Week #30 - Stronghold Crusader

[Charles of Tours 69]

Your challenge for this week: Complete the map Detchu River by @Lord Vetka in the shortest possible time!

 

Useful Resources

• http://www.stronghold-nation.com/downloads/file/365-detchu-river/
  

 

Please save as close to the end as possible, and upload your saved game in your .zip file here.

 

Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (30/7/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip) then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday.

 

Good luck everyone!

 

P.S. - Chris is away, and since the normal time he usually posts the challenges is an hour where everyone in my timezone is asleep, I figured I'd give you all a little bit of a head start.

[EaglePrince 233]

This sounds like really interesting challenge, I'd love to give it a try. Now I feel sorry I didn't bring a laptop with me with Stronghold Crusader installed on it. Still, I'm coming back from Greece on Friday, and on Saturday I should be home, and have some time to give it a try. It would be better if I could stay here some time longer, but what the heck, I should be able to answer on this challenge, so I've got that going for me. :-)

[Nigel 71]

Hmm, Greece - lovely :)

I hope you enjoy it, EaglePrince.

 

But also, this is a very interesting challange.

I gave it a go and - yes - I managed to complete the mission at the first try.

Too much stuff on my to-do list to try and improve the timing further. But hey, I figure if EaglePrince also only has 1 day to do it, then that is only fair :D

 

Hope you will be able to put your submission in, EaglePrince.

52 Weeks_30_Nigel.zip

[EaglePrince 233]

Here's my entry.

[Nigel 71]

Whow: you made it by 1221. Cool :)

[EaglePrince 233]

Well, now I saw your time, you made it in 1226, so our times are pretty similar, you did great too. :)

 

Another thing I used, and it seems that you did not, are war dogs. They were really efficient against crossbowmen which would be way harder to kill otherwise. Only, as far as I remember, after war dogs are used the player needs to kill the dogs on their own as they would go on attacking villagers. At least that's how I think it works in skirmish games if I am not mistaken? In this scenario they worked differently - after the attackers are killed they come back into their cages, and there they stay until the next attack. This way they seem way more useful. Did you know about this?

[Lord_Chris 267]

Congratulations @EaglePrince on winning by 1221! You have been added to the draw for this week. =)

[EaglePrince 233]

Thanks, Chris. :)