If there will be any Mound Fiends, that is!
I can see the (even then) ancient races of Pangaea having many generations of manikin-ingredients stashed up somewhere, so I don't have to actually change them... But if I do, I might go for a Vineman/Intelligent Animals route. Although that was Saber Cherry's idea, even more than the original idea about the Ice Age.
And yes, when I read about the Ages I lost my faith in the project for a while. But this is closer to the Dark Age of the Conquest of Elysium, Illwinter's first game. I might buy that just to snatch some graphics. For those that haven't tried its demo, it has different Eras just like Dominions III will have, but more spesific to the unnamed world they all seemed to happen in: Monarchy, Empire, Fallen Empire, Agricultural, Dark Age and probably some I forgot. That affects both the races enemies play and the places and units that roam the lands.
BTW, has anyone else caught a party of Wizard, three Hoburgs, Elf, Unexcepted Hero, Hero, Dwarf, and an invisible Hoburg in the CoE? I quite enjoyed The One Ring, although I didn't find any real use for it.
