Insectoid Evolution

The old Heroes games developed by New World Computing. Please specify which game you are referring to in your post.

Pick your favourite giant flying insect...

H3 Serpent Fly
2
5%
H3 Dragon Fly
12
29%
H4 Mantis
27
66%
 
Total votes: 41

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Unread postby TheUndeadKing » 04 Aug 2008, 19:41

H3 Serpent Fly:

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H3 Dragon Fly:

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H4 Mantis:

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Unread postby JackintheMox » 04 Aug 2008, 21:01

One of the very few polls where I'd vote a HIV unit over other games (along with Thunderbird, Earth Elementals, Fire Elementals, and possibly Angels).

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Unread postby Bimbasto » 05 Aug 2008, 11:25

Voted H3 Dragon Fly. Nice speed, good unit and looking great also.

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Unread postby Yurian Stonebow » 05 Aug 2008, 13:49

Voted Heroes IV Mantis. How I just hated those flying bringers of doom. They had an irritating specialty which I kept forgetting and thus suffered additional battle casualties. But like I've said numerous times elsewhere on the site, I'm not a hardcore H4 player. I'm just a Heroes fan who occasionally plays the fourth part of the saga, always trying to find a way around the game's obvious shortcomings and then getting disappointed. Perhaps the soon-to-be-released new Equilibris version helps to fix some issues...




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Unread postby Pol » 05 Aug 2008, 17:52

Mantis is better indeed. That is known martyr.
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Unread postby Suleman » 05 Aug 2008, 19:00

Dragon Flies, since this is based on looks. Dragon Flies look fantastic.
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Unread postby HodgePodge » 07 Aug 2008, 03:47

This one's hard to choose. I love all those buggers. :D But I finally settled on the Mantis.
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Unread postby darknessfood » 07 Aug 2008, 23:07

H4 Mantis for me.The Dragon Fly looks a little plain for my taste, plus, the design of the Mantis looks better to me!
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Unread postby Black Ghost » 08 Aug 2008, 11:29

Mantis

the model looks better IMO. Also I like idea of big mantis as unit more than of flying serpent.
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Unread postby BAD23ro » 13 Aug 2008, 08:16

Mantis

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Unread postby Milla aka. the Slayer » 17 Aug 2008, 15:22

Voted Mantis. It just looks good, very detailed. And it's surprisingly strong! 8| :-D
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Unread postby Avonu » 17 Aug 2008, 17:01

Mantis

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Unread postby vhilhu » 26 Aug 2008, 22:29

So these polls still keep going >_>

Anyways. HOMM3 Dragonfly. It doesnt look that good, but i have really good memories of that unit. Amongst other perks gave fortress caster almost always the first spell. :please:

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Unread postby MagusofStars » 05 Sep 2008, 01:11

Mantis is much cooler. The Flies are great in battle, but aren't exciting looks-wise.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 26 Sep 2008, 19:34

This is getting silly... next thing you know we'll have a "best humanoid" poll.
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Unread postby Milla aka. the Slayer » 27 Sep 2008, 21:21

Psst dude, shut up :shh:
It's the only thing keeping this subforum open. No one discusses the games anymore really...
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Unread postby Macros the Black » 03 Oct 2008, 01:51

The Mantis looks cool, but it isn't anywhere near the Serpent or Dragon Fly. Hard choice between those two.. but Serpent Fly wins :D

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Unread postby Grumpy Old Wizard » 03 Oct 2008, 01:55

I like the Mantis. I would have prefered the Mantis to be the top Preserve creeature in HOMM5 rather than another dragon.
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Unread postby Milla aka. the Slayer » 03 Oct 2008, 15:02

*Nodding rapidly*

Though we're not supposed to just write something in the lines of "I agree", I still wanted to point out how strongly I agree with GOW on this one ;) Sorry for the lack of interesting views in this post...
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Unread postby Storm-giant » 03 Oct 2008, 16:14

Voted for mantis, because it looks the best. Both concepts are similar: They are animals from the real world just various times bigger.


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