Building a big and beautiful castle is a dream for every lord in the world. You will need a large amount of golds and stones to make your dream come true. Unfortunately due harsh treatment and bad working condition, the slaves that you brought to your little kingdom starting to revolt.
=== Overview ===
Note: This map made in version 1.41 with Unofficial Crusader Patch v1.25b
This map is an eco-invasion scenario. Your keep located in center area; in transition of dessert and grassland. There is a boulders hill in south-west area and rivers between it and your keep. There also an unfinished castle around your keep which you shouldn't destroy it.
In this scenario, the invasion will spawn in every direction. Slave is only unit that will appears in the invasion. However, don't underestimate them as this unit can bring a destruction. This map is relatively normal difficulty, but it will be hard if you are careless.
Your available units for this scenario is only two basic unit from crusader: Archer and Spearmen. You can also build a cathedral and hire Black Monk to bolster your defense against slaves.
=== Objective ===
Collect 5.000 gold
Collect 500 stones
Survive the wave until January 1200
=== Hints ===
- Important: The castle walls and towers are made from other faction, so it can only be destroyed by your units. However, it's not good idea to destroy them and would wasting your time. Do not put units in aggresive stance since it's will automatically attacking the wall. Use defensive stance to your melee units.
- Slaves are weak, but they come with large number and able to swarm your army. Deploy your spearmen as many as possible.
- Archer is good to picking off enemy units from distance, but they have relatively slow fire rate. It's better to use them to support spearmen rather than as main unit defense. Put them on wall and behind spearmen group.
- Place wells or water pots near several vulnerable spots to keep fire from spreading.
- Build quarry early as possible. Make sure it's protected and have a well near of it since it is located near spawn point.
- Build cathedral when you able to. It will greatly increase happiness which can be used to raise taxes. It also allow you to hire Monk which is more better than spearmen while costing little more gold than spearmen.
Few changes has been made since I uploaded wrong version of the map.
Legendary Raider (id: avaget)
Posted on 08/18/21 @ 08:09 PM
Very cool look to the map!
A bit annoying that half-destroyed tower or portable shields are enemy's so my archers try to attack it when they go near them
[Edited on 09/17/21 @ 05:30 AM]
DigaRW File Author
Posted on 08/19/21 @ 05:38 AM
Updated!
With proper planning, this scenario become way too easy. So I removed apothecary (in UCP, it does heal unit) and add more invasions to increase difficulties.
Stratego
Posted on 08/22/21 @ 12:49 PM
After having played this interesting map, I've got an ambivalent feeling about it; the entire scenario consits of two main tasks to fulfil, the economic part (gold and stone) combined with steadily growing slave invasions. However the only negative point is an upcoming unnecessary boredom caused by the fact that you are in a good position to establish a relatively solid and strong defense against those swarms of slaves easy to eradicate immediately once they have appeared near the signposts. I personally would reduce the whole game time way to the half because of the calculable periodically occuring attacks which are easy to handle in accelerating game speed up tp 80.
Keep on creating more maps!
Stratego
DigaRW File Author
Posted on 08/23/21 @ 08:26 AM
Thanks for your feedback.
You're right on shortening game time. I also thought the scenario become a bit boring on later game once player have formidable defense. Might also cut gold and stone requirement to half.
Might take two weeks or so.
DigaRW File Author
Posted on 09/09/21 @ 02:58 AM
Updated!
Now gold and stone requirement has been cut to half. Invasion time now is shorter (to January 1200) and tighter. Every year there is two invasions coming, so prepare for a real challenge.