M-200% No. 7

By the way, I've been wanting to ask, why 2500 + 5 ore? Why 5 ore? Why not 5 wood?

2500 seems reasonable – it's to make buying a hero more accessible and reduce the number of restarts just to get a chest.
As for the 5 ore, it's to slightly compensate for the weakness of the Tavern and Inferno – they need 5-10 ore for level 2.
5 wood would just strengthen already strong factions like Castle, Rampart, and Fortress.
But this is just my opinion; I don't have any definitive information.
P.S. By the way, in that patch, the bonus for specialists like Kir or Kreg, etc., is not 5% per level, but 3% per level.

P.P.S. I launched that patch through HD, and there's no 5 ore there... only 2500 gold.