How to effectively use quick battles (autobattles)?

bolotnik, why don't you use the HD mod? In ND+ mode, you can replay a battle if you don't like the result. And many bugs have been fixed, such as those that caused unjustified victories in quick battles.

It's not stupid, for example, to kill a horde of skeletons/gnolls with two angels. It just depends on the situation in which it is applied. And it saves a lot of time.

regarding the HD mod, I've heard a lot about it, even downloaded one at some point, but it didn't work for me. And right now, I have some kind of pirated Heroes of Might and Magic 3 complete edition, it's not even installed on my computer, just an unpacked folder, no installation... the translation of some things is not quite correct... I used to have a normal licensed version of RoE and AB...

I agree that quick combat saves time, in your case, I use it myself in similar situations, when the outcome is absolutely clear, everything is simple and obvious, just to save a little time...

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2 bolotnik In my opinion, the results of quick combat are quite adequate, please provide your examples.

I can't provide save files or screenshots right now, as I don't have them, but I'll give some examples:

there's a Water and Earth expert hero and the Forgetfulness spell, there's a Vulnerability medal, the troops aren't very good, but there's a fast flyer, so the first turn is mine, I defeat the neutrals - liches, since the first turn is mine, first comes Forgetfulness, then Mass Slow, and then winning without losses is just a matter of time, but with quick combat, the result is completely different...

for example, when 100 Fey defeat 900 Earth Elementals, even with the hero having the necessary spells and skills, if you use quick combat, the result will be defeat....

quick combat is adequate, at least for me without the HD mod, only when everything is obvious and there aren't many options...