KrimsonVagus wrote:
I voted "yes", but I would like to point out that ranged units are somewhat stronger than melee in the game right now (not sure if they changed that yet in the patches). So I could see melee heroes being at a slight disadvantage especially in the early game. To counter this, they need to balance the melee vs ranged vs flyer problem to begin with... perhaps giving them different armor classes so that melee heroes have higher armor overall... and give them more movement points ofc



not to mention make flying units behave like flyers should, as they do in other similar games (free movement over all terrain, not affected by type except perhaps mountain etc.., higher movement speed and initiative overall but having lightweight armor and weapons)



Yeah this is starting to look quite debatable

Well, its debatable indeed but I think we will all agree that HEROES NEED MORE DIVERSITY.

I voted "yes", but I would like to point out that ranged units are somewhat stronger than melee in the game right now (not sure if they changed that yet in the patches). So I could see melee heroes being at a slight disadvantage especially in the early game. To counter this, they need to balance the melee vs ranged vs flyer problem to begin with... perhaps giving them different armor/weapon classes so that melee heroes have higher armor and attack strength overall... and give them more movement points ofc



not to mention make flying units behave like flyers should, as they do in other similar games (free movement over all terrain, not affected by type except perhaps mountain etc.., higher movement speed and initiative overall but having lightweight armor and weapons)



Yeah this is starting to look quite debatable

Completely agree with the OP.



This point has come up before in an old thread on hero diversity and the skill trees. The skill tree UI looks designed to have its three branches replaceable, yet all heroes of a given faction are of the same class. I would love to see each faction with access to the heroes corresponding to their unit types. An army of Marines led by a Dawn Officer type hero that charges into the enemy ranks and ties them up strikes me as just right for the Vaulters. Roving Clans without a cavalry hero, on the other hand, feel wrong.

Either minor faction heroes or multiple types of major faction heroes would be nice.

You got my vote, whatever it's worth

I made my own thread about it but I'll add onto here:



Heroes need more diversity. ESPECIALLY with the fact that each race is basically gender locked (unrelated to OP but wanna say it whenever I can).



Each race really should have at least one ranged and one infantry unit, and depending on the faction I'd like to see Calvary/Support units (with flying units in an ideal world. Could work for Necrophages and Ardent Mages imo).

Also, custom heroes/renaming existing heroes.



TL : DR hero diversity OP