I'd like to hear the opinion of experienced players:smile43:
Here's a situation from a game playing as the Swamp faction, Shades of Darkness, first week of development:
By day 2-3, I have 3-4 heroes. And from the open territory, I can see that Hydras are being placed in the Fortress, right at the limit. The question is: should I limit myself to this number of heroes and sacrifice the pace of development, or buy more heroes, risking not being able to reach level 7.
Let's assume there are factors indicating potential problems with this: slow roads, poor resource spawns, etc.
But scouting is the most important thing!