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Do you build a structure and upgrade it on the next turn, or do you build it and not recruit troops until you upgrade it (not sure how much time will pass)?

Well, I don't know, for example, I don't use unupgraded units if they can be upgraded. The price difference isn't significant enough to worry about. Why complicate things? Let there be two equivalent units, and both can be purchased in the same city (unlike in 4). It's much simpler and offers more tactics! Rather than unit - upgrade. In the latter case, definitely upgrade!

Well, in some cases, it's still better to wait for the upgrade. Those Hellhounds in 5 were weak, while their upgrade, Nightmares, were quite decent. If the price difference between upgraded and regular units is made more significant, then there will be a reason to sometimes use regular troops. Sort of a balance.

Unupgraded is the base, cheap and cheerful. Want perks and goodies – pay up. In my opinion, it's quite logical. There's no harsh double upgrade, like in 2 with dragons, and that's a good thing.
Although, playing 4 is more relaxing; you don't have to worry about where to upgrade if it takes two weeks to reach the nearest city.
And the selection system is very reminiscent of Adepts. I already complained about this in the section about 4. Although the choice adds variety – instead of one race, we get two, or even three.

Well, I don't know, I usually try to build creatures and then upgrade them. Of course, there are exceptions, like in Heroes of Might and Magic III with Goblins. I upgrade them right away.

improved units are better, and their stats are higher. If you choose to upgrade, you have 5 options, but in my opinion, transforming one unit into another (upgrading to a different unit) doesn't seem realistic. It's like silver unicorns grazing and then suddenly turning crimson, and then back to silver – it doesn't feel realistic.

I agree, or about skeletons in Heroes 5. In general, you should quickly build up your forces so that your army grows, because in Heroes 5, unit upgrades are clearly more expensive than in Heroes 3, and it's worth upgrading a couple of units, otherwise you won't have enough resources to build the missing ones. For example, for Necropolis, you need a lot of mercury to upgrade, but you have to save it for dragons!

Skeletons without upgrades are a poor fighter, weak, and frail, but the situation changes significantly with the upgrade. I buy fighters at the beginning, and then, if there aren't enough of others, I upgrade them.

and Nag

Just elves, please.

Why specifically mages or elves?

It would be better to have both mages and elves. Both races are very important for Heroes, and it's one of their defining features. And somehow, people have managed without a Necropolis so far. It would be great for an expansion pack, and also for the initial release. But, I think it would be better without sacrificing the other races.
P.S. I'd like to point out that without mages and elves, two storylines are lost, which those who have played Heroes 5 are looking forward to:
1) The appearance of necromancers (since they originated from mages)
2) The appearance of dark elves.

I'm afraid we won't get to see dwarves, at least not without expansions.

There weren't any mages there.