Out of curiosity, did HotA Crews decide to make new Pikeman/Orc graphics since they were upset about their creation was brought to ERA, as they wanted everything unique?

I like the pikeman/dendroid, and even the orc (which is not in the assembly) from early HotA/ERA. Like Docent Picolan said, these creatures aren't used by any project now, could be a feature of ERA. But I don't think it matters too much whether or not putting them in the assembly. The reason is simple, the creature list is easily replaced by a mod, like the trending Third Upgrade Mod. Until we are able to separate portraits, spec icons from .def to .bmp, nothing is very important here.