HoMM VII Haven Units – Haven faction units from the seventh installment of Heroes of Might and Magic.

To be honest, I really don't like the fact that any modding efforts are perceived by our veterans (if I may call them that) as an opportunity to add content to NCF, NHF, or, in the case of Dreadnought, to constantly suggest incorporating assets into mod 5.5.
Don't get me wrong, I have a good attitude towards these mods. But they have their drawbacks. NCF has a lot of absurd and poorly designed creatures. NHF, unfortunately, often causes the game to crash and overheats my computer to an unacceptable degree. And 5.5 seems too bulky, and I probably won't ever have the time to figure it out.

And every time someone does something, and they're told, "Great, we'll add this to NHF, NCF, or 5.5," I get this unpleasant feeling. On the one hand, it's not a big deal, and I can't forbid it. On the other hand, it feels like everything is focused on these three things. How can we then expect new, comprehensive, and interesting mods to appear if there's almost a monopoly here?

I'm not even talking about the fact that sometimes people try to grab everything that isn't nailed down. On the English-language forum, when I was creating a thread about Star Wars, someone immediately commented, "Cool, we'll add this to the NCF pack." Why? I tried to explain that I was against it and that stormtroopers from Star Wars in Ashan, alongside elves and dragons, would look... silly. But I was gently told, "We'll do it anyway." So, from my perspective, it looks like this: I haven't even finished the mod yet, but it's already being planned to be stripped for resources, and most importantly, to create something unnecessary and tasteless. Although, of course, this is an isolated extreme case.

Overall, don't get me wrong, I'm all for collaboration. I'm really all for it. I would be happy to help NHF with models of heroes from one of my mods. I just think that we need to be more careful with this "we'll add this to NCF, NHF, or 5.5" approach. Don't we have more than three mods for Heroes? At least, I really want it to be the case that everything doesn't revolve around "NCF, NHF, and 5.5." In short, at least think before asking for resources, whether you really need them and how you can use them correctly (in my opinion, the ideal option is to create a compatibility patch).

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And regarding the fact that someone is trying to create their own models, I am sincerely glad. I would like to maybe start a thread on the forum later where we can share experiences on this topic. What do you think, should we?