bonuses don't have their own context, so they appear in their full length name, and therefore are too long. The issue of contexts still remains in other words.