Beat me to it! Karma

On a side note, I really like the artistic style of the trailer.

The trailer is just ... wow ..

About the interview I have a question :

First they said you can imbue power to you rheroes.

Second they say you earn a fraction of the experience earned by your heroes.

SO ... won't be the "I split my power between lots of heroes" be the alph an domega of strategy? Because you'll become immensely powerfull really quickly.

For instance you have 4 heroes, then you earn 4 times as much xp than a sovereign with only one heroe (and even if your sovereign is weaker)

Yes that would let some kind of tight window to attack me. But in the medium and long run it can be really really powerful. But hopefully it can be balanced with how many xp you get from your heroes or the cost on enligntening your heroes

You don't even have to do that. Just kill his heroes with your sovereign. You get experience for killing them and he has spent magical essence on heroes who are now dead.

Of course. If you stick your head out to kill enemy heroes you might just lose it. Should be fun.   

I'll just miss my winged steeds.

But yeah, it's an interesting turning away from the usual fantasy settings which are a mix of random creatures from every mythology known to mankind. I just wonder if it will be possible for modders to add flying creatures if StarDock doesn't deliver any with the game and could thus make the creation of them very hard or not satisfactorly possible.

It sounds somewhat novel, which is a suprising feat to do in the tired clichés of fantasy settings.

Edit:

Words from the trailer, make with them what you want:

...ern mountains

Temple of Ithilwayn

Darkwood

Tomb of the Forgotten King

The Eversa....

...encient's Fortress

Emperor's Palace

Troops were sent to defend...

...without a writ of passage...

Phoenix Arrows

Risen Soldiers

Oxyx Armor

Primal Bear

Archers

Ebbenwolf

Guardian Wolf

Iron Golem

Plains Dragon

Dragon Spear

Death Widow

Btw. I like the music of the railer, sounds good. Better then the usual pseudo epic orchestral music.

PS. Using the same screenshots which were allready shown for the trailer is cheating.

@Vandenburg - plus one karma for taking the time to write down the words from the trailer. I thought about doing it myself looking for Easter eggs and other such things but I did not have the time.

I love the music on that trailer . . . it's a little eerie, a little haunting, very fresh, and perfectly fitting for a fantasy game 

We made the trailer while organizing the screenshots (before anything was announced), thinking they were all going out at the same time   I promise more action in Trailer #2  (due around Beta1's release).

So you're saying we'll have to wait 8 months for another trailer? Barricade the doors, an angry mob will be there shortly.

At least give us more screenies!

Trailer?  I missed the trailer?

Edit:

Meh, I wants more!

Ok, I think I need to pony up and pre-order.  That way if I get laid off next year it's already paid for and I've got something to play while collecting unemployment. 

Getting a magical creature in your army is a rare but big deal.

I really like that concept. As Annatar mentioned earlier, it was pretty lame in HOMM when you sent a dragon out to fight and it died you could be like 'Aw shoot. Well, lemmie just go raise another ten. That'll teach 'em.' It should be a huge deal to get a dragon or 'Guardian Wolf' to join up with your forces. That way you could create hypothetical situations like:

"Alright, let's go tear up this Channeler's army and... oh #$%# he's got Norgoth the Green Dragon, Terror of the East!"

I also like the focus on men and 'fallen' (whatever those are ) over the traditional 'high fantasy'-esque races. Gives Stardock a lot more flexibility in designing a story without having to worry about 'What? Elves are evil? That unpossible!' and other preconceptions. And for those who it bothers, you can create and share your own races which'll be a huge draw to the game.

It does seem a bit silly that in a magical world you wouldn't have more magical troops.  Then again, if the world is just now beginning to be re-populated it makes sense only a few non-human, magical races would have survived.  And those that did would be tough!

I'm OK with the concept of only a few magical units, but having an option to increase or decrease the likelihood of there being recruitable non-human units would be sweet.  Something like the following when you create a new game-

Magic abundance:

• Rare
• Uncommon
• Common
• Plentiful

This would allow you to play more tactical, unit-based games versus a high magic, uber-fantasy world.  I think that would be pretty easy to implement and add a lot of variety to game play.

The interview says that investing some of your essence into making a tile suitable for a city results in a permanent loss in your total essence.  Perhaps investing your essence in a hero results in a similar loss.  You may get more more XP, but there may be some other aspect of you that's been permanently diminished by doing so.

I like it.  It's a nice change from the usual game in the genre where armies resemble zoos more than actual armies.