Suggestions for a SOD mod.

If you only make cosmetic changes, then no one will need it – why download or install anything if it’s essentially the same thing.

It’s an interesting question. You can criticize any position – both Heroes 3.5 (WoG, HotA) and the original Heroes 3, and even cosmetic changes (let’s call it Heroes 3.3). Indeed, it’s all a matter of taste, a personal matter for each player. Personally, I would like to play Heroes 3.3. Yes, +5 mana is not much, but it’s still slightly less disappointing than +4 )))

Changes should be significant, but also targeted and well-thought-out; we must not allow it to turn into “WoG-ism.”

WoG-ism is, of course, WoG-ism, but in general, I think WoG is a great thing, one of the possible approaches to Heroes 3.5, a feast for the soul, so to speak :). And another possible approach to Heroes 3.5 is HotA. In fact, I’m not against Heroes 3.5; we just need to be honest about it – it’s Heroes 3.5, not Heroes 3.

Why not play Heroes 3.5 if we make it more interesting than the original Heroes 3? We can play it. But it’s also important to have a large community of people who will play these Heroes 3.5, and to achieve this, we need to create something remarkable (some highlights). Both WoG and HotA have managed to do this. WoG – the wealth of possibilities from ERM, the “feeling of wonder around the corner,” as I read from some WoG player, and HotA – bug fixes, the beauty of new graphical elements.