I recently started playing without taking the Municipality on the first week and the Capitol on the second week :) In general, I'm playing very poorly. I have a few questions, and I couldn't find the answers on the forum:
1) What should I take from the chests at the beginning of the game (and later) - money or experience? It seems like experience is needed, but then there's very little money.
2) How is it better to level up skills, first to expert, or if good abilities appear, take them? For example, I have a hero with Logistics. The hero leveled up, and Water Magic appeared. What's better, improve Logistics or take Water Magic? Is one expert skill better than three basic ones that are good in the long run? On any map size.
3) Probably not relevant. How do I remove the battle start music (I want to play with the effects, but this long intro is so annoying, I only turn off all the sounds because of it).
2) As a rule, it's better to take new, good skills (if you're not planning to rush). Although, again, there are exceptions.
3) Use animation speed-up