Crown of Might general:
- To conquer other territories (occupied or unoccupied)
you need at least one soldier in your campaign army. Your knights are peculiar,
they refuse to fight without soldiers.
- It makes not always sense (in particular at
the early stage) to build a big army for especially soldiers will cause
current costs and use up your income.
Conquer:
On the battlefield it's the most important to
be a good strategist, as he can lead the army the best.
For that reason Cedric of Rotherwood is first
choice.
But the strength in swordplay is significant,
too (that is why your and your opponent's strengths are shown during the
fight)
If you are a better swordfighter than your opponent
it is of advantage to fight agressive and start a surprise attack. (ATTACK)
If you are a weaker swordfighter (or equal in
strength) than your opponent it is efficient to fight defensive and let
the enemy attack. (STAND AND FIGHT)
A wild attack won't be of any advantage.
- Before you start conquering, take a look at
the map to get an idea of how much gold and vassals each territory will
bring in.
(in general the northern territories are the
poorest and the southern territories are the richest.)
- Being able to build strongholds is an invaluable
advantage you have over your opponents. Placed skillfully they prevent
the enemy from progressing as without catapult he can't attack it. Even
when the opponent has conquered one of your strongholds with overwhelming
supremacy, at least the stronghold served one purpose: it weakened the
enemy's army.
Lay siege to a castle:
When laying siege to a castle, again, a strong
leader will do a better job. The army is well organized and for that reason
you have more projectiles available to fire with the catapult.
A weaker leader must do with less projectiles.
On the other hand keep in mind: The better your
enemy is in leading, the more projectiles must hit his castle walls until
you can assault the castle.
-It's your task to hit the castle's battlements.
Controlling the catapult:
- first mouse-click on catapult loads ammunition,
after that you adjust the tension of the catapult arm and thus the range.
A good starting point is the 4th position from
bottom. Pull the catapult arm all the way back to start, and then move
it up three steps.
- second mouse-click on catapult fires projectile.
After the first shot click on the catapult again.
Now it jumps into the position of the first shot.
(do not yet click or move!)
If the first shot went long, on the second attempt
move the arm up 1 - 3 steps, dependant on how far the shot missed the target.
If the first shot went short, move it down 1
- 3 steps, dependant on how far the shot missed the target.
With some practice you will learn to estimate
how far the shot missed the target.
Once you have hit the walls the rest is easy.
Each following shot you simply lower the tension
by one step and hope the ammunition will suffice.
(After each shot click again once on the catapult,
it jumps into the position of the previous shot.)
It is rumoured that a "cocksure" tactics
exists:
1. shot: starting point is 4th position
from bottom
2. shot: 2 steps up or down
3. shot: 1 step up or down
Tournament in Ashby:
In the passage of arms it's most important to
be a good jouster, for he can wield the lance more skillfully.
For that reason Gareth of Galway is first choice.
But on his big day Timothy Lightfoot can beat all opponents, too.
As you may freely choose your opponent it's the
best to start against a weak opponent (for instance Reginald Front-de-Boeuf)
and joust just for fame.
Although the jousting is a rather time-critical
matter the question is to keep cool:
- Yet before the helmet is closing you can move
the lance (cursor) to your opponent
(the horse's mane or the shield are good starting
points).
- When the opponent starts you move the lance
with him and try to level at the shield.
- Now it's the point to get the right moment
for the strike. (Hint: The right moment is rather later as one may expect.)
- To knock down the opponent you must hit the
centre of the shield, not too early and not too late.
- If you strike too early you will miss the opponent,
if you strike too late he will knock you down.
- Another tip: Count the number of the horse's
bounces to get an idea of the measure of time.
- But be aware! Beware of hitting the opponent's
horse, as one who kills a horse in the passage of arms will be banished
from the tournament for life.
- If you are proclaimed Champion of the Tournament,
your strength in leading (otherwise strength in jousting) will increase
one step.
Raiding a castle:
To raid a castle it's the most important to be
a strong swordfighter, for he will endure more hits. Here Timothy Lightfoot
is first choice.
But even Cedric of Rotherwood on his big day
(and when he's drunken enough) can beat all opponents.
For practise you should choose a castle of a
weak swordfighter (for instance Brian de Bois Guilbert).
Controlling the swordfight:
- leftclick on top of opponent:
blow from right or stab (depends on point of time and opponent's action)
- leftclick on bottom of opponent:
blow from left or stab (depends on point of time and opponent's action)
The swordfight is time critical, too. But just
keep cool:
- Don't forget to step forward to the right.
- To blindly fidget with your sword doesn't make
sense. Rather look what your opponent is doing.
- When he is about to strike he is the most vulnerable.
Wait and see, then react!
- Recently we stumbled on a long lost scroll
dealing with offensive swordfight-tactics. However the old paper is not
fully decipherable.
We just have been able to unravel the following
words: " top, fool, quick, change, bottom, stab ". Hope our translation
is right.
From other sources we came to know that this
tactics are promising rather with weaker opponents.
- Strength in swordfighting again is useful if
you get the chance to free a kidnapped young Saxon damsel. However in this
case you don't know the strength of your Norman opponent.
- If you free a Saxon ward, your strength in
leading (otherwise strength in swordfight) will increase one step.
That's all we know.