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Hello, I recently started playing Heroes 3 online with friends. I read a lot of useful information on your forum about mod templates and other tools used by professional players. But I don't like the most popular templates for several reasons – they are for large maps and are too resource-rich. I like to play with 200% resources on random towns on maps with small or medium sizes. Can you recommend a template where there is little free loot, mines other than wood and ore are guarded, there are few secondary resources and they are not near the starting locations, and there is only 1-2 mines, hives, and ruins per map?

Try the M balance or skrimsh. These are popular templates for size M and 200% difficulty (king).

I tried balancing it; it's generally good, but often too generous – you can find secondary resources worth 111, and there can be up to 6 hives in one place. I'll try skirmish mode.

but often too rich

Hmm... Rich? :D Is the balance rich???

I took the time to draw a map for you, try it out. :D You should like it:D

I tried the balance map; it's generally good, but often too rich – you can find secondary resources worth 111 and sometimes up to 6 hives in one place. I'll try Skirmish.

The idea behind the balance map is that the starting zone always has native secondary resources – a village. Also, there are no utopias or artifacts on the balance map. Instead, there's a separate zone with many, many hives. This is the main zone that players fight over. If you're playing a map specifically designed for the "M" size, there isn't this zone. I'm specifically emphasizing the letter "M."

I played a bit more on the Medium difficulty, and it's quite enjoyable, thank you. I just noticed that last time I played, I got a lot of free stuff, but now I see that it's rare.

The idea behind the balance is that there's always a native secondary town/village in the starting zone. Also, there are no utopias or artifact/relic towns on the balance map. Instead, there's a separate zone with many, many hives. This is the main zone that everyone fights over. If you're talking about a balance map specifically for size M, then that zone isn't there. I'm specifically emphasizing the letter M.

On the M balance map, there's a main treasure with hives; I used to collect around 70-80 ducks there, but I don't remember exactly.

found another blockbuster – I liked it too. I'm reading tournament reports, and I don't see the point in playing on resource-rich maps when the resources are just lying around unprotected, when building everything is so quick and easy, and there's always money to buy troops. If you like easy wins, why not play on the lowest difficulty?)))

You can't play with pawns and horses because the computer (neutrals) doesn't play at its full strength. They are already dumb, and imagine if they started to let you win :D

And as for what you say about there being a lot of "freebies," it's not just against one opponent, but against two. And in roughly the same conditions for both players.

For example, the Balance and Panic template is recommended to be played at 130% (turns). And that's fine! But what's the point of starting this boring game at 200%, when one player finds a chest and immediately buys a second hero, while the other has to wait 5 days to buy a second hero and attack someone? Where's the fairness in that? That's why people play at 130%.

You should look at the game not only as a way to bully the bots. "To make it harder," I set it to 200% and play on a poor map, yeah, and I only develop through the town hall - capitol :D, and so on. And also, look at it from another perspective, where PEOPLE play against each other, who want roughly equal combat conditions, so that the strongest wins, and not the luckiest.

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PS: Have you tried playing on my map? :D

...Have you tried playing my map? :D

:D It's perfect for testing :D :smile13: