A few more words about diplomacy: In the second game, unlike the third, the attack and defense of a hero do not affect the recruitment process. In the third game, 5 factors are taken into account during recruitment: - Hero strength = sqrt((attack * 0.05 + 1) * (defense * 0.05 + 1)) - Hero army strength / monster strength - Aggressiveness level of monsters (generated when the save is created) - Unit bonus (number of identical creatures = 2, or simply whether similar creatures exist = 1, if not = 0) - Diplomacy skill