Posts from Inferno – “A fitting image for you” [Campaign 5, Mission 2]

Hello everyone. I've loved and respected the series of games for a long time. I'm currently playing Heroes 6 for the second time (I didn't finish it the first time because of bugs, and the first mission of the Demon campaign annoyed me). However, the current situation has forced me to register because it's impossible to continue playing.

So, as I understand it, this mission is impossible to complete? I don't see any other explanation. Basically, at the beginning of the first week, I captured a Castle and slowly developed. At the beginning of the second week, I ventured into enemy territory because there were no good resources for development, and with great difficulty, losing almost all my dogs, I captured a town with Rosalind. By the end of the second week, a second hero-mage from the Haven faction arrives. I don't know how, but I somehow managed to hold on. Only one Lilim and 8 Fanatics remained alive. Otherwise, it was impossible; the level 12 mage simply mowed down my troops with his spells, and I couldn't do anything about it. What else could I do? Sit in the first town without resources and wait for him to attack the town? Then it would be over too, just a week later.
So, at the beginning of the third week, a Necropolis hero appears with an army that poses a deadly threat. And I feel that the end is near because, with my army, considering the previous losses, I can't resist. And is this normal? I've been playing Heroes for 8 years, and I've completed all the previous missions in Heroes 6, but I haven't seen this problem before. In Heroes 3, if you rush, you could easily capture several towns from the enemy at the beginning, even on a difficult level in the Campaigns (although I don't like doing that). Because he couldn't quickly raise troops, which is logical. But here? Is it impossible to do that? Are there strong armies from the very beginning with mega-super-duper level 12 heroes, with whom I can't do anything? Well, thank you very much.

In general, maybe someone can suggest what to do here. I don't see any prospects in this mission, even if I try my best. I apologize for the long text, but it really annoyed me. I wanted to relax after work, but this isn't relaxation; it's just constant stress(((

Hello!
Unfortunately, the entire development and subsequent support process for the sixth installment was very chaotic. The game underwent a number of changes since its release, and fixing bugs often led to the emergence of others. As a result, in the final version of the product (2.1.1), all of the above turned the original campaign, as you have already written, into something completely unplayable.
I can only advise you to use offline mode and revert the game version to 1.2.1. Yes, you will lose many of the benefits of online play, but from my own experience, I can say that in 1.2.1 the campaign is still more or less adequate and passable. In fact, I only updated my own copy of the sixth game to 1.2.1, and I occasionally play it without any complaints.

By the way, why is this topic highlighted in bold on the forum? Does that mean it's very important? Are there any bugs here that we should be wary of later? I haven't looked at the topic myself, as I'm afraid of spoilers.

You managed the impossible!) But there's still "The Barbarian Seven" ahead, and it was incredibly difficult even in the early versions, and in the final version, it's almost beyond imagination...

I don't see the highlighting you're talking about; the theme looks standard...