We play like heroes but not so much...

[Legionairie(BR)]

Why our Wielders (Heroes) do not fight in battles with their troops ? It would be awesome if it were like Warcraft 3 where all heroes had their unique fight style, active skills and passives. It's strange to me move a hero on the battlefield, loot and equip him (or her) with gear and don't use him inside the turn-battle.

[Samseng Yik]

Actually, we really really play this one like heroes except 4.
And this is the root design of game series

[Quillithe]

Think of them as generals. They're leaders without particularly special melee abilities, it doesn't make sense for them to run up and get killed.

[Gin Kenshin98]

They can still be different depending on their special ability. Some make them better at defeating enemies through spells, brute force, turtling and buffing def, or a mix of everything.

[Nagumo]

Please NOT! This was one of the worst features in the whole HOMM Series. I understand your point and have played HOMM 4 regardless of that but again --> Nope!

[jonoliveira12]

Yes, Heroes as only generals is better.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by jonoliveira12:

Yes, Heroes as only generals is better.

It did occur to me later that the equipment feels kinda weird for this. It was all openly magical artifacts in old HoMM but here it's not clear why a random sword helps your general lead troops to attack