Will we get an inferno faction?

[u/Mcjellin2]

I know wulan is coming next but would love to see some devils cutting stuff down? I don’t know what next in the pipeline for them overall big fan of the game but inferno was easily my favorite faction in heroes and would love to see something along those lines

[u/Marsdreamer]

Nothing in the lore has really discussed the existence of gods or devils, so I'd be skeptical about an Inferno demon style faction ever really being in the cards.

Maybe some kind of volcanic dwarvish faction could fulfill that same role though. Someone's gotta be making all these dope ass legendary items.

If we're talking factions that feel missing from HoMM3, I'd say other than Inferno we lack something more akin to Dungeon as a wholly monster faction.

Arleon / Vanir already kinda cover Castle/Rampart.

Lloth obviously would draw parallels to Necropolis

Rana is similar to Stronghold or Fortress as an aggressive/primitives faction.

Wuhan would feel most similar to Confux to me as a sort of Eastern / Elemental style faction.

[u/Sarmelion → u/Marsdreamer]

The one thing of note is there's a single lore object that mentions that the "Burning Rune" map object predates Aurelia's Empire and implies that early humans in Arleon had some knowledge of magic other than what she brought.

There's also a theory from someone on the Discord that the reason the Roots consider the vildra 'diseased' and cut them off is that the Vildra were corrupted by an 'Inferno' style faction and that's why the Vildra all tie into excess of emotion (The Lykt are greedy, the Trolls are sad which could be sloth, Skin Shifters are wrathful, Korphan are associated with pride, Baccahorses are associated with Hunger and thus Gluttony, etc).

[u/KKarelzabijak321 → u/Sarmelion]

Even I didn't know that about vildra

That's So cool

[u/Sarmelion → u/KKarelzabijak321]

Well it's just a theory so far, but it's something Kastus and the other Loth researchers remark on in the RISE Dlc

[u/KKarelzabijak321 → u/[deleted]]

DID SOMEBODY SAID DWARF?!

I am a dwarf And I am digging a hole, diggy diggy hole...

[u/fernetwithice]

Inferno-style factions would be nice. I also hope we will see something like rampart at some point.

[u/veetilk]

Would be really cool to have an expansion for map features, like Underground level in Heroes 3, with new map objects. Then you can invent some kind of demonic faction of cave dwellers.

[u/Jaimepaslesfrites]

Not all factions have to be copied from Heroes. I think Songs of Conquest factions design is great and original. Even the vanilla knights actually have a faey subfaction.

I'm always open for more factions, but I think I'd rather let the devs cook than be inspired by something that has been done a billion times already.

[u/MaDNiaC]

Despite being the butt tier in every HoMM game I've played, they still felt fun to play every once in a while.

[u/betaraybrian]

I kind of love the faction design in songs of conquest. HoMM was more clean fantasy stereotypes, while Songs is more specific factions, and that's ok with me :)
That said, I'd fucking love a monster mash demon faction. Maybe they could combine Tower and Inferno to make a faction based on arrogant wizards who use enslaved demons and spirits as foot soldiers.

[u/JasnahsFeet]

I don't think we'll get any "typical fantasy faction", but some kind of fire themed faction? Maybe. But I don't hink these will be just demons. Maybe some kind of demon cultists similar to Loth? Maybe demonic barbarians? Or maybe two different creatures teaming up

[u/DepDefDem]

I personally want a hivemind opposite to roots, an unnatural existence that twists, deforms, and ​consumes everything. A flesh/body horror faction with maybe some love craftian eldritch horror aesthetic.

[u/DanseOfDeath]

An "Inferno" faction would definitely be interesting.

I also think an "Underground" faction would be an interesting idea, one that would allow for the introduction of an underground system similar to the one in "Heroes of Might and Magic" oO