Post only the most kino looking strategy units (bonus point if they are OP)
>>2175383this guy skipped leg day too many timeshis hands are the size of his thighs
>>2175383thats funny, i skipped homm5 because of atrocious looney tunes designs like these
>>2175493
>>2175383angels/archangels
>>2175496>filenameso true
>>2175493You're honestly being too harsh but I suppose you not into the vaguely warhammerish vibe they aped off for 5.>looney tunesThe entire series is looney tunes bro, complete with ACME/forge and kreegans/martians lol.
>>2175383thats what you look like, OP?
>>2175383That's one well-fed peasant.
>>2175632are we seriously going to have this argument again? No, homm3 designs are not looney tunes, olden era and homm5 designs are. No, homm3 skeletons aren't looney tunes, olden era are.
>>2175748I don't have a clue what you're talking about, I just like those sprites. >homm3 designs are not looney tunesNever said so but thinking about it there's an argument about that with some tower units lol. I meant to poke fun at the setting and background ayy story in general.
>>2175632I like the consistency in V's factions. The factions feels coherent like the units go together. Some of the older games they just threw a bunch of random shit together and called it a day.
>>2175764>they just threw a bunch of random shit togetherthere's also 4, where they did that intentionally>why yes of course my undead army has a devil and 400 imps, what of it
>>2175764Yeah, me too. Also quite like the campaigns.
>giant fuckoff demon with giant vorpal sword>sits in a corner and casts spells at you
>>2175775>kills 1 peasant
>>2175775Don't they swing with it if they happen to be in melee? But yes.
>>2175513Fabio from 3, or, the twinks from 5?
>>2175895
>>2175775>creature with such a gigantic weapon that it has to be broken in half/they don't even use itHate this trope, me
>>2175775Both upgrades has some pretty good abilities for their melee attacks but in the end simply sitting in the corner and lobbing fireballs is the strongest option. Ranged attacks and especially magic ones are very strong in V.
>>2175383>Post only the most kino looking strategy units (bonus point if they are OP)Extremely tough choice but I think I'll go with Phantom Warrior. Very unusual yet stylish undead samurai esthetic coupled with cool fluff and the 50% chance to paralyze enemy.
Easy.
This isn't a hot take. Slow-crawling giant spider which fires a single long-range red laser. The default Cybran color scheme of red/black is always a classic, too.I like that it's a cheap experimental too.
>>2175895Big fan of 5's design, slander aside. Also the evil/red variants.
>>2176972*is superior in your path*
>>2175775They hit pretty hard in melee too.>>2176972Fuck yeah Monkey Lord
>>2176933>Anything from bannerlord>Looking good
>>2177179They get a bit better imo when you take into account Bannerlord leaning about 2 more levels to the fantastical side i guess.
I always liked the sprites in battle for wesnoth.
>>2176977The biggest issue with V design was that it looked like warhammer fantasy too much, but looking back, the design os Ashan factions is decent enough specially VI
>>2177588there's a lot of good stuff in 6 and 7 that gets drowned out by>ubisoft
>>2177588You say issue I say keep yapping shittastekun
>>2175775These guys are so fucking awesome, I especially love the predatory pose they idle in and then how they cast spells by standing up and flexing. Rent free in my head since I was a child. I was really disappointed though when I realized their swords arent stuck in the ground but only half a blade, wtf is that?
>>2177669>only half a bladeArt department ran out of budget.
>teleports behind u
I really hate when devs start to have fun with their designs in a sequel but gamers stuck up their nose and cry that they are too "childish"
>>2177693>teleports on top of you
>>2177696go watch looney tunes if you want to have fun, fuck off from the homm series
Why does every thread need to have at least one schizo talking random shit? Isn't summer over?
>>2177669>I was really disappointed though when I realized their swords arent stuck in the ground but only half a blade, wtf is that?they used it until it broke and then kept using it
>>2177693>>2177698>teleports in front of you
>>2177880>*laughs at manlet wearing a skirt*
>>2177912>manletThat guy is as tall as a mammoth
>>2177945I was talking about you :)
>>2177750>I don't need fun I'm an EPIC SERIOUS GAMER lol
>>2175383Look at those fucking arms.
>>2175383The peasant isn't OP it takes 20 days to repay the investment and you don't want to use them in combat often, good on large maps where you have time to build angels and upgraded training grounds. Skeletons are OP for being able to be upgraded into archers and also having an economic bonus if you pick their perk
>>2175775They are still tough to take down when they are out of mana and one of the last creatures on the field
>>2177698Reminder in lore you can have sex with them make half-demons, cause, they aren't space bugs like the kreegans.
