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3DogMZA, what about the pseudo-Slavs?

You need at least 11 Ranks, no less.

It’s not about the quantity, but the quality. If the quality is high, then even 20 is not enough. Like all of you, I was looking forward to the dwarves – they turned out great, and the orcs are also excellent. There are unique solutions here (because there weren’t such races in their pure form before), and the abilities are worthy. If they make 10 more races like this, I will have great respect for them. And the lore can be replaced and improved. With such quality, there won’t be ice elves, water elves, lower elves and higher elves, earless elves and runny-nosed elves, but there will be GOOD, perfectly balanced races that will give us many more hours of gameplay.

8 - that's fine!
But no more!

Better – more, but definitely not less than twenty. And also, the Preserve!

Lika, what about Nygon???))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Shevriel, you are absolutely right. The Dwarves turned out great. Especially the new alternate upgrades. Their white color scheme fits perfectly into their habitat. And the Preserve, although still just a dream, is very "familiar," so to speak.

By the way, I got carried away with the Ice Elves, and I just described such a race in the Factory of Races section. And balance is balance precisely so that it can be created, so that everything is thought out down to the smallest detail. And experienced developers can come up with a lot of things to introduce a new race with a castle. And there's no need to invent types; instead, in an even more distant corner of Ashan, beyond the blue sea and huge mountains, a new race appeared long ago, and then we, the developers, wanted it, and it all went to Ashan because the Gods told it: "IF YOU DON'T COME, THERE WON'T BE A NEW ADDON," so it came. After all, there are still a bunch of other worlds and teleports from them and to them. From there, a lot of new races could come! Or some well-known race could flee from the same Orcs or Demons and meet an indigenous race on the way, which didn't invite anyone to visit. Use your imagination, write a good continuation. And for those who say "8 races," I'll say: train your memory; you can come up with two castles, one warrior in each, and play that way too, but I enjoy discovering something new and unexplored! That's why I want and want new races! So, let's have Nighon, the swamp, the Forbidden Thicket, and everything else that is just as original, and I will eagerly wait and spend time on the forum, defending my opinion

Of course, each new race sparks interest, and the addition of new skills and special artifacts is great. But it shouldn't go to the point of absurdity; I think if there are more than 15, it's too many. It will become difficult to navigate the game. You won't be able to remember the enemy's skills right away, and it will be difficult to build a strategy! I'm not very happy with the appearance of alts; in battles, I have to spend 20 minutes just re-learning the units, and I can't memorize them all.
P.S. P.S.: My memory is fine:smile20:, just saying, so there aren't any unnecessary comments.

10-12 would be more interesting, but as it is, it gets boring.

Where 10-12? 8 is just right – and even then, balance issues are starting to emerge from everywhere. Dwarves with runes, barbarians with blood rage... However, if the developers are competent, they can handle 12 units properly – look at Warhammer, they're already working on the ninth installment and it's going well.

The more factions, the better. BUT! The main thing is to avoid imbalance. And factions should be added one at a time per expansion pack; otherwise, it can become confusing, and you might even forget how to play.

Shevriel, you are absolutely right. The more, the better, as long as it doesn't compromise abilities, skills, and appearance. After all, you'll agree that it's much more interesting to see variety than to constantly look at the same creatures.

The add-on added 70 new creatures. And they have already become "the same creatures." Well, ten more races will be added, we'll play for a month, and these races will become as boring as the current eight. And then what? Should we make ten more races just because someone is tired of looking at the same creatures? No, we don't need more races. The most popular and well-known ones have already been chosen. Four evil and four good, and at the same time, they are not just made up but well-designed and balanced by the developers. And all these fan-made races are initially incomplete because the eight original races have not only a set of creatures but also their own ideology, so to speak, their place in Ashan. And these simply represent what players would like to add to the game, but in my opinion, the developers know better what should be in the game and what shouldn't.

2 Vaishan But in the end, we play the games, not the developers. I disagree about the creatures. There are differences in appearance, of course, but they are not significant. When fighting different alt-grades, as with neutral creatures, the difference is not always noticeable. I wouldn't say that these are 70 truly new creatures. It's still the same, just in a new wrapper. 2 All It's no secret that there won't be a 3rd expansion for Heroes 5. Therefore, we won't see new races in Heroes 5, but I think every fan hopes that Heroes 5 is not the last part of the series. So, within the framework of the 6th part, the appearance of new races is quite likely. For some reason, it seems to me that the races will also be added through expansions. There will probably be 2 of them: Nagas and the Serpent Guard, they worship the remaining two dragons (the dragon of water and the dragon of air, respectively), which, in my opinion, is quite logical. All that remains is to wait, as they say. Regarding whether more races are needed... Here, everyone is divided into two camps: some are for new races, others are against. Nothing surprising, I think. Those for whom the atmosphere is the most important thing in the game really want more and more races. Those for whom balance and the preservation of the quality of the gameplay are important argue that new races are unnecessary. And it's not about diversity. There should simply be a reasonable limit to the number of races (both in terms of atmosphere, so that there is no trash, and in terms of gameplay, balance), in my opinion, this is 10 ± 2 races. I didn't want to offend anyone. Everything said is IMHO.

I agree with Vortex. Indeed, a couple more factions could be added. There were already some ideas, and they were interesting and well-balanced. For example, the proposed Swamp or Nighon. What's wrong with them? They have a well-developed ideology, they are quite balanced, they are interesting, and they would appeal to those who played the third game and would like to see these factions in the fifth game; I think that's perfectly fine.