I often attack in the first week or at the beginning of the second.
Do you often attack them in quick battles? Or are we talking about something else? And so what? Even if it's in a quick battle, in case of some losses in tactical combat mode, they are killed without any problems. Where is the natural compensation for quick battles in the form of mana stealing?
Apparently, you play with a large health reserve, since you only attack ghosts with a group of angels :D
Not just with them, I just mentioned it. And what difference does it make what their health is like, if you attack them and lose something, you can replay and kill them easily. You don't attack them with a starting hero of level 1 without buying anything from the Castle and with a second hero, do you? You attack them when you are sure you will win. It doesn't matter if you have 10 angels or 5 knights (and even with experience ;)) against a crowd of ragtag troops. They will still lose.
There was a long discussion about this on the forums – most top players agreed that stealing a large amount of mana, especially when attacking with a not-so-strong army, is too expensive an ability for tier 3 creatures, and they made this adjustment in quick battles.
But please, let's not talk about "most TOP players." I recently watched a replay, and it reminded me of paranoia about the world elite and the new world order. I'm talking about the game's balance, not what anyone agreed on.
I still haven't heard a proper answer as to why they took away even a small chance for the idiotic AI to cause some trouble for the player. But the motives are clear!
IMHO, everything is fine, there is variety.
Yes, of course :D
Haha, this is the "smart" PvP – a battle between players, not against neutrals:)
They even stole morale from the stupid neutrals, and to completely destroy the AI, they kept it for themselves.
Player vs. player is an RTS where micro + speed of thinking decides, IMHO. Not this mess with the Guild System.
За то что нейтралы не бегают за единичкой, для меня это уже стоит того