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Guys, I suggest we come up with unique "machines" for the forge for each faction, in addition to the ballista cart and the tent. Then, we'll try to send the best ideas to Nival (who are probably already full of them, but still).
For example:
- Some kind of sphere on a stand that, when aimed at an enemy or ally, casts a random spell (obviously, harmful or beneficial, respectively). (This kind of thing would be more suitable for mages.) Or, you could give one faction a device with positive spells and another with harmful ones.
- Some kind of "hut" or cage from which, at the beginning of the battle, one beast unit emerges with a certain amount of mana, health, etc., and tries to help by fighting on the side.
- Or, for the Necromancers, you could give them a cage with a raging soul that possesses the first fallen unit and revives part of it to their side (preferably at the player's direction).
- And for the Elves, you could give them some kind of bush or super-dendroid that, while remaining behind the battlefield (like all machines), sends out an underground root and grabs one enemy unit from below, preventing it from escaping. Or, the Inferno could do the same, but instead of a root, it would be molten lava under their feet, or just quicksand.
We can come up with a lot more... let's brainstorm!
P.S.: This is one of the two things I didn't forgive and didn't agree with in Heroes 4.
(The other is the turning and removal of tiles on the battlefield. They could have come up with something similar instead of removing them; it certainly wouldn't have saved them from bankruptcy, but...)
P.S.2: In general, let's fantasize.
