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Regarding the math part, you seem to be projecting your own views onto people. Many come to Heroes after other esports games, and there, in terms of math, balance, and sporting dryness, things are far harsher than in HoMM.

In StarCraft, for example, a serious match in the early game is a clash of home preparations, build orders — development sequences calculated down to the second and the mineral. There's not much romance, immersion in the game atmosphere, etc. there; people come there precisely to cynically measure their e-peens.

I can't agree with that. The majority of Michurin-era Heroes players were esports athletes, primarily from Warcraft, StarCraft, Counter-Strike, and earlier Diablo.

So, Heroes and StarCraft cannot be measured with the same yardstick. RTS strategies are about speed and quick thinking. Fast and spectacular games. There's no admiring the game; everything is geared solely toward destroying your opponent. In general, it's for younger players; many people leave after 18-20 years of age. Only 3 races — uniquely different, nowhere else is there such a difference and such balance.
Esports is overseen by monsters on the level of Blizzard and Korean companies.

In Heroes, there are 9 factions, and not as different as in the old game — but actually quite similar. And making them even more similar is not advisable at all. People who play Heroes are much older, many over 30 and even over 40. There are hardcore pros, but they are an overwhelming minority. They are the ones measuring e-peens. The rest need immersion in the game and romance as well.

And no one on TV is going to watch a multi-hour game (I'm not talking about Mikhailo). In Moscow, I think they tried broadcasting the final of one of the tournaments on a screen; they wrote that people hanging out at the internet cafe seemed interested... but that's it.

So, the pros, alone without the main mass of Heroes players, are useless to anyone except their close ones.
Big companies won't be enticed by them, nor will sponsors. These discussions have been going on for years; they even said about TE that now all the sponsors would jump on it... but that won't happen.

Heroes will only stay alive thanks to the Heroes community, not sponsors.

Why did I butt into the Tribune? Simply because with the same arguments, several years ago on Bais they wrote about the inevitable victory of TE, the death of SoD, and a flourishing.
Well, go check out Bais now.

And on World, a system was slowly being built up, providing an influx of newcomers and stability to the Heroes movement. And now they're about to do the same thing on World that they did on Bais.

The same conditions for experiments — while there are many people, a lively growing forum responds. You guys are determined, you throw yourselves into battle, maybe you'll even win.
Alright, let's say you win; in a year or a year and a half, you'll do the same thing to World that you did to Bais. How will you look people in the eye? Or will you again find arguments about how you meant well, but it turned out as always?