agreed.
I completely agree about the manticores, wyverns, and vampires.
Griffins, imps, angels, and Tier 4 dragons are the opposite.
Angels are completely unremarkable, imps and griffins are adorably cute, just little cuties^___^, but the dragons... they turned out really badly in the fifth game. The light faction's wings were also strangely shaped for a while. A hat worn inside out (: