Two words: scenario editor

[Leind]

I agree. King's Bounty campaign is way better than the Homm campaigns but at the end of the day, user created map are still way better.

If the developer is not going to have enough time/ressources/good mapmaker for mapmaking, let the fans do it. For free, or even better, make some contest for the best user created campaign or map to encourage mapmakers.

In King's Bounty you can see a lot of time was put in the first continent, which was very good looking, full of quests, etc. but the last maps were small and bland.

I never finished Homm campaign as they were boring, but played it endlessly and purchased all add-ons because of user created maps. Some mapmaker created great single player maps & campaigns (wind of thorns for Heroes4 for example. I purchased the Heroes 4 WoW addon just to be able to play this and other wow only fan maps).

Fan mapmaker would be able to create real wonders with a map editor, as King's Bounty game system and game mechanics (Leaderships, great balance between different troops and strategy, ability to have a far bigger world,etc.), is way better than the Heroes game system.
Even if the map editor is hard to use and not user friendly, please traduce it and let your player use it.