Started on Hero difficulty, then on Veteran.
The first thing I noticed is that changing the difficulty doesn't affect the number of troops or the ease of completing the scenario, which is disappointing.
Secondly, there are very few troops. Actually, there are almost none. After the battle on Hero difficulty, I had 2 Inquisitors left. In 3 weeks, I captured a wood mine, destroyed the demons near the flag (gold +5 ore), built a town hall, a workshop, peasant huts, and a level 1 Mage Guild. I had 186 Landlords and 2 Inquisitors. I only leveled up Ballista to Expert.
On Veteran difficulty, it was the same, except I managed to build an Archer Tower on the 3rd week, capture the flag, and level up to Rapid Fire Ballista. There were almost no money and troops.
What am I supposed to fight with? Authority?
Thirdly, the time limit. No, maybe with some mod, it's possible to complete it in 5 weeks, but under these conditions, it's impossible.
Usually, the lower the difficulty, the easier it is. But not here. At least increase it to 2 months...
4. Maybe it would be worth giving a choice of what to choose before the mission (like in the original), or, for example, more ranged troops or useful artifacts...
In conclusion, this is my playthrough without cheats, script replacements, or mods that make the game easier (I only have mods for artifact/creature descriptions, recoloring of elf/titan archers, MegaAI, and the NCF mod).
P.S.: I personally can't imagine how Heroist managed to complete the task in 5 weeks. And even more so, how he defeated 19 Undead... without cheats, of course.
In principle, everything is possible, I've already completed it. Even before capturing the castle, I captured the sawmill without losses (by only deploying Inquisitors in battle, the skeletons didn't have time to shoot), and the magic wand with minimal losses. Then I attacked the castle, and after the battle, I had 7 Inquisitors left. Then I started rebuilding, and again, for battles with neutrals, I only deployed INQUISITORS, so that there were no losses. Sometimes I had to replay, sometimes I had to wait. But the main thing is to capture the ore and build archers in the first week. After that, everything became easier. I also defeated the Undead with almost no losses, by building a defensive line of squads of 1 peasant each and shooting them. But I couldn't survive against the Necromancer, and even more so, I couldn't defeat the Orc after that. I had to add some archers to myself using the magic console.
P.S.: I personally can't imagine how Heroist managed to complete the task in 5 weeks. And even more so, how he defeated 19 Undead... without cheats, of course.
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Одиночные сценарии Heroes V 3.1:
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