Yikes, when your first language is obviously not English, you probably shouldn't be throwing around words like hubris....just sayin.
Look, for the noobs defending Honour mode blindly, get a grip, get out there and play more games. Until you have a better appreciation for how gaming works and/or some semblance of common sense you just sound like fanatics.
Go play X-Com, Enemy Unknown on Ironman or Massive Chalice on Brutal, then come back once you couldn't do it and talk to the people who can. Knowing exactly where every mine is or the exact opening tactic of every opponent does not make a challenging ironman mode; it makes an tact-on mode to make the game seem something it is not.
Again. I love this game, but I am not a noob fanatic; this mode shoud not be in this game as it is NOT about tactics, it is about memorization.
