Has anyone successfully modified this game in any significant way? There are some changes I would love to make to it.

-- The time to train heroes sucks, and a "buy it now" function would be awesome.
-- The number of magic heroes is also annoying -- you can train only 1 per temple. Should be uniformly 3.
-- The exp gains from quests, as well as probability of death, are frustrating. There's no way to get a hero from Level 1 to Level 36, short of save-scrubbing.
-- The AI is too dumb. Half the time, I'll have an empire of 40 nations, and he'll still be poking around #3.

Then, of course, there are the bugs:
-- Certain hero's level change to HEX, and they can only go up to like level M. I don't believe this was intentional.
-- The AI Cheats. They seem to true-sight everything every turn, even if you have the magic mirror of protection.

Would be fun / interesting to try this game with a higher level of difficulty and better hero workshop.