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After numerous failures at the beginning of the game, and after losing several times, I decided to ask experienced players for advice on how to develop best, which buildings to construct first, which units to recruit early on, when to build the training ground, and which heroes to level up. In general, please share your experience. P.S.: Paladins are the best!

You won't be able to rush with Paladins at the beginning:):smile17:
(First week) I try to upgrade Archers to Marksmen as quickly as possible for the Order, and at the same time, I build a Town Hall (the main thing is to have income). Then, I choose between Griffins or Soldiers... I go for Soldiers because they protect the vulnerable Marksmen in melee combat... and it's risky to build Griffins because they are vulnerable in battle; they are only good for flying around or when you have a large number of them:)
(Second week) Next, I upgrade the first guild to know what Light or Dark Halls you are going to build, or if you aren't going to build any at all:) Then, I usually try to upgrade the first three units and have the same units in the main hero's army as quickly as possible.
(Remaining weeks) Next, I try to build Monks to strengthen the ranged attack, or if gold and resources aren't a problem, Knights...
All this time, I try to build the Capitol as quickly as possible. After that, the income increases more noticeably....
However, if you want to replenish the armies, build a Fort-Stronghold faster. However, on Veteran difficulty, it will be difficult for the hero because most of the stone and wood will go to Marksmen and Armored Archers... only after building the Capitol do I build training halls so that I can train peasants into Archers or Archers into Armored Archers.... When there are 8-10 or more Paladins, I train Monks into Paladins....
However, for a hero like Dugald, who specializes in archers, I train Marksmen or Crossbowmen.
For the hero Laslo, I train Armored Archers or Zealots.
For Axel, I train Paladins....
There is a hero named Iris, and she specializes in Griffins, so you can build them earlier than Soldiers to get a good number of them...
This tactic has saved me and led me to victory not only on Veteran but also several times on Hero difficulty, although it's more challenging.
Good luck....

You have an interesting method... or rather, approach... if it really worked for you, then I guess I'll have to apply this experience to myself... I'm tired of losing. ____________________ apartments for a day

I'm playing as Axel.
In the first week, I upgrade archers (only to red ones) and split them into 4-5 stacks, build training halls (+7), and upgrade the capitol. To level up the city, I build a market and peasant huts. The hero needs to capture the sawmill on the first turn. Starting from the first week, I train 7 peasants into archers (if the difficulty is maximum, you can manage without the +7 archers). The hero needs to get the "Experienced Commander" and "Master Counterstrike" skills as quickly as possible.
In the second week, I upgrade the training halls (+13), upgrade the capitol (you should upgrade the capitol for humans as soon as possible!), and build a guild of mages. It is also vitally important to capture the gold mine as quickly as possible, and take most of the treasures in gold.
After the guild of mages, we build a monastery, then save up for a stable and an order of paladins.
So, as you can see, the point of my method is to create an army consisting only of red crossbowmen, knights, and angel/seraphim.
In the late game, split the stacks with knights into 2-3-4 and reduce the stacks with archers to 4-3-2.
And here are a couple more tips for my strategy: 1) NEVER upgrade the monastery and barracks (where lamellar armor units are produced), and 2) don't build griffons; use monks and later lamellar armor units only for upgrading to knights, and don't put them in the army!
And 3) use training halls EVERY week and preferably to the maximum!
That's all...

If I start a new game, my choice would be Vittorio or Dugald. But if I want to develop a hero, then Axel is definitely the best – he increases the Overseer skill by 1% for each level, and then you can develop Unstoppable Force, and he will deal massive damage to enemies. (of course, the hero still needs to visit locations).