I’m not sure how long you’ve been playing WC3, but let me remind you of a few things:
- Gold is the most important resource in the game.
- Orcs have Burrows where they can hide their Peons during an attack.
- Night Elf Wisps are hidden inside the gold mine itself, and you need to damage the mine before you can even interrupt gold harvesting.
- Human workers can be called to Militia, gain armor, and thanks to their fast movement speed, can quickly escape damage.
But here’s the key point: even if you lose 5 workers to a surprise attack—say from a Panda, Blood Mage, or Tauren under invisibility—all three other races can just pull workers off lumber, buy a shredder, and recover without much of a setback.
Only Undead, if they lose 5 Acolytes—not even to physical damage, but to a quick burst of magic—are basically done for. They have to rebuild all 5 Acolytes from scratch just to resume mining. The game is often over at that point (well, unless you’re Happy, he can probably win with a single Ghoul against a 100 limit).