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OmegaDestroyer
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posted October 11, 2008 05:25 PM |
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Yet again, I find myself baffled by the fondness for Nagas. I can only think that it stems from Warcraft 3 and not the 3 units from the past Heroes games.
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
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xerox
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 11, 2008 05:37 PM |
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The Ashan Naga looks and are nothing like Warcrats naga so dont worry.
Really, nothing is similar between them at all.
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Over himself, over his own
body and
mind, the individual is
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- John Stuart Mill
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Gnoll_Mage
Responsible
Supreme Hero
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posted October 11, 2008 06:48 PM |
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@Alc: certainly, some programs have had references to future races, I remember finding them myself. Can't remember which predicted what though.
For me, Faceless being far higher than the Dwarves seems inexplicable - the Faceless hardly make for a good race imo, and there can't be that many of them left in the world if we go by the myth Alc mentioned. Perhaps the very race-based HoMM5 Fortress has put people off. And yes, Orcs and Trolls or whatever are fairly similar even if their backgrounds in lore are different, and when / if we continue with this poll I'll / we'll have to do a bit of thinking to come up with a good list.
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Cepheus
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Far-flung Keeper
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posted October 11, 2008 06:53 PM |
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Really, nothing is similar between them at all.
Sorry to keep finding fault in everyone here, but I find this statement just a little bit debatable.
Oh and Gnoll_Mage, thanks for creating and finishing the poll  The results were well worth it.
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xerox
Promising
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posted October 11, 2008 07:03 PM |
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So what is similar?
They live in the ocean? 
You could atleast mention what was similar.
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Over himself, over his own
body and
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Cepheus
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Far-flung Keeper
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posted October 11, 2008 07:05 PM |
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What, you need me to draw you a diagram?
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MattII
Legendary Hero
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posted October 11, 2008 08:26 PM |
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For me, Faceless being far higher than the Dwarves seems inexplicable - the Faceless hardly make for a good race imo, and there can't be that many of them left in the world if we go by the myth Alc mentioned.
Again, can some please explain to me what or who the 'faceless' are?
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Asheera
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Elite Assassin
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posted October 11, 2008 08:32 PM |
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I thought Alc already answered you on the previous page?
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B-E-T-A
Promising
Legendary Hero
Guess Who is Back?
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posted October 11, 2008 08:37 PM |
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Also the orcs, are (if you have read Silmarilion/Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit) elfs tortured and miscared and kept in the dark for so long and so much that they look like the do. Also they are somewhat a mini troll, but trolls also exist in Tolkiens stories
Well, that Orcs are tortured, kind of mutated, elfs, is just the Tolkien idea/explanation of the Orcish origin and although I like the Tolkien universe i do not think it should be taken as kind of an encyclopedia for fantasy!
And, btw, orcs are no mini-trolls at tolkien's, trolls are ripped out of ents as orcs of elves, but elves are no mini-ents, are they? 
I didn't mean it totally like that. I meant that they got the role that trolls usally have in other fantasy stories before the orcs came.
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For me, Faceless being far higher than the Dwarves seems inexplicable - the Faceless hardly make for a good race imo, and there can't be that many of them left in the world if we go by the myth Alc mentioned.
Again, can some please explain to me what or who the 'faceless' are?
WE DON'T KNOW! You did get all the info we had on them by Alc, and that is what makes them so good to have! They're the mysterious dark persons who we almost nothing about. And as we are humans and is a curious spiecies we most certainly like the idea of having them in the next game to see what they are really like.
Yes I know I make it sound like I think this is real life, but I just used the fact that humans are curious to back me up on this one.
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xerox
Promising
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posted October 12, 2008 12:38 AM |
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I think there is concept art of them.
Basically they are humans without a face, yes its boring. I hope they have changed the design though.
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Over himself, over his own
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted October 12, 2008 12:54 AM |
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That sounds incredibly boring.
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Gnoll_Mage
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Supreme Hero
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posted October 12, 2008 01:37 AM |
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Really, nothing is similar between them at all.
Sorry to keep finding fault in everyone here, but I find this statement just a little bit debatable.
Oh and Gnoll_Mage, thanks for creating and finishing the poll The results were well worth it.
Heh, thanks very much, although you really ought to be thanking the person who did the processing of the results table!
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Gnoll_Mage
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posted October 12, 2008 02:08 PM |
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I think there is concept art of them.
Basically they are humans without a face, yes its boring. I hope they have changed the design though.
Any idea where?
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Asheera
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Elite Assassin
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posted October 12, 2008 02:14 PM |
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Basically they are humans without a face, yes its boring. I hope they have changed the design though.
And Angels are humans with wings - way less boring, right?
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xerox
Promising
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posted October 12, 2008 03:28 PM |
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Yes, humans with wings are cooler
But I want to see a Faceless Dungeon with out Delfs, and faceless humans would be boring.
This is a real faceless:
or
Yes I know, Cthulu/Mindflayer/Illithid copy but they fit for dungeon
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Over himself, over his own
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Lexxan
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Unimpressed by your logic
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posted October 12, 2008 05:01 PM |
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Well, the idea of Ithilid + Faceless isn't that bad 
But I find Baklava's Town Proposal for the Faceless the best untill now imo.
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted October 12, 2008 06:03 PM |
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I wonder if Nival would have had them actually worship a dragon instaed of everybody's favorite elder god?
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
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Cepheus
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Far-flung Keeper
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posted October 12, 2008 06:24 PM |
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I'm fairly sure that's the idea...
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She used to be the patron deity of the mysterious Faceless but they all disappeared centuries ago and now, she has made a sinister pact with the Dark Elves (Dungeon faction).
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"Those who forget their history are inevitably doomed to repeat it." —Proverb, Might and Magic VIII
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted October 12, 2008 06:29 PM |
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That'd be really lame to have a blatant rip-off of Lovecraftian mythology worship another stupid dragon of "X element."
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
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Arcax
Promising
Famous Hero
Its quite hot inside...
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posted October 13, 2008 10:05 PM |
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So you are saying that every dragon we had since HoMM5 is stupid? -_-
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