EaglePrince

Hey, nice to see you, after all that time. :) I remember winning that mission before, but right now I do not have it unlocked. I would like to play that mission again - could you tell me just in which Historical Campaign is it? We could both post here after we make it, and I have no doubt you will beat it.

If you asked me this question yesterday, I wouldn't be able to answer this question for sure... Till yesterday I had Stronghold Crusader 1.3 version, but it seems like it was making me problems while playing multiplayer - the game was crashing whenever someone was trying to send me a map. Because of this, I have reinstalled the game, and now my game version is 1.2. This is how my outpost looks now, when I started the game in this test map with v1.2. It also doesn't produce troops now. So, unfortunately, it has to be 1.3 version, or Extreme. It does sound interesting - the game you played. I will send you my email in private message. As about the way I placed this outpost - I placed it just like in Stronghold Crusader Extreme I would.

Exactly that! I tried it, and it works, but that was only for test. Also, I made the outpost to produce as much as possible troops, and that was a real inferno. :) So I will make some nice skirmish map with the following story: one crusader need to fight back the upcoming Arabian attacks which are becoming stronger and stronger, as they get more and more reinforcements. So it will be advisable to not to take too much time, or else, you will be overran in some moment. I'm afraid I haven't tried that. EDIT: I haven't tried that, but that wasn't my goal in fact, cause I don't like ability to throw stones at some point of the map, or arrows at some enemy army. That is why I don't like Stronghold Crusader Extreme so much, although it does have some nice option. For example, in SCH-E, one can heal his army, and that is pretty nice thing. I don't know, at least that is what I think about singleplayer, maybe in multiplayer it would be a different story. And truth to be told, I never gave SCH-E a chance... I'm glad if I gave you some idea for a new map. :)

The thing is that I have never liked the idea of outposts, cause I don't want to fight with troops which I didn't train (with troops that I am receiving just like that). I like it more when I depend only of my own economy. This time I want to use outpost on a Stronghold Crusader skirmish map (not Stronghold Crusader Extreme), and not to give each player an outpost. I would be, for example, only one outpost belonging to only one player. Although I didn't now that each outpost produces twice is many troops as the last time. I will try to make this map - I only hope it will be a possible mission to win. :) I expect there will be blood to the knees! :D If it doesn't turn out as I expected, I will simply delete the outpost from the map.

Each day you learn something new, but some day you learn something new about a game you taught you knew all bout it. I was just trying out something, and I noticed I am able to build outpost in skirmish maps, so I came to an idea! What I was always trying to do was to make my opponents as strong as possible. Well, this way one can make his opponent even way too powerful for his appetites! :D The good thing is also that the computer uses those outposts, and send the army from there to attack you - regardless of whether he normally uses those troops or not. I don't like the idea of outposts when I am the one who has the benefits of it, but giving an outpost to our opponent could make the game rally interesting. We could place it somewhere close to that opponent, so it would look like you are fighting against opponent who is having powerful support. Are you aware of some scenario or skirmish maps having those outposts? What are you experiences with them? Of course, in games like this, there could be only two sides, I believe - it would be pointless to give those outposts to computer players in different team so they could fight each other, and the same applies to giving the outpost to your ally. I mean, that is just my opinion at this moment, I just always like to make thing harder to me, I find it more fun. :)

Thanks, Chris! I hope this is gonna be a useful tread for those seeking for challenges, and also a nice place where forum visitors, where they could write us about their successes on battlefield, or anything else. I would also like to use the opportunity to write something about my latest success. :) I played Lord Vetka's scenario Trading post. I haven't been playing scenarios so much, and I was almost always playing skirmish games of multiplayer. This one is really great, I would recommend it to anyone to try. In this scenario, you begin on a small hill with no resources around, and your only task is to survive the attacks. I would write something more here -about how I made it, what were the problems I faced, but I taught it would be better not to talk much, and just let the others to play. But I am going to say this much. I started it in one way, in some moment I taught it would be better to change the tactic (about running my economy), and that turned out better, I think. I was repelling the attacks, and at one moment something happened I wasn't expecting, and that stopped my progress at a moment. After that, I moved on, and made it to grow stronger then before. The last attack I fought off in front of my stone keep, after enemy army destroyed my gatehouse and entered the castle.

Hi, I remember how we had similar tread at Stronghold Knights, and, in my opinion, it was really great stuff! I wish to start with one singleplayer match which I am really proud of! It is the last mission of Crusader Warchest Trail, and for those who forgot about this one, or maybe for those who haven't reached that mission, I am posting this one. The reason, why am I proud of winning this one is the way I won this mission. As you can see, you start with 3000 gold, while you opponents start with 40000. Considering the fact, that you have no resources - no stone, no iron, and no oasis, it could seem like impossible mission. I have seen some walkthroughs, and as far as I remember, they were all including some tricks which I didn't want to use, cause I find them dirty. For example, suggestions of some players were using shields, but I don't find it fair, cause computer doesn't use them as well. Also, what do you think - is that right those shields to protect archers better then walls and towers battlements? I think not, and for that reason, I consider it as an exploit, a glitch, or something like that. It just wasn't supposed to be that way, but, oh well, we figured out that we can place 30 shields and 60 archers in the same place, and some of use will use it. :) There are also some ways of earning gold out of large population - not of working population, but of population made by some unfair ways. At least when you fight against computer. :) Anyway, what I made it to do here, was to make a large production of crossbows (in beginning to train army, and later to sell them for gold as well), build breweries to take taxes, and to build a wall with few towers and gatehouse at the side where the attacks were coming from. I had to buy hops, wheat, and also wood in order to maintain the production, and after I finished my castle, I started producing swords and armors to train swordsmen (what crusader I am without men in shiny armors :D ). All this was time consuming, but it was very interesting game. This was my castle in that game. Later, the first one to fall was Nizar. I tried to kill Caliph first, but that attack failed, cause I could not attack Caliph without confronting others armies. So my next attack was at Nizar, as I was able to send my men across the narrow isthmus, and attack him from there. After Nizar, I attacked Caliph, but this time, from direction witch fitted me more - from where Nizars castle was. After that, I had more resources, and I was not under constant attacks. The next to fall were Emirand Lionheart, while the next one, Wolf, was the strongest one among them all. After I got carefully prepared for him, I besieged his castle, and I made it eliminate one more opponent. The last one was the weakest one, as he was closest to me - just across the bay, and I was destroying his castle and economy with mangonels during entire mission. So I only ordered my mangonels to stop, ad walked in his castle slaying the last of my enemies.

