EaglePrince

I came to tell about one really interesting game I had yesterday! One human ally and I fought against AI lords. It was Close Encounters map, and the settings were Crusader game, computer advantage (giving them 4000 gold). This is how we were positioned - I put Saladin in the place where my ally was, and we fought against all others. Just as the fighting began, it was relatively hard, but it didn't seem to be a hard game. I made it to enclose my castle, and I did have several towers to defend from catapults, and I had archers on those towers as well. At some moment, those attacks became stronger, and just after I tough I was safe, they started attacking me with greater armies. At some moments whole one side of my castle was destroyed - the towers and the large gatehouse at the north-east part of my castle were destroyed. After that I called my ally to help me - he made it to kill Rat, and he was fighting the Lionheart north of him, while all others were attacking me. He sent his horse archers to help me. After some time we made it to repel those attack, and he also sent some catapults, and he destroyed some parts of Caliphs castle. He also sent me stone, and some gold, and that helped me to recover. Soon after that I had my towers with mangonels up, destroying enemy catapults and trebuchets, and I had more crossbowmen this time. Soon I took down Caliph with a small crossbowmen and swordsmen army (his castle was still damaged after my allies attacks). Later I went after Lionheart north of Caliph, and Wolf was the one who fell next. At some moment my ally made it to kill Lionheart north of him - I also helped him in his final attack with my horse archers. After him, we killed the last our enemy, and won the fight! It was really an exciting fight!

Thanks, fellowslothb, I'm glad you like them. If anyone can see any way those could be improved, feel free to tell. :)

Oh, I took a pic of them all but the red - the most important one. :) It's a white crest with red dragon on it - I will post a picture of it as well. I know I was talking about using golden color, but later I taught it will be better to use white instead of gold. This way it stays in that bright Stronghold 2 spirit. :) ADDITION: I have added the red. Also, I haven't forgot what you asked me to do with another Welsh shield. I hope I'll do that tomorrow.

No worry, just bring your crossbow - you will pass! :D Thanks, guys. :)

I have submitted Stronghold Nations crests to downloads section like I said I would. You can download them from here. I hope you'll like them! I am posting some screenshots of them here.

I am happy to tell you - I have passed my exam today. :D I should start preparing for another one soon, but for now I am free to spend some with Stronghold, and you guys. :) I will also be able to create those crests for Stronghold 2 we were speaking about. :) By the way, I would suggest this tread to be sticky. ;)

"Share Your Project" forum has gone because when someone makes a Stronghold 2 map for example, he shares it at Stronghold 2 forum. For this reason, my Stronghold Crusader faces and shields, and Stronghold 2 crests were the only two topic there, and because of that I asked Chris to move back those two topics to Stronghold Crusader and Stronghold 2 forums. There those will be more visible. The reason why I think that your asking for testing map will be more easily noticed up there, at Stronghold 2 forum. :)

I hope I would be able to play-test the map, but nothing before the exam. :( Chris, by the way - maybe we should rename "Volunteer Work". I taught this forum was only for "Want to offer your services as a volunteer". Maybe it's just me, I don't know. :) Besides that, I think that play-testing requests should be at the same place where we present our new maps to the community. Those are just my suggestions - you know best. :)

Welcome, @Nigel, we're glad you found us! Since you liked Stronghold Knights, I am sure you will like this community as well!

Same for me - I will wait for some time to hear some first impressions. It's not a cheap game, and I can't afford myself to waste that much money.

Thanks, Chris! Also, Mathew, if you have any question, feel free to ask.

That's right! Only with difference that the dragon will be red, and I want to use golden color somehow. It's pretty easy to create a Stronghold 2 crest. If you need a program to do that, Gimp is free and pretty good program.

No need for that either! The winner could save the screenshot of his victory screen... I'm not sure how that works at Stronghold 2, but it is possible for Stronghold Crusader. One could save the scores screen, and there one could easily see when did each player die. :) I mean, I'm not sure if such a screen exists in Stronghold 2, and if it possible to save a screenshot of it... If not, your can save the screenshot of your troops killing the enemy. But what is the most relevant is what other participants say. :)

Thanks, I'll need that a lot! :D You guys have fun! :)

I'm glad you like it as well @fellowslothb! I do have one idea, guys, and I will ask you for your opinion! What I want to do is to create universal Stronghold Nation crest pattern for Stronghold 2! What I think I should use is the black dragon and golden color, but this crest should also include color of the player. For example, I could make the black dragon in golden square or golden circle, so if you're player 1, your knight and swordsmen would have red shields with golden circle and the black dragon inside of it. Instead of circle, I could try making the black dragon inside golden shield, or I could also use any kind of coloring offered by Stronghold 2 default crests (located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Firefly Studios\Stronghold 2\crests\red). Right now I got feeling that, it would be the most interesting to use eight different coloring schemes. I hope this would be really interesting for our Stronghold 2 events, but those would be interesting for skirmish games as well!

I am sorry I will have to disappoint you once again. I will not be able to join today as well. Damn, that exam... :/ I hope I'll finish with that until next weekend.

That sounds great! :)

You're welcome. I did come to the same idea, and I think that the shield we chose for our favicon should be our crest? It's a golden shield with black dragon.

Thanks you both, I see I got one more vote in last seconds. :)

Thanks both, and congratulations, Mathew! :)

Sure, that shall be no problem. :)

That does sound interesting, but I am worried about one thing there... I am sure that all of us here are fair players, and that we play for fun here, but I am worried how would that effect some of us. Those prizes can sometimes also bring some negative effects, and while some would come playing for fun, some could come to play for winning. We all play to win, of course, but when that becomes the only goal, we rick to ruin the fun. ADDITION: For example, I would like to have a tag "Stronghold Crusader champion", but we should be playing for fun, not for prizes. Maybe I'm wrong, and I could be just worried too much.

I will have to study (a lot), but if I get tired, I would come to relax my mind a little. :)

I have my talents. :)

Since Duke is the latest one at this moment, I think that Grand Duke, Regent, Prince, King and Emperor... Something like that. Oh, by the way, is there going to be another contest, but in Stronghold 1 or Stronghold Crusader with a custom title as a prize? :) I do have one in my mind, but I don't want to tell you yet. :p If the answer is no, then I would tell. :)