A Q&A?Well in that case here are few things i'd like to see implemented(after playing the recent alpha).
(1) On the research tree for military section i would like to see plus instead of the minus when it comes to upgrading the R.O.F for catapults(something from last year i thought would be fixed)
(2) Engineeers working the catapult and not like the werewolf launcher from SHLegends.
(3)A decent combat system (many have mentioned this in both alphas-A SH2 style or similar)
(4)Lose the ridiculous amounts of AI troops that attack from their half-ruined castles(at least with crusader extreme YOU have a chance to fight them off.
(5)Interdiction- make it work against the AI so while you are offline.
(6) This has been mentioned,but i'll say it again-Mercenaries,bring them back(not those pitiful peasants with pitchforks,at least the spearmen from legends were very useful).
(7) Many people have commented on lack of military action due to building and replacing armies are TOO expensive,increase army size i.e remove slots taken by merchants/scouts/monks.
(8) Can we see the return of the maceman(possibly in a different form-more historically accurate.Bring back the crossbowman and utilize the horse archer from crusader/sh2.
(9)The economic side of this game is (imo)just about right.
(10) are somethings in the tech tree really in need of research?Apple farming? Dairy farms?I think one or two research points just to unlock them would suffice.
Finally i did enjoy the alphas apart from when it crashed and i lost my research that i had just started.
This game is in need of a few tweaks and when completed could stand alongside the other Stronghold games.
As for SH2 there are still a few bugs with the cutscenes-showing the wrong characters and an invasion that just stans at the edge of the map(*even with editing i cannot fix it)*for this i used the SH2 mapunlocker from the strongholdknights fansite. just for the record i am reffering to mission'kill the hawk'.
regards
Dredde
[This message has been edited by Lord Dredde (edited 06-30-2010 @ 12:08 PM).]