The most challenging maps for you.

Time goes by, technologies develop, and it's time to make those same 3 factions even better (while keeping the turn-based style), but introduce balance and improve the AI. That would be our best gift.

Technologies are developing, but that's a separate issue. The real question is: who will do it?

I believe it's necessary to keep the 3 factions in their style but fill them with new content, specifically by further balancing, optimizing, and making the AI more intelligent. And then we'll get what we've been arguing about for many years: something where we think strategically like in a tournament, even when randomness is involved, and in a tournament, we don't look for silly mistakes and flaws in the map or the AI.

The question remains the same: who will be in charge of this? The company that created the game collapsed after the release of the fourth installment and has long ceased to exist. There are fan projects like HotA, Voga, ERA, etc. But what's the point? There's vcmi, where they're rewriting the Heroes engine from scratch and doing it with open-source code. But there simply aren't enough strong programmers capable of writing high-quality AI. Moreover, at the moment, the AI there is even worse than in the original. It's not that simple. This requires professionals, and professionals, as a rule, demand money for their work!

(I understand that players create maps, and I have great respect for them, BUT I would like to see professional maps, and if a talented player creates a masterpiece, let professionals edit and accept the map. The game has long become the property of the people) Conclusion: include maps in expansions (after a year, include two dozen maps, for example).

Well, I also thought that there were real masterpieces among the fan-made maps, much better than the standard ones. And if the game were still alive, it would be great if they were included in a collection. But... It's been dead for a long time. And only thanks to the fans who play it, it's still afloat.

and so on... where the computer is a complete idiot.

I completely agree with you! The computer is a complete idiot!

you are smart guys - it's time to play smart games! The 3 factions need to be intellectually enriched, and some things need to be changed.

I see one solution. Play online. Not with a stupid computer, but with a human. This seems to me to be the only possible way to get resistance and have an interesting game. A bot will never play like a human; it's just not possible. Comparing it to chess is incorrect; it's a more popular game, and the programs that play chess have been developed for decades, with many enthusiasts, etc. Heroes, apart from "a bunch" of modders, aren't really needed by anyone. It's not on the same scale.
And chess programs were written as much as possible to win, not to entertain.

I advise you to treat this as you feel immediately, without going into detail, because I couldn't write a more detailed regulation (it kicked me out), but the essence is clear!):smile38:

The essence is clear. The only question is how to implement this essence. Who needs it? And if someone needs it, does he have the means to turn "dreams" into reality?