It's strange, but it seems that those who buy the game don't know this (today alone, 13 people in half a day, usually an average of 10 on weekdays, 20 on weekends).
People are willing to spend their hard-earned money to play Heroes, in contrast to the free HotA.
And some still play through Hamachi and other platforms (HotA only allows playing through the lobby).
What do you think, if HotA became a paid game and "SoD" became free, how would the proportion change?
I haven't had any conflicts with any of my opponents, and I can't find opponents to play with for 6 hours on the forum.
And playing with random players who will leave or say, "sorry, a friend came over, I'll play with him," is not something I want to do.
P.S. The last 5 games with random players followed one of the scenarios described above, so I'm not just making this up.