Qwerty and Forrest, thanks for the advice (unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to increase morale through messages; I clicked on the forum several times, seemingly correctly, but it remained unchanged:()!).
I decided to try Gunar, and to my surprise, I had the best start in the first week ever:eek: (for you, of course, this is practically standing still:D). I built mines in the castle (considering that I immediately upgraded trolls, and harpies were not built), and even - which is a real achievement for my level of play - on day 211, I opened the maximum crypt with minimal losses:cool::D. But I have nothing more to "brag" about: in the next 10 days, nothing significant was done, and I have little money (even with 2 heroes with +350 gold per day). In short, my playing style (developed against "genius" AI) needs to be completely changed:smile18:. Perhaps my main problem, besides the tactical part of the battles (where I somehow managed to gradually lose all the trolls and harpies, and almost all the medusas), is that I don't effectively use the "batch" of heroes (who are "noobs," "scouts," or whatever else they are called - "lurkers"): I can create a "chain" somehow, but how to use them to defend against something else (the most pressing question: where to get so many troops and money?) and what else to use them for (well, for example: is it necessary to defend and regularly visit various "discos" and mills?) - :smile32:, they just "graze" in one place for several days after delivering troops...