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GenyaArikado
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posted May 16, 2017 01:03 AM |
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Mediczero said:
We should keep the dark elves, they are not a bad idea. But their role in the faction should be changed so the are not the supreme rulers anymore. Probably just 1-2 units, maybe 3 if it fits.
They were only two in H7. Although I'd have prefered if it had been the Asassin OR the Tracker AND the Matriarch/Priestess/Sorceress. The Assassin archetype and the Evil Priest-Sorceress are THE two dark elf archetypes.
Regarding Minotaur prominence INSTEAD of the Dark Elves, well, that's one of the few times i'm glad Ubi likes to ignore advice done by these forum members.
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Rimgrabber
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posted May 16, 2017 02:10 AM |
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GenyaArikado said:
Regarding Minotaur prominence INSTEAD of the Dark Elves, well, that's one of the few times i'm glad Ubi likes to ignore advice done by these forum members.
Idk I think Minotaurs would be better than Dark Elves for Dungeon, although I don't think Dungeon works as a racial faction. Better to just have one Minotaur unit(more Minotaur Heroes though) and no Dark Elves if you'd asked me.
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Sligneris
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posted May 16, 2017 05:11 AM |
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verriker said:
Sligernis said:
Not that there's any problem with having ideas of your own, but that does not exactly sound realistic.
actually they had already ditched it for Antagarich in the latest sweatshop spinoffs lol
Did they? What games are you talking of, and do they even count?
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Mediczero
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posted May 16, 2017 07:48 AM |
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Honestly, minotaurs doesn't work alone as a racial faction, but together with a few dark elves it should work.
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verriker
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posted May 16, 2017 10:58 AM |
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Sligneris said:
Did they? What games are you talking of, and do they even count?
check an Erwin video of the Era of Chaos with the very fake news versions of Catherine, Gelu, Solmyr, Lord Haart, Crag 'Ack, Sandro, Lich King Gryphonheart and all our old pals from the Heroes III universe cheers lol
Mediczero said:
Honestly, minotaurs doesn't work alone as a racial faction, but together with a few dark elves it should work.
to be honest the Minotaurs work great as a racial faction cheers lol
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MattII
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posted May 16, 2017 11:32 AM |
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Mediczero said:
Honestly, minotaurs doesn't work alone as a racial faction, but together with a few dark elves it should work.
Right on the first part, dead wrong on the second IMO. By big issue with dark elves is that they're so unimaginative, though that complaint can be made of elves in general. I mena, they don't even go out of their way to find a good name, no, it's dark elves, because they're elves, who are (theoretically) dark and edgy. Seriously? Where's the interest there?
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Mediczero
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posted May 16, 2017 11:51 AM |
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MattII said:
Right on the first part, dead wrong on the second IMO. By big issue with dark elves is that they're so unimaginative, though that complaint can be made of elves in general. I mena, they don't even go out of their way to find a good name, no, it's dark elves, because they're elves, who are (theoretically) dark and edgy. Seriously? Where's the interest there?
Dark elves doubtfully would be the name they have given themselves, that would probably be something elves fitting their lore, fx elvish for "exiled ones" if that was their background. Dark elves would be the common name used by other races. As for making them more interesting, it depends on the lore.
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Avonu
Responsible
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Embracing light and darkness
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posted May 16, 2017 12:07 PM |
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Mediczero said:
Honestly, minotaurs doesn't work alone as a racial faction
Are you sure?
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MattII
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posted May 16, 2017 12:52 PM |
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Edited by MattII at 12:56, 16 May 2017.
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Mediczero said:
Dark elves doubtfully would be the name they have given themselves, that would probably be something elves fitting their lore, fx elvish for "exiled ones" if that was their background. Dark elves would be the common name used by other races. As for making them more interesting, it depends on the lore.
Look, even D&D uses the term Drow (Tolkien called his Morquendi, but they wouldn't be considered dark elves in the common sense). Oh, and I can find no real reference to any name but 'dark elves'.
