When I started playing Heroes, my favorite faction was Inferno; I really liked their gates of hell (or whatever they're called). I'll put all the castles in the scenario as Inferno and go for it :-). Now, my opinion of Inferno hasn't changed (it's a cool faction), but I rarely play as them. I prefer elves, sometimes humans, and occasionally necromancers; Dungeon and Conflux are for special occasions :-). I never play as Swamp or Barbarians; I don't like them. Besides, since I like campaigns, I've played as Barbarians a lot in The Shadow of Death :-)

Anyway, to get to the point of the topic, I play as Life (Elves or Humans).