I did understand him correctly, and yes - that would be bad at all. :) Only I think this one (or two - counting Vetka's :D ) will be enough for me. :)

Hi, guys, I saw I introduced myself in a wrong tread. :) I am EaglePrince - I have the same name at HeavenGames, GameRanger... everywhere. :) Games I like to play are Stronghold Crusader, Stronghold 1, and also Stronghold 2. These three games are the ones I play the most, but among them, Stronghold Crusader is my favorite one.

Thanks, Lord Vetka. As about my own intro tread, I think I won't be needing one. Only I could apologize to you, cause I came into your own intro tread. :D But I wasn't aware of that - later I saw others wrote their intro post in another post. And, I see I didn't say that - Stronghold Crusader, Stronghold 1, and Stronghold 2 are my field of interest. :) As about my maps - that for that. I'm gonna upload some more maps this evening as well.

Great, I'm glad to hear that! And, of course, it's nothing urgent, this way, everything works fine as well.

That's exactly the option which I chose. :) It is the one only mission - kill and don't be killed! :) In that case, I agree it is the best solution. I only taught that you might be unaware of this, so that you should probably tell you, as I was the first one to upload Stronghold Crusader skirmish map. But is there an option about number of players for Stronghold 2 kingmaker maps? I don't play Stronghold 2 very often, Stronghold Crusader is my favorite, but I think maximum number of players would be an important information about some certain map.

Hi, I am uploading one skirmish map for Stronghold Crusader at this moment, and I have noticed few things. I have to chose difficulty level and number of missions, but as it is a skirmish map, we cannot say if it is hard or easy, and it has no missions. Except that one - destroy everyone on the map who is not your ally! :D Also, there is an option "number of estates"... I have chosen 8, as my map was made for players, but I think these two: number of players and number of estates is not the same thing. I only meant to inform you about this matter. Regards!

Yeah! :D I posted that picture only to show my entire castle from that mission, cause my banner is showing the lord on the large gatehouse of the castle. :) And this is my signature for competition (in case I change it some day, so it would remain visible here): ____________________________________________________________________ My walls are strong, my men are in good heart. Bring o?n your slings and arrows! ____________________________________________________________________

Speaking about my banner, it is 400x100. Only image of the castle is larger that this (512x384). Is that ok? I fear that height of 100px of image would make the screenshot too small? I've just added the link to this tread as well onto the banner. I have also uploaded my screenshot to the gallery.

Hi, I'd like to apply for competition for the first signature of the month. This is a screenshot made in Stronghold Crusader. More precisely, it is my castle that was built in the last mission of Crusader Trail. I will also post my entire castle from that mission. :)

Thanks for explanations about the downloads section. :) OK, I will ask him about this matter, and I will inform you here, what he said.:)

Yes, that's what I was referring to. Also, I definitely agree that we would need to have Teuton Ritters permission to do something like that. Only I taught it would be better to ask you, if you are willing to make something like that here, after what we would ask Teutonen Ritter for his permission. Well, you're right about forum for that one mode... As it is mod of Stronghold Crusader, it should be in Stronghold Crusader, not in separate place. I haven't tried to upload any maps yet (so I didn't have any issue as well :) ), but I will soon. I also have some fresh idea for a new map. By the way, did you make an option here for Stronghold Crusader 1.3, so we could select this version, if a map was made with this one. Maybe, we would make similar thing for maps made by Stronghold Europe? (we could chose between 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Stronghold Europe (SHE))

Hi, I guess, I could introduce myself.:) I am EaglePrince - the same EaglePrince from Stronghold Heaven, Stronghold Knights, I fight under the same name on GameRanger, and I always appear with this very same shield with eagle!:)

Hi, all! I guess most of you know me, some from Stronghold Heaven, some from Stronghold Knights, and some from GameRanger. I'm sure you have heard of Stronghold Europe. I find it really interesting - with this mod, it is possible (in some way) to play skirmish games in Stronghold 1. I find it really interesting, although it is not exactly Stronghold 1 - all economy is faster, just like in Stronghold Crusader, and troops are like in Stronghold Crusader (swordsmen are the same as in SHC, for example). Nevertheless, it is still interesting. :) I haven't tried it yet, but I'm gonna try to play it in multiplayer, and I will post here, if I succeed or not. :) What I wanted to ask you... Would that be possible to make Stronghold Europe section here (and maybe Stronghold Europe section for downloads - I'm not sure yet how does that work here), so we could make a community of players who play this game here? I know there is forum for this, but it is all in German, this one would be the first one in English, I guess?