Following up on messages #28 from Sir Marmot and #29 from Sir Iskatel78.
Arrogantly assuming that the work on restoring Gree's creations has made us Experts in areas previously unknown to us, and that we are now capable of confidently following the secret paths of the winding road of dragon thinking, we believe that the reaction of this Magical Creation might look something like this: "Dragons, Noble Lords, do not say 'thank you' for 'thank you'. A Knightly Salute to your Courage and Wit!"
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Well, we will allow ourselves some technical remarks – a kind of report.
1. Unfortunately, Sir Marmot, the selection of Heroes invited to the main hall of the Tavern is outside the competence of God – the Creator of the next World: this is the whim of another Goddess – Lady Fortune.
2. Your, Sir Marmot, "...it is impossible to sail away from the shipyard...", obviously implies: before visiting the corresponding Tent?
3. The study of the "City Portal" is intentionally not available until the Infernal level. This Spell is one of the key ones for this map, and IMHO, its "easy" acquisition is probably not advisable.
In addition, it is not ruled out that a Hero who has mastered this Spell while serving the enemy can be hired in the Tavern; then – Literacy resolves the issue in your favor.
4. The same applies to the Artifact "Wings of the Angel," which so greatly changes the balance of power and capabilities in the game that it was removed from HMM4 (and perhaps from all subsequent Heroes – we admit, we don't know). Such an Artifact, IMHO, should be a reward for some special achievements or abilities of the Player. A Keen Mind and a Sharp Eye, again, IMHO, can quite rightly be considered as such. That is why the Purple Tent is located without any guards, but in a secret place. And to distract attention, there are also "serious guys" nearby "hanging out" – a trick familiar to any novice Mage.
A born Tracker cannot be misled by such tricks: an example of this is the success of Sir Iskatel78, who is confident (ha!) in the randomness of his discovery of the Purple Tent. We authoritatively declare: His Majesty Chance is not involved here; the reason for this is the hidden talents and inclinations of this gentleman!
5. We can only express our regret that Tamika turned out to be lazy this time.
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We would also like to complain a little about the lack of details about some moments of the game, which are not the least important – by design, but, obviously, turned out to be secondary for the Lords, due to the fact that everyone has their own style of play and their own priorities.
These include questions: did you recruit Monsters on the central Island? How was it with money – was there too much? The enemies that crawled like cockroaches – shouldn't they have been made stronger? The game time? There are many questions, in general, but, perhaps, we shouldn't push our luck: we've been "on air" for too long.
Sincerely, Old Mage.