Avonu said:
Mediczero said:
Honestly, minotaurs doesn't work alone as a racial faction
Are you sure?
that isn't convincing IMO, the Minotaurs are too similar to each other.
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Mediczero
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posted May 16, 2017 01:21 PM |
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MattII said:
Look, even D&D uses the term Drow (Tolkien called his Morquendi, but they wouldn't be considered dark elves in the common sense). Oh, and I can find no real reference to any name but 'dark elves'.
In warhammer the dark elves are commonly just called dark elves, but they actually call themselves "Druchii", and the elder scrolls does something similar.
The main point is that dark elves isn't what they call themselves, but rather what they are just refereed to as by people who cannot speak elvish.
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MattII
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posted May 16, 2017 01:54 PM |
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Mediczero said:
In warhammer the dark elves are commonly just called dark elves, but they actually call themselves "Druchii", and the elder scrolls does something similar.
The main point is that dark elves isn't what they call themselves, but rather what they are just refereed to as by people who cannot speak elvish.
Well Ubisoft hasn't seen fit to come up with their own name yet that we know of.
And this is beside the point. The point is that dark elves are boring option used only by fantasy creators who aren't up to the job.
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Mediczero
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posted May 16, 2017 02:10 PM |
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I'll argue that everything can be interesting if done correctly. There is no such thing as a bad idea, only poor execution.
Also, might I add to the subjective nature of "dark elves are boring"? YOU might think dark elves are boring, while somebody else might think they are an interesting race. They again might think orcs are the most boring race, and nothing but cliche violent barbarians.
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MattII
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posted May 16, 2017 02:27 PM |
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Edited by MattII at 14:34, 16 May 2017.
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I see your point. However, this being Ubisoft, it's not a case of if they screw up, but how they screw up. Seriously, this is a company that somehow, somehow managed to screw up TETRIS! I mean, FFS, it's a game two years older than the company itself, and was developed in the Soviet Union.
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Mediczero
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posted May 16, 2017 02:36 PM |
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I never said Ubisoft was doing anything right, I was just defending the dark elves as a concept.
Ubi is really bad at what it is supposed to do.
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Elvin
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posted May 16, 2017 02:45 PM |
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MattII said:
Seriously, this is a company that somehow, somehow managed to screw up TETRIS! I mean, FFS, it's a game two years older than the company itself, and was developed in the Soviet Union.
LOL!
I decided to look into it and I was not disappointed  Good job guys.
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Avonu
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posted May 16, 2017 03:23 PM |
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Edited by Avonu at 15:24, 16 May 2017.
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MattII said:
that isn't convincing IMO, the Minotaurs are too similar to each other.
Yes, they are. But nevertheless you can see, that it's possible to create whole race from Minotaurs. You just need a little imagination - one thing which Ashan lacks.
After all Might and Magic 8 had Minotaurs as separate race and culture and they also had nice backstory (same for Trolls and Dark Elves). It would be harder to create Minotaur faction for Heroes game (unless you want to end with 6 Minotaurs and a dragon  ) but it's not impossible. Even in Ashan you can do that - just look at Fortress in Heroes V and in Heroes VII.
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Elvin
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posted May 16, 2017 03:26 PM |
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It would probably feel like a tauren faction though.
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Avonu
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posted May 16, 2017 03:28 PM |
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Probably - I never played WoW, so I can't tell. I remember only Orcs faction from Warcraft 1-3.
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Sligneris
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posted May 16, 2017 03:35 PM |
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verriker said:
Sligneris said:
Did they? What games are you talking of, and do they even count?
check an Erwin video of the Era of Chaos with the very fake news versions of Catherine, Gelu, Solmyr, Lord Haart, Crag 'Ack, Sandro, Lich King Gryphonheart and all our old pals from the Heroes III universe cheers lol
Well, so... Shouldn't you guys be happy about that or something? 
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verriker
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posted May 16, 2017 03:41 PM |
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Sligneris said:
Well, so... Shouldn't you guys be happy about that or something?
why lol
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