u/Few-Inspection-1145

I finally get to play the game tomorrow and am so excited. I'm looking for advice on what my first game should be, to ease into the new mechanics.

My main game is HOMM5 and i haven't played others beyond that. I see there is a lot of new stuff in this one such as focus points, laws and the magic is different. I'm planning on running the IKARUS map since i've gathered it's the closest to my HOMM5 favorite and allows for a slow pace ?

But then what Faction or Hero should i pick ? That wouldn't add too much new stuff so that i can familiarize with the unavoidable new stuff ?

Thanks in advance, i'm sooo hyped