Posts from Discussion about the Stronghold faction.

Goblins can definitely be melee fighters. In fact, mages usually shoot as well.
By the way, why did you decide that Orcs will have three archers?

The Cyclops will throw a club.

Archers are for noobs.

Core unit: the Goblin

Goblins are "degenerate" Orcs, who were originally "failures" in the Orc experiment, born from the blood of lesser demons (mostly Imps).
Goblins are small (between 4 and 5 foot tall), scraggy, physically weak, but very swift and agile.
The average Goblin is devious, cowardly, and stupid. They rarely attack unless having the numbers of a mob, preferring sneak attacks and (poorly constructed) booby traps.
In the Orc armies, Goblins serve as servants, scouts, skirmishers, and sometimes sacrifices for the Shamans, missiles for the Cyclops to hurl, or even food if rations become too low...

...In the Orc army, goblins are used as servants, skirmishers, sometimes as sacrifices for shamans, ammunition for cyclops....

So, do you manage without ranged units at all?

It was many pages ago.
A true commander and skilled player deftly defeats the opponent in close combat, rather than clumsily gathering melee units around archers, skipping turns and shooting at every single neutral creature, yawning and rubbing their eyes in every battle.

Boomerangs, in my opinion, are more dangerous for goblins than for their argons :D. The enemy can dodge, but when the boomerang returns... :)
Or do you use them in melee combat?

A true commander, and a player, takes care of their troops.

By the way, why do you think orcs should have three archers? They are a melee faction; they don't need that many :confused:.

For example, I think that playing only with archers is stupid, and you need to move forward, using archers to cover the warriors.

A true commander wins by any available means with minimal losses. This is what tactical art consists of.

The Cyclops surprised me – it's very disproportionate, one arm is many times larger than the other.

The main thing is that they transferred two very interesting features from Heroes 5 to Heroes 6, namely the laser and the ability to break walls, which is very pleasing.

"Engines of Siege"

This is called perspective; one of the hands is further "from us," which is why it looks smaller.

Lasers were already in Heroes 1-2, and destroying walls was in 3-4.

A legendary refusal, because Siege Engine translates to "Siege Machine" (or something similar).