>>2177698Upgrade is sexier, lmao she bald
>>2178242*waxed
I love this little nigga
>>2175383>he's the poorest guy in the faction>also the only one who pays his taxesWhat did they mean by this?
>>2176972>>2178619>my ancestor
>>2175493sameever since nwo end might n magic havent looked like it should even once
>>2178619hell yeah
>>2175493not sameever since nwo end might n magic have looked like it should
>>2178669Dude look at his size, the griffin empire is so good that he is both fat and strong, it is quite easily they don't pay taxes, they give out of their free will cause they are so well treated.
>>2179297he looks like a fat bastard
>>2175496Based TrumpHoMM V is the offically supported game in the series backed by the American government and if you don't play it then you are a COMMIE
>>2179325It's just the armor. These are proper fat bastards.
>>2177698>>2178242mid compared to shaman
>>2179559midriff
>>2177698>>2178242The burning bush is the best part of the upgrade :D
>>2179559slampig furry ogros de americanos tier
>>2177179Absolutely, one of few games that does early medieval stuff, instead of generic fantasy shit.
>>2179711I don't care what niche era they cover, if it looks like shit, it looks like shitAlso>Early medievalThere is absolutely zero consistency to what period their armour is from
>>2175383Meanwhile Heroes 3 peasants:>looks malnourished and sickly>ragged clothes>lowest number possible in every stat>gets mauled by imp half his size>even the manual states his only use is to be turned into skeleton by necromancerMust be awful to live as commoner in Erathia. Even H1&2 peasants from the other continent, even tho they have similar poor stats, at least have proper clothes and don't look sickly.
>>2175383
>>2179926>Must be awful to live as commoner in Erathia.Random unemployed bum wants 12% of all my found gold for 3 rations a day. Fuck the whole lot of them.
Love me my elite Coustillier.Yes, Teutonic Knights are also cool, but not my favorite.
>>2180221Wish these guys weren't so mid and that Leitis looked cooler. Big fan of any pavise user, just looks cool. Keshiks are also cool.
>>2180267I do like how making Leitis elite upgrades their coat of arm.
>>2180284I read that as>I do like how mating Elise upgrades her coat of armI need to stop gooning
>>2180284I simply dislike how lightweight they look. I know they're lancers and not "heavy cavalry" but meh.
>>2175383Damn OP, when did you take that picture of literally me?
>>2181034Warlords series has some of the most soulful fantasy arts out there. No wonder they keep reusing them.
>>2177880>>2177945>Here's your new faction bro>t1: dwarf>t2: ranged dwarf>t3: bear-riding dwarf>t4: angry dwarf>t5: old dwarf>t6: big dwarf>t7: lava pokemonTruly the biggest victim of trying to have coherent and mono-racial factions.
Divide and Conquer mod for Medieval II: Total War has lots of cool looking units. Surprisingly good job with the quality and thematic consistency for a mod.I like my elite giga-armored dwarves.
>>2181851Forgot my picture.
>>2181823>t1 redditor>t2 married thot>t3 average tentacle hentai enjoyer>t4 snake thot>t5 her special ethnic friend>t6 your first fursona>t7 baddragonListen, as much as I enjoy my army looking like a fetish convention I'd like some uniformity there.
>>2181823I don't see the issue honestly.
>>2181823One of the big reasons I can never give homm5 a chance
>>2181823>>2181892should've just had bears without riders desu
>>2181959Bg3 general is that-a-way
>>2181963i'm from /canlit/
Nobody has posted the cool wyvern riders from Fire Emblem, or the ridiculous mecha generals?
>>2182067Paladins dominate in style
>>2177383
>>2175383I ininstalled HoMM5 as soon as I saw this guy. What a shot art choice.
>>2175383he is so dreamy
>>2175383May not be the best RTS of all time, but Genesis Rising has some pretty as hell ships.
>>2181302>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IqLRk9Xo8>No pain, no memories, only darkness.
>>2183538HAHAHAHA GET IT????BECAUSE SHE'S... MY CONCUBINE!!!! CONCUBUS == CONCUBINE!!!!!!SEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAA
>>2183585Sorry coomzchizo but concubus is more of a troon
>>2177327i just wanted to say thanks, anon, because you put this game on my radar
>>2183613It's trash, don't bother.
