Thanks for at least someone responding :) But it doesn't help much (for someone as slow as me :D)...

With the right approach, you can acquire artifacts, mines, and resources on some maps just by using heroes. How? You pick them up/capture them, you get attacked, and you run away to a Castle. That's it.

I'm not talking about that: how to move – with 1-2 heroes in the army and split them across 2-3 fronts, or move all 4-5 together in one direction and retreat to corners during fast-paced gameplay (and not just messing around for months...;) )? What are the subtleties of saving movement points, and how to deal with slow units – if you absolutely need them (and even with them, things aren't going well :smile32: )? I understand that "acceleration" exists in some twisted form in the 4th game as well, but I still can't figure out in what way :rolleyes:...

It's very simple, if you know how.
For example, I play on standard maps with all heroes and complete them on the maximum difficulty level.

Well, I set up hot-seat mode and random maps on duel maps and tentatively try things out on Expert, but so far without much success. Strong guards are impassable for me in the first weeks, and heroes don't level up. I get four heroes to around level 8 by the 4th week :smile18:, and everywhere the computer tells me: "I will be crushed, I will be crushed" - even though it's obvious without it :) So, how do you deal with, say, 20-30 creatures with supporting units in the 3rd-4th week :confused:? At least... Or a bunch of Sorceresses (each of whom deals 90 damage) or Gargantuars, and there are many others...

I've gotten a little better with Order using the Djinn + Titan combination: the first ones slow down and "subdue," the second ones shoot down the helpless, but this tactic doesn't work against everyone... And without Djinns, it's difficult for other races in this regard.

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P.S. I finally found gloves behind 3 Golem-Dragons (on Iron Man), on the 2nd-3rd day :smile11: ?? That's crazy, how?:confused: With whom?:smile50: