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radox
Known Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 07:40 AM |
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I've been away for some time but now see that my thread has gotten off to a good start (I mean 10,000 views - WOW!), so I would like someone to post here a complete list of the creatures that have been announced so far so I can seen them all in a glance. Thanks.
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Danny
Famous Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 10:12 AM |
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Breathtaking!
The Putrid Lamasu
The Lamasu were a failed experiment by the wizards to create a superior breed of beastmen, by the unnatural fusion of a human being (usually a slave or criminal) and a magical creature (in this particular case, a Manticore).
The resulting creature was too unstable and was litteraly short-lived, but they still proved useful to the Necromancers. The Necromancers rose their dead bodies and infected them with pestilence. The Lamasu function as plague vector, coupled with the creature’s physical might, and its mobility make them perfect front-line troops in the Undead armies.
The Festering Lamasu is the upgraded Putrid Lamasu.
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted November 12, 2010 10:27 AM |
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This is the second best artwork after the Succubus! Really good job here. But the name is again bad. Not Lamasu (it should be Lamassu, but that's not important), but the adjectives before it.
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Maken
Known Hero
Hail Hydra!
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posted November 12, 2010 10:46 AM |
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now that's an awesome flyer. Flying undeads (dragons not counting) indeed look innovative and 'fresh'.
Its Lamasu, as someone said quite some time ago contrary to my thoughts of sphinx. And they did reduced the name, no double m's or s's so no misspelling, I believe
Poison, flyer, physical might. I wonder how this balances with the griffin, for example, as I guess it is supposed to be flyer, physically mighty and fast. Maybe this one is not as fast?
I think both normal and upgrade look cool, and the white/grayish makes the upgrade more elite, frightening and 'You can't escape from me' looking.
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phinex
Adventuring Hero
for sylvan
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posted November 12, 2010 10:46 AM |
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Not sphinx
but it is really cool
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ebonite
Adventuring Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 10:52 AM |
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Edited by ebonite at 10:53, 12 Nov 2010.
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Quote: I think both normal and upgrade look cool, and the white/grayish makes the upgrade more elite, frightening and 'You can't escape from me' looking.
I agree that they both look good, but this is only if you view them seperatley. IMHO the upgraded unit should have a few more differences (this goes for most creatutres revealed so far) adding differnt shading and one or two new features doesn't change much. When looking from the adventure map i want to be able to distinguish between the non-upgrade and the upgrade straight away.
But the creature sounds awesome and makes a really nice change.
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MrDragon
Supreme Hero
Eats people with Ketchup
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posted November 12, 2010 11:46 AM |
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Edited by MrDragon at 11:50, 12 Nov 2010.
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Excellent creature but the upgraded version is to similar to the normal one.
Also, 2 out of 3.
I said it would be within the next 24 hours and I was right.
I said it would be a necro creature, and I was right.
I said it would be the Champion, I was wrong
Ok next guess:
It will be Inferno.
It will be the third Core unit!
Edit: Seems my post was removed, can't find it, did I violate some kind of rule in that post?
I don't think guessing when, and what kind of creature comes next is against the rules right?
Edit2: And I'll stop guessing the dates, those seem to be set, not much sport in that.
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Dexter
Known Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 11:49 AM |
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Actually they post the updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, unless it's a national holiday and the update gets postponed until the next day.
So I expect that we'll see the next new creature on Monday.
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Danny
Famous Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 11:49 AM |
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Actually it's going to be Monday, they never seem to post anything on weekends (Seraph was Friday but then Succubus was Monday again).
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Maken
Known Hero
Hail Hydra!
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posted November 12, 2010 12:22 PM |
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Monday is 15, right? So what's the big deal of 15 besides a creature?
Or it won't be in 15?
I like creatures concept art, but could be something different, like hero classes, town info, skill system, something tangible, for god sake.
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Minion
Legendary Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 12:50 PM |
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Not a big fan of the consept art, however their function in game as a fast poisoning flyer (that is durable) seems refreshing and interesting for Necropolis!
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted November 12, 2010 01:16 PM |
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I think they look amazing. I wasn't keen on the idea, but I think it looks great!
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What will happen now?
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Danny
Famous Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 01:36 PM |
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Quote: I like creatures concept art, but could be something different, like hero classes, town info, skill system, something tangible, for god sake.
Creatures and factions are the most tangible, the rest is more about gameplay that won't matter much for a lot of people before they can actually play it.
BTW, since Lamassu is an undead beastman, Necropolis does not stray away from its formula after all.
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Bludgeon
Known Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 01:56 PM |
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What formula is that?
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Danny
Famous Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 05:44 PM |
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That every unit has to be undead. Though the champion might just pass as a magical creature.
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vitorsly
Known Hero
Joker!
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posted November 12, 2010 08:04 PM |
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Okay, not bad and I thik it can substitute the bone dragon (One less dragon in the game
The Sun Rider was to shiny for a non-upgraded elite but the sun crusader is Great!
In 15 November I think they will show the new faction because its in the beggining of a week and in the midlle of the month!
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radox
Known Hero
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posted November 12, 2010 08:32 PM |
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Quote: I've been away for some time but now see that my thread has gotten off to a good start (I mean 10,000 views - WOW!), so I would like someone to post here a complete list of the creatures that have been announced so far so I can seen them all in a glance. Thanks.
Anyone?
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MrDragon
Supreme Hero
Eats people with Ketchup
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posted November 12, 2010 08:57 PM |
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Quote:
Anyone?
There is a complete list of creatures on Might and Magic facebook, there is a complete list in the art gallery and a few other places, it not that people wouldn't want to, it's just that there isn't much of a need to.
No disrespect, this thread is a great place for discussion of creatures.
And this new one is great, nice overall concept, good art (though the upgrade and base creature are a little to similar.) sounds like it has a few tricks up its sleeves.
Mr.Dragon is pleased!
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Maken
Known Hero
Hail Hydra!
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posted November 13, 2010 12:10 AM |
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Quote:
Creatures and factions are the most tangible, the rest is more about gameplay that won't matter much for a lot of people before they can actually play it.
For most people, they are, indeed. But we could use some some 2010 on this, couldn't we? Like videos showing animations, even if its just stand by (and I'd love to see the sun rider/crusader animations, for example), specially because there can be some difference between concept and implemented versions.
Or even that demo (or part of it) from the announcement day. Possibly something improved could be done, but its not really necessary. I think maybe something like this could really put some enthusiasm into people. It's alpha and with a lot of placeholders, yes, but for example the battle works, doesn't it?
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DarkLord
Supreme Hero
Fear me..
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posted November 13, 2010 12:20 AM |
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ok... hmm... Lamasu..
You know what? I feel like a kid who got the most wanted present on x-mass!!!!!!!!!
This is AWESOME !!!
I wanna play HoMM6 more and more and more!!! Art, what can i say -Brilliant!!!
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