>>2183600I thought russians werent gay troons and they didnt promote it
>>2184227afaik concubus is a modern construct because even for mythological sexual predator demons assuming one's gender is apparently unacceptable. Succ/inc is quite literally lies under you/lies above you, pitches/catches.
>>2183538Nice ass.
>>2175775>alien monster with giant arm-blades>attacks by shooting spikes from its carapace mane
>>2183585>>2183600>>2184227As >>2184238 said incubus and succubus are based on the words for to "to lie on" and "to lie below" (in+cubare / sub+cubare). Concubus implies con+cubare which would translate into "to lie with." None of these explicitly refer to gender even if the implication is clear. Of course in popular culture a succubus is typically female and an incubus is typically male, though even this isn't necessarily a gender thing more than it is an appearance thing, because in many cases incubi and succubi are assumed to be just different forms of the same creature. Either way, I don't see a point in calling this a Concubus instead of a Succubus. It doesn't make any kind of sense to do so as some sort of politically correct sidestep considering that the character itself is still obviously a highly sexualized female. It's more likely some half-assed attempt at creating a legally distinct variant since you can't exactly copyright a succubus.
>>2175775Pit fiend was actually level 7 Inferno creature in Homm6. It just that no one cares about it because well it's Homm6.
>>2188235Was HoMM6 actually shit or did it just not get any marketing? Like everyone else I never played it so I don't know.
>>2188392actually shit
>>2188392bunch of good ideas with a large heaping of ubisoft garbage on top
>>2183538What game?
>>2188392I watched Totalbiscuit cover the beta in a video and he mentioned how the 4 special resources were all merged into one blood crystal resource, which was enough for me to just never try it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxejyj4My-8&t=771s12:53 timestamp.I think of this as a point of why I liked his videos, he was good at pointing out details even if he didn't know why they were important, compared to many others who mainly talked about how good or bad something was.Theme of a water faction seemed kinda interesting.
>>2189213>totalasscancerHaven't heard that slimy shit mentioned in ages lmao
>>2189180Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden EraA demo has been out for a few weeks now.
>>2188392I haven't played Homm6 but the game posed themselves to be disliked by fans of the series right away. 4 resources instead of 7, zones of control, 5 factions, the lowest since the first Homm, initially no town screens (added later in an update). My personal unimportant nitpick is lack of Sylvan, which make it the only Homm1 faction that doesn't reappear in every main game of the series. But this could have been all more or less brushed aside. What really took the cake and what no doubt was insisted on by Ubisoft was the always on online integration. Supposedly for dynasty weapons, artifact that you level up between maps.
>>2189213oh come on, each faction only has one resource they give a shit about anyway>oh no sulfur is blue now
>>2190023>4 resources instead of 7, zones of control,these were all good changes
>>2190114Nope, that's not true.If I don't need Sulfur, and you need Sulfur, it can still be interesting to grab it to deny it for you. If it's within your reach, if it's not, then maybe I can ignore it. There are many degrees to this that will determine how different people prioritize the resources depending on their strategy.For mage guilds we need a wide variety of resources, for creatures we need more of a specific one.Some resources are shared beyond the mage guild, to different degrees.in Homm1, knights and barbarians both compete for crystals.Warlocks and Sorceress both need a bit of gems for their mid tiers, while warlock needs a lot of sulfur and sorceress needs a lot of mercury for their best units.In homm1, if I can't find the crystals for a cathedral, I might make jousting arenas instead and rely on Cavalry instead of Paladins, and stock the sulfur for a potential switch to dragons if I find a warlock castle. In some cases I might have a few crystals, and hope for some more, I'll weigh my options, do I spend the crystals I have on a mage guild upgrade, or do I keep them in case I find more so I can get Paladins.Variety in resources affects your strategy.
>>2190144if there was a 50/50 chance to replace a resource with a pile of dung that would affect strategy too
>>2190213If your mom had wheels, she'd be a bicycle
>>2176972why is a spider with a giant cannon called a monkey lord anyway
>>2190610Dr. Brackman did aeon shrooms that day
>>2190610I wanted to say maybe it's a reference to spider monkeys but that make no sense.
>>2190610Well it is just it's nickname.It's actual name is just "Spiderbot"
Heroes 4 overall isn't the prettiest but I do like its take on earth elemental. The clear inspiration from Maoi statues, the way it moves by swimming in the ground. I'll say it's my favorite take on earth elemental in the series, if not from any game.
