it all depends heavily on the map, the difficulty level, and the starting level of the town. if the map is not rich and the town's level is low, it's better to play on Veteran if you're playing against a human. or on Warrior. on Hero difficulty, there will be an imbalance, and the start will be extremely slow due to a lack of wood. by the way, I talked to one of the developers from Nival, and he said that the standard maps in Heroes were originally balanced for the Warrior difficulty. it's clear that playing against the AI is more interesting on Hero difficulty, but when playing against a human, it seems better to play on Veteran or Warrior. maybe they balanced the races against each other for the Warrior difficulty, and not for the Hero difficulty.