It definitely won't be any faster:(
At least because there's no auto-battle:mad: What were they thinking...?
They thought about it for a long time, a lot, and without success. :)
Besides the missing auto-battle, the game isn't made any faster by the constant camera rotation (searching for resources) and the inability to enter a building from any side but the front.
In Heroes 3 XL, you can play a game in an hour over a modem. In Heroes 4, it takes 3 hours. And in Heroes 5, it's IMPOSSIBLE:eek: ...
At least, not official ones.
How can you play it online? The Multiplayer is very slow. And, most importantly, it's boring because all the creatures are easily defeated. It's boring...