even the Fortress faction understood this and added them in Hammers of Fate.
There was something written about fans of Heroes 3 who couldn't handle the revolution in the gameplay.
And is creating an entirely new world, Ashan, and abandoning the developments of previous parts in terms of plot not a mockery of the fans?
Who can tell me now how Lysander turned out to be a descendant of Gryphonheart? and so on... :(