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The lollipop (chupa-chups) should definitely be banned! Explosions are one thing, but a lollipop is just ridiculous!!! I practically lost a winning game because of it(((((((((((.

There is, of course, no balance in random events (it's a bit better in TE, but still not enough, it needs further refinement). However, almost the same people keep winning.

I just finished a tournament. In none of the games did it even come to a point where we had to fight to the bitter end; everything was decided in the second week. Yes, I got lucky – either with the map layout or with my opponent's actions, but it keeps happening like this, and it's been going on for years. And I seem to be "unlucky" only in games against top players – the map layout is terrible, my opponent has everything going for them, and I'm just slow and sluggish, etc.

Come on... If you ban everything that can lead to losing a winning game, what's left? You can lose because of Armageddon with Phoenixes, because of Angel Wings in the Necropolis, etc. Well, that's just the nature of the game, guys.

P.S. If your opponent finds a "chupa-chups" (a lollipop), just be happy for them and that's it :)

I understand.

However, Heroes is not Starcraft or chess, but rather poker.

1) Dragon Utopia, 2) some level 4 artifacts, 3) boots with gloves, logistics heroes 4) layouts in the form of "cans", hives and caches. The first 3 points can be removed or neutralized, say, by banning visits to Dragon Utopia or banning a list of artifacts

Water really would have been more interesting. But as for the red ball... What am I supposed to do with it? Well, if I'm meant to be happy that my opponent found this lollipop, then I'll also be happy that I finally understand why almost nobody ever plays mages and they almost never become main heroes. :(

To win consistently in Heroes, you need a different perception of them, a different gaming worldview. Specifically — all the reasons for victories and defeats lie only within yourself. Then your level of mindset and concentration will jump up, your intuition will start working — the ability to make the right decisions with insufficient information, and you'll simply start getting lucky.

Watching many of our top players from behind their shoulders, I often wonder how they constantly get such layouts. If I had those, I'd kill everyone off. And where there are no layouts, there is luck, opponent stupidity, reaching a spot on the last cell, or fishing out the speed pendant in a carriage. Moreover, when they relax, lose concentration or mindset — the picture becomes the opposite.

It would definitely be more interesting with water.

I haven't observed this, but it's interesting – do top players take risks when the situation is less than ideal, when it's simply unclear what opportunities the map offers?

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