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Honestly, I don't understand your principled rejection of Paragon. It's strange to read posts from some people: "...I haven't played it myself, but the map is still bad... the battles are boring... it's overrated... it's only known in the Russian-speaking community..." Although the map is good, it's one of the best maps created in recent years.
Everything below is purely my PERSONAL opinion, and I'm not going to argue with anyone.
1. Although I'm Uzbek, I was born and raised in a Russian cultural environment. And a Russian-language map will always be closer and more familiar to me than an English, German, or even Chinese one (although my English is quite good).
2. Every map has its strengths and weaknesses. The presence of weaknesses is not a reason to blindly criticize any map.
3. From day one on Heroes Prime, the map was positioned as the best STORY-DRIVEN RPG map. That is, no one said that it has the best and most interesting battles in the world. In addition, the author accepts constructive criticism and is working on making the combat more challenging, in particular, by delaying the acquisition of the Clone skill.
4. The fact that you don't need to solve puzzles that require a thorough knowledge of all game bugs, calculate the remaining movement points with a calculator, and so on – is only a plus. If someone has a lot of free time, or they enjoy portraying themselves as the "Father of Heroic Democracy," then more power to them.
5. Regarding the "overhyped" nature of the map. Perhaps some people don't fully understand the meaning of this term.