DISCUSSIONS on “Rules for online games in HoMM3 and formulas for calculating player rating.”

However, the suggestion to change the rules is not made because of this particular episode. It is especially disappointing that Kostya is writing such nonsense. There have already been enough episodes. And if my experience here is not extensive, then, for example, Maretti writes in a similar vein.

First, it's strange that you consider what I (or Wicc, twaryn'a) wrote to be nonsense, but you demand attention to your posts?

Where does it follow that he must lose the game instead of winning?
After all, the only reason for this is that the angel (fly) has wings and can fly. But he is still unable to destroy the opponent.
Where does the right to win come from? From nowhere.

Secondly, in Heroes, a battle cannot end in a draw (except when both are killed), so there can be no talk of a draw in the game, especially considering that draws are unnecessary time in Tournaments, where there must be a winner. In any case, someone must retreat.

And the proposed rule is like a mix of the "fight or run" and "stalemate is a lose for attacker, draw for defender" rules - it is simply a more successful "lesser of two evils".

Third, I didn't say that the "fight or run" option is bad, it's just DIFFERENT. But I don't think it's better. I am quite happy with the current state of affairs.

Once again, for Kostya, I will quote the suggestion and ask him to provide a specific example of a battle of pawns where the new rule will work clearly worse, more awkwardly than the one that exists now.

For example, in a battle of pawns, a hero with 7 zombie units attacked a hero with 1 fairy unit. After an exchange of ranged attacks, a stalemate situation arose, and according to the current rules, the attacker retreats, but according to yours, the one who doesn't want to fight retreats. This is not bad, but it changes the assessment and familiarity of such battles.

P.S. Perhaps this rule does require adjustments, but only in the part where it says about shackles.