Well, I gave it a fair try. I have never seen an AI cheat so badly. They all have to to be competative with humans but when I ran into an AI warrior who was apparently in god mode (took out my guards guard and two heros with their fine as the game will allow armies) - by himself - in an apparent stalemated shard conflict, I gave up. No wonder this game was received so badly when released. I was going to but I think any later Eador-world games are no longer desired by me.

Melee hero killed melee guards, definitely cheating!
Should've poked it with sticks called arrows or magic bolts.