Red crystal

Is it really that bad? During testing, I easily completed the game on Warrior difficulty as the Stronghold hero (hero Ossir), and with great difficulty and with the help of the console in the final battle against the Necropolis faction (hero Lucretia) on Veteran difficulty.
I'll think about how to further weaken the enemies.
So, did you give the Castle to the bandits, or did the enemies capture it?

Well, firstly, I didn't say it was bad; I said it was very difficult. And I added IMHO. As an argument, I wrote that even on Recruit difficulty, by choosing the initially weak Vittorio and using save-loading to ensure his rapid development in ranged combat, I got the following: the first two enemies (Necropolis and Demon) brazenly hid from me between the teleporter exit and the Mage Guild (an area inaccessible to me) - I was stunned and started luring them out :rolleyes:.
But I managed to repel the subsequent enemies with acceptable losses only thanks to regeneration and additional generation of cavalry in the Knight's Castle, using the tricks I learned from the Remix streams. That is, at least on the easy levels, it is worth (again, IMHO) making life easier for beginners. And to make it possible to complete quests, the arrival of enemies should be less frequent.
Regarding the city: at the beginning, I lost it to the bandits, and after a week, of course, I got angry and took it back. And I gave it to the enemies so as not to interrupt the quest with the scrolls (I had a portal to the city). Since the enemy, after capturing the city, left it, and I had a hero sitting in a shelter near the Castle, I completed the quest and teleported to the Castle, after which I punished two arrogant invaders (Demon and Orc) at once. It was a pity to lose the decent army that was in the Castle, which would have allowed me to complete the final battle without difficulty, but I really didn't want to start over, especially since there's no guarantee that by the time I get there, new enemies won't appear.
But overall, thank you for a pleasant evening; it was interesting!:smile54: