Which Might and Magic universe are you referring to?

The riders on pegasi got their pegasi drunk and switched to druidism.

And they also changed their gender. :)

Explain to me why mages should live in the desert and not in the mountains?

And who says so? Well, let them live as it is customary in the universe. Although I like the Ashan mages more for their style (although the tier 3 units are also quite good).

We have a replacement for the ifrits.

Omega, can you tell me if the Krigan ifrits are somehow related to djinns and mages? Just curious.

Of course, red humanoid creatures (with the exception of dogs and breeders), all burning up after the upgrade and all having horns or spikes - the originality of the units, uh-huh. The height of originality.

Game developers generally have very similar ideas about demons, so it is difficult to find something original by definition.