I appreciate the changes to focus more on the strategy and less on the economy of the game by removing the tribute component. Within the first hour of the game, I got to see some of the adjustments made to the amazon’s advanced class (Diana) and the witch’s new versatile casting abilities. However, as I kept playing, I realized that the retreat feature has been disabled. Maybe it changes later on as you level up or out-level the enemy, but with the overall increase in difficulty of the enemy unit formations and attack numbers, sometimes you are outclassed before you realize it; necessitating a retreat and re-evaluation. I think this hack goes a bit too far for my taste in that respect, despite modest improvements elsewhere.