Discussion of the "HeroesWorld vs Heroes.by" tournament.

I'm not saying that you cut a piece of the game by castrating the "Diplomacy" skill

well, the "castration" happened earlier - in all the rules for SoD
Obviously, annexation was simply REMOVED in TE. but the skill itself was NOT
Meaning that in TE diplomacy was actually buffed; it can be leveled up and used (reduces the cost of surrender, part of the governor class - very valuable).

Added after 5 hours 41 minutes
Request to the ХВ team to reconsider the position on the 2-minute turn time.
Even your own players spoke in favor of 4 minutes. Although SoD is usually played with 6 min.
+I suggest playing with the underground. Without it, a patchwork map is generated that violates the usual template structure.
We are always ready to change part of our rules at your request.