impossible gameplay tactics on XL.

Important - you need to have FAST-moving heroes - whether from logistics, artifacts, or spells; otherwise, by the time your hero reaches the enemy's borders, their heroes will have already ravaged your country from one end to the other.

Theoretically, I know all this - an Earth expert + a city portal (4th level of magic is quickly leveled up), plus gloves, sneakers + logistics, etc.

The problem is that playing on a LARGE map is so addictive that sometimes, only after a week of making mistakes, you ask yourself, "What the heck was I doing there?"

But this is a good idea - a main hero with high stats + two fast mages who explore the map.

P.S. I almost always win against the AI; I play against 3-4 AI opponents at once on impossible difficulty; there's no point in playing against more, as they start killing each other in the first month.

However, if there are many teleports, the AI always beats me - please tell me the tactic for dealing with teleports - simply standing in doorways can be risky.

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By the way, I forgot to mention. Forget about Jelar. Take Grindan; it's the same 350 per day, but more importantly, you can get expert-level slow very quickly.

I buy Grindan as my second hero when he's available - precisely because of the slow ability + money.

I always try to play with the red faction - maybe I'm wrong, but they always go first, and on the first day of the week, I get the free reward first (or maybe it's because I'm the host).

I don't buy heroes from other factions - I've been told that if a hero is a foreigner, it negatively affects morale and luck, even if the army consists of only one race (maybe I'm wrong).

P.S. I level up the Fairy hero and look for Fairy dwellings. I don't know about diplomacy - I've observed that a huge, uniform army captures roaming monsters of the same type much more often than an expert in diplomacy