Poll: Preferences when choosing skills in Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Personally, I believe that an optimally developed hero looks approximately like this:
Tactics
Warfare
Magic of Life
Magic of Chaos
Magic of Order

There are as many opinions as there are people. I prefer to develop Life + Nature, and add Archery (Warfare) on top. I like Nobility the least. For a support hero, I develop Tactics, Scouting, and either Magic of Order or Chaos.