Discussion about the game's artificial intelligence.

What's so difficult about completing the game on "Hero" difficulty? For example, I completed the original game and two expansions on "Hero" difficulty, and I didn't have to come up with anything special. The AI is incredibly dumb; it casts a single-target slow spell when it has a mass slow spell available, which is very annoying. However, there are sometimes exceptions – I was pleasantly surprised when, in the final battle of the first expansion, Tolgar started casting mass Bless spells. In single-player scenarios, some people introduce a "Champion" difficulty, but the main difference from "Hero" is again in the starting resources. I've played several such maps, and apart from a difficult start, there are practically no other differences.