>>2176186>Phantom WarriorNo love for Empire units? Most of their line-up has drip out the wazoo. Paralysis is of course OP, but Empire can ward itself from those kinds of attacks through spells.
>>2176972>>2176978Will I enjoy Supreme Commander if I was partial to Homeworld DoK, for example?Also, I love land carriers, however impractical they may actually be.
>>2193339>I'll say it's my favorite take on earth elemental in the series, if not from any game.For me, it's the warlords battlecry nigger. One is a menace, a few of them will delete your base in no time
>>2175748He didn't post HoMM3, you clueless imbecile.
>>2188392It had potential, but got completely pozzed by the invasive ubishit online crap. They even eventually fixed the town screens, but the simplification of resources and completely fucked up skill and magic systems doomed it. A sad fail, because unlike 7, 6 could be a good game.
>>2175383I hate to interrupt the Heroes circlejerk, butThese fuckers from Battle for Middle-Earth 2. Absolutely SLAUGHTERING any cavalry has never been so satisfying.
>>2193452– An excremental, the Golgothan!– A what?– A shit demon!
>>2193610>plate armor face and torso >naked legsI know where I'm aiming.
>>2193411Aesthetic wise? Yes.Gameplay wise? Maybe?They have many similarities but SupCom is a RTS as opposed to an RTT like DoK.But SupCom is a very good game, definitely worth trying out.
>>2193610That doesn't look like BFME2
>>2184227LolLmao
>>2194143https://www.moddb.com/mods/ashes-of-war/images/uruk-pikemen4
>>2193999I mean...
>>2195073>>naked legsThe only thing open on that phalangite is his engorged swinging cock and you're encouraged to go for that.
>>2175496don't bring 45 into this
>>2198010He's 45/47 now, so he's actually 92 or 0.957446808510638297 or maybe 2115 or -2.Depending on how you want to solve that problem.
>>2195138It's literally as open as those uruk-hai pikemen, clown: from the belt to the knees.
>>2198122Like literally
EZ
>>2198357>He thinks pteruges are better than chainmailYes, retarded clown, like, literally.
>>2198357Nice cherrypicked image, btw, took you a while to find one that creates an illusion of protection to support your retarded complain, didn't it?
>>2179760That faction is what If classical era celts made it to the migrations period, they look good.
>>2175383I loved Death Bringers in Age of Wonders III. They are armored, have infinite retaliation, can teleport a short distance and can't be flanked. But most importantly, they can Inflict Ghoul Curse on most units in the game, which (if the afflicted unit fails the resistance check) allows you to raise that unit after successful combat back as a ghoul. I had campaigns where 80-90% of my undead army was composed of Ghouls transformed by these Death Bringers.Also, they look rad as well.>>2194126>But SupCom is a very good game, definitely worth trying out.Thanks for the recommendation anon
>>2198455Like literally
when you brace the pike your skirt rises up, so having them be knee-length just made them heavier for no additional protection. hth.
macedonians wore skirts instead of pants because their huge dicks swinging in formation terrified persian fuckbois
>>2200230Macedonians literally served Achamenids to fuck up all other greek fuckbois. But what's more important, 2 centuries later Alexander himself basically turned Persian when he realised that in Babylon Darius had 10 times (!) more wealth in clothes alone (!) than the whole budget of the Delian League that Athenians conveniently decided to store at Acropolis and used it "to immeasurably increase the beauty and power of Athens". 10 times in clothes alone, IIRC it was ~500 to ~5000 talents.No wonder the Seleucid Empire was more of a successor to Alexander's Macedonia, than the Macedonia itself. You knew of how that when Seleucus tried to reunite with Macedonia some 50-ish years after Alexander's death he's found it in about the same state, as Kiev was when Russians got it back in the XVII century: a derelict disjointed war-torn cultureless shithole? Disappointed, thy never bothered again; as so ironically Persia turned out to be a better Macedonia. It's the Seleucids that are responsible for spreading Hellenism from Judea to Bactria and India. The Hellenistic-Zoroastrian synthesis of Christianity some 1.5-2 centuries later might have never happened if Seleucids didn't succeed so much in influencing Judea to the point of Jewish youth taking Greek names.
>>2200100Death Bringers?More like DICK Bringers
For me is anything with full armor and pike>>2181856>>2193610>>2194143>>2195073Pike Gangs
>>2216873...or Halberdier
>>2183613its ok, the art is way better than the gameplay
