Posts from Testers needed.

I’m still fighting on the lake; the green troops are awesome!

I killed a super-uber-powerful elf (although without a large army, but he was very well-leveled), and they gave me a bow. I found a quiver somewhere before that.
As a result, I’m now roaming around with crossbowmen, inquisitors, and the new green troops. The city is almost fully built, I have less than five thousand gold, the dwarves are constantly getting in the way, the elves are running around with decent armies, and I haven’t been able to break through the dwarven guard of the second underground yet...

The mummy army on the lake is causing big problems. I understand that it’s not necessary to kill them, but they have severely damaged my army, mainly due to the Confusion spell.

We need to weaken them, right?

Do they really interfere with anything?
By the way, maybe it would be worth disabling the recruitment of characters like Isabelle and others in taverns? It just doesn't look very good...

Wow, you did it in the first week? Not bad. I only managed it in the middle of the second week, after buying up all the city upgrades. I need to remember what else I did...
I remembered. So, I killed the militia and hired elven archers, and also took out half of the knights. The rest seem to have survived. I had slightly more archers than you, I don't remember exactly how many, but around a hundred, maybe less.

I wouldn't recommend going to the Dwarves – I haven't figured out where they come from yet, but you can't recruit an army in their cities...
The path to the Sphinx is great! I guessed the riddle on the third try... The Boots of Levitation are a worthwhile reward.

By the way... I found a bug (I think).
In the center of the map, near the second Haven castle, but slightly to the right (the far right part of the island), there's a group of monsters (unicorns and others), but you can't attack them. The cursor turns red, but the hero doesn't move to attack.

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 available. After the battle on Hero difficulty, I was left with 2 Inquisitors. 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 the Ballista skill 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 a Rapid Fire Ballista. There were almost no money or troops.
What am I supposed to fight with? Authority?
Thirdly, the time limit. 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. 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 perhaps 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 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.

Please let me know if anyone has managed to capture the Dwarf Fortress in the north of the map. I don't think it's possible yet - the enemies also have constant evasion.
I captured the second human town - it wasn't that difficult now. But now there is a big problem in the form of an elf with the icon of Alaron, pumped up with steroids. He has almost no army, but even that is enough to destroy everything around. I'll think about what to do with him...

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Oh yes, there's also a neutral mage on one of the islands, but I haven't fought him yet - it's a bit scary...

Yeah, okay then. That mage isn't that strong, by the way, but the problem is that I foolishly forgot to level up the light magic skill for my heroes... Now I'm struggling.
Is there a mentor on the second map? Or at least does he exist somewhere in the campaign?