Walkthroughs for custom maps.

Apparently, we'll soon reach a point where people will be saying, "I opened ArtMoney, gave myself 10,000 Archangels in each stack, and completed a very difficult map; it wasn't that difficult after all."

What difference does it make if someone creates Walkthroughs using an Admiral's Hat/ARTMONEY? They do it, and that's that. In most cases, they still play the game normally.

For the offline version, the game version doesn't matter at all, even if it's WOG.

That's understandable. But we're talking about players in Multiplayer.

The main thing is to repeat the mantra "HotA is not Heroes" more often, and people will be drawn to you, and the community will revive, like in the good old days.

What "good old days" are you talking about? This game has already run its course. All that's left are single-player enthusiasts and a handful of online players.

And by calling HotA "not Heroes," I think Dendy meant the colossal difference in mechanics. It really is significant, which is why many people perceive HotA as a different game.

Thank you, that's exactly what I wanted to say.

But he's still trying, and not just in this thread, which is why I couldn't hold back.

Don't worry so much. Hang in there :D I'm with you. No one is touching your sacred cow. It's grazing in another field.
I just want to say that you shouldn't call it a horse. ))

That is, the person didn't even come up with it themselves; they simply reproduced a Walkthrough from someone else's video, and even had the audacity to post it, even though they used a critical bug in the game. And the main thing is that this is even encouraged, as if they did something great.
Another person completed the game in one day, starting with the red faction. That's just facepalm.

Only casual players are left. This is normal now.
So what if they beat the AI that used an air shield when sieging a city, or used SHIELD? What's so special about that? In both cases, it's a bug in the game. And in the second case, it's not even a particularly critical bug. But that's okay.

On day 7, I assembled SHIELD and won the game 🤣 - gg

Yes, I've heard about Cheat speedruns, even in Heroes. It's really funny.

Don't laugh. It's a skill.

And in general, achieve it first.

And about the wall, it reminded me of a story about an excellent student and a mediocre student. I'll tell you the gist, as I don't remember it very well.
The excellent student was told that an electric pump had broken down and needed to be fixed, so he started taking it apart, thinking about all sorts of complex things, checking electrical circuits, studying diagrams, etc. He went to great lengths, did a lot of unnecessary work, and couldn't figure out what was wrong.
The mediocre student first checked if it was plugged in.
- It wasn't plugged in.

That's how Dandy, overthought it a little. )