AmberSoler, Qwerty, Invisible, Fireball +1!
I read the thread and was amazed by some of the outdated views! I thought that only "green" newbies needed to be convinced of the value of tactics!..

All players who do not understand the usefulness of Tactics are prescribed a special course of treatment – a series of games for Shahti on random maps.
The effectiveness of the course is more than 90 percent.
Side effects: a sharp increase in skill level.

Everyone has their own Kung Fu. Battles will show which school was better... but I think that every Shahtist would gladly set up chess pieces before the battle.

Exactly!
Do you still not appreciate tactics? Then we're coming after you! :) With tactics! We will fight with you "with earth and water" and win! :)
To particularly stubborn tacticophobes :) I offer my save file from the final battle for Mirktown (the "Against Death" campaign, /topic/at/332903/ scenario 5). Given: I have a cool mage Erish with dragons of all kinds and titans. Enemy - Emperor: mixed Necropolis-Inferno guard. Required: to win! I enter the castle anticipating a quick victory. And the Emperor has expert tactics + constant fire shield! The beginning of the battle: the enemy builds his troops outside the castle, and then... DARKNESS!!!... :( I replayed it many times, but only won once, and even then – barely...
Just keep in mind: I played Heroes, not SoD! In SoD, many things are different, even the formation before the battle (see screenshots: on the left - Heroes, on the right - SoD).