Thanks,
BTW you can't just rush the castle, if you do that you will lose, I did alot of testing on the castle and its a tough nut to crack. You even get more troops later that will arrive to HELP you. :-)
No Pitch inside the castle, I felt it was unrealistic to have pitch inside a castle. But there are scripted events which cause the troops to do things when you take different areas. There are also other ways to get more troops and help on the map. Don't let the castle fool you, its hard, I made the map and had a hard time taking it, that is why it is listed as Very hard.
I am well aware of the RUSH tactic and use of macemen, those tactics will end in defeat, do not forget that an relief force is coming to help the defender and will attack you, so you need men to defend what you take at the end. ;-)
As for the map, I know it doesn't have hilly ground etc. I am just not good at artist stuff, plus I found if one isn't careful there are glitches in the editor that can mess your map up on placing things. Historically like HARLECH which is what the Castle is based on, they looked for flat areas around the castle with NO trees so the enemy wouldn't have cover etc. Most trees around castles today grew after they were no longer used. True there are some castles built on hills etc. like mine is for tactical reasons.
I am actually improving my Castle map with New scripts and more fun things which is a version 4. So if you like the map your playing you will like the newer one I am making.
Don't be fooled you do not have too many men, you will learn. :-)