H6 expansion : Dungeon faction ideas | Forums

[Anna-_-]

I'm starting this thread to further dig into the possibility (which more and more seems to me like reality ) that the first faction introduced with a future expansion will be Dungeon. Based on this image already posted in "Heroes 6 : concept art & in-game graphics" thread
I think we can agree that there is no info that could suggest any other faction is in a more advanced phase of development than Dungeon.
So what units do you guys think this faction should have?
Looking at the picture I can assume the following:
1. The dragon is probably a boss unit (too big, too powerful for a champion) *BTW I just noted in the name of the last picture it says "Boss-BlackDragon.jpg".
2. The Faceless (the awesome guy with the wings) is probably the champion unit for Dungeon. As kodial79 said these are the dark equivalent of angels so it would be logical to have them as a champion unit.
3. The next two units are probably a melee (Assassin?) and a caster (Sorceress?) units either both are tier 1 or one of them is tier 2. My bet is they are both tier 1.
3. The creature to the right which resembles the Darkness Elemental is probably an elite unit much like the Glories and the Spring Spirits which look like Light Elemental and Water Elemental respectively.
4. Having 4 units already and following the 7 units per faction trend, this means there are 3 more to be added. My guess is 2 elite and 1 core.

Here 2 more pics, one of the Faceless and one of the Dragon (both from heroescommunity.com):
http://www.heroworld.net/scree...10702-Faceless-2.jpg
http://www.heroworld.net/scree...Boss-BlackDragon.jpg

So what do you guys think? Which units from previous Heroes iterations must make a glorious come back as new Dungeon units or do you have some original ideas for creatures that haven't appeared yet and looking at the style of the new faction you think might be suitable and would be great to be added?

[athas65]

I agree that the dragons should be bosses, especially because of there size and power.
About the Faceless, I think that they are also too strong to be a champion (don't forget that heaven does not have angels, but Seraphim(plural of Seraph), which according to the info in the main site, are smaller and weaker then angels).

my ideas for the faction are:

Core:
Assassin - Knives thrower unit, using poison and hard to hit. usually male.
Troglodyte - Mindless blind creatures, slaves of the dark elves, who relies only on their termosense in order to survive (melee unit).
Blood Median - The female melee fighters of the Dungeon, using elvish fighting style combined with dark magic.

Elite:
Darkness Elemental - Like the Blazing Glory of Heaven, fast melee unit.
Witch - A range unit with the ability to cast hexes and similar debuffs. always female.
Minotaur - Strong heavy melee unit. I think they are much better as a elite then a core(like it was in homm5).

Champion:
Hydra - The known multi-headed huge reptilian beast. As the second-to-dragons unit in Dungeon in most of the heroes games, I think they deserve to be the new top-unit of the Dungeon.

[Anna-_-]

The Minotaur as an elite and the Hydra as a champion sound awesome although we should not reject the Faceless as a possible champion unit. You said Angels are more powerful and bigger than Seraphim, but if the creatures of light have a hierarchy we shouldn't expect less from those of darkness. The Faceless one on the picture doesn't look bigger and more powerful than a Seraph, it would be safe to assume that if there are Arch-angels, Angels, Seraphim, etc. there is a similar hierarchy for the Faceless ones too.

[dinin70]

And where's the black dragon? HoMM license more amazing creature?

[Zanosan]

athas65

I like your unit line up in general, but there is not a single flyer in unless the dark elemental can teleport or something. It would be nice to see maybe a drake (lesser dragon) or something with Dungeon?

[TomatoString]

liken it, liken it....though i fear, if a faction shows up with dragons in it...who will play anything else?

[Astasia]

I believe that dragon is "Lamya?" And might be a part of one of the current faction's campaign. Concept for it was released a long time ago.

I also still think the elves will be first because it sounds like their campaign will be important to Slava's past. Though I never had any doubt Dungeon would be added quickly as well.

[kodial79]

There's an Inferno hero called Lamia, right? I heard about a dragon called... Cate. Gosh, what a pompous name! Makes me think of Tim the Enchanter.

On topic, I would like to see Troglodytes in the likeness of H3, in the Dungeon.

Troglodyte, Blood Maiden, Assassin, Minotaur, Manticore, Beholder, Faceless. That would be a good line-up, for me.

[Gluden]

Guys, that's not it at all...
This is a new faction, but the units you see on the pictures are the following :
Malassa, the Dragon god of Darkness

Better description here.

The guy with the sword is obviously the might hero of the faciton and the girl with the staff is the magic one.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by kodial79:
There's an Inferno hero called Lamia, right?

Not Lamia, "Lamya." It's in one of the concepts, I believe it's an "aspect" of Malassa. Which is shown above. The dragon is most certainly not Malassa itself, I don't think we'll be directly fighting gods.

http://www.heroworld.net/artwork/h6/boss_Lamya.jpg

There are 5 other boss concepts shown on that site, they are probably spoilers so I wont list them here.
http://www.heroworld.net/album.php?id=37&p=2

Probably bosses of the current campaigns.