Hive Leader

This is just blatant cheating if each one costs 1000 and gives you a powerful artifact. I don't understand the point – why make the game so easy? I completed the new version on Hard difficulty in 90 days, and the AI is still weak. Increasing the number of creatures of levels 2 and 3 to the size of legions didn't make it stronger, as the attack/defense ratio of the AI hero and the human hero by the middle of the second month is approximately 14/7 versus 25/23. It's like beating up a baby with slow, stun, and fear abilities. The legions simply don't have time to make a move. For a true Hard difficulty, I think the level of the AI hero defending the cities 4-8 should be at least 25, with attack/defense stats of 40-30. I took the last outpost and the 8th city using auto-combat without significant losses. Auto-combat on Hard difficulty shouldn't be possible at all; that's what Hard is for. Especially in the final stages. Thank you again for the map. I'm looking forward to improvements and, of course, a continuation. Added 2 minutes later: And the AI still didn't use the portal to infiltrate behind my lines, as the guard on it is too strong for the AI.