The Shapeshifter, little is known of his origins. Some claim he was once a Crusader commander who vanished in the East, while others believe he was an Arabian noble who adopted the Franks' ways. He never speaks of his past, and even his closest men are unsure of his true name. His armies are a blend of Arabian warriors and Crusader soldiers; while his unusual castles consist of several connected structures of different shapes. Some believe these strange designs conceal a greater plan, though no one can say what that is. To this day, his origins, loyalties, and ambitions all remain a mystery.

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Those early 3D cutscenes of lords burned themself into my mind. Some of them are horrifying and every one of them is charming

Hi all, looking to play through all the coop missions with a chill someone. I am happy with just messaging with no mic but easy either way. Give me a message and I can add your steam. Cheers

The Templar, a former Knight who has found himself in a position of power. Not much is known of him, not even his real name, he is now known simply as Templar. A strong defender of Christiandom, he takes up arms to fight for his beliefs. He will make few words, and ensures that all those who oppose him are dealt with. With force if need be. Builds almost impenetrable fortresses and utilizes heavy Crusader troops. Favoring his Knights and Swordsmen, he takes a bit to get going, but becomes an absolute force.

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I bought both games and am currently playing through SH2. I've heard others say that they removed some features from Legends that SH2 had. What exactly did they remove or change that's worth talking about? I read that they streamlined the economy but I'm not really sure what that means. Any Buildings, features, etc

Thanks <3

Reading up some discussions, i see a lot of criticism about honor, how it its annoying and slow downs everything etc. As someone who liked stronghold 2 im honestly glad its back. I feel it adds a bit of balance to the game and stops you from just rushing the best units and spamming industry and basically acts like a tech sytstem.

love to hear your thoughts.

Used to love the original Stronghold when I was younger, and just got the Definitive Edition and started replaying the campaign. I also thought it would be fun to create custom siege scenarios and challenge my friends to siege my castle (or to defend a castle against me sieging it) but I'm both sad and surprised to discover this does not seem to be possible.

Was this not a feature many players wanted? And what's the chance that this will be possible in Stronghold 4?

The graphics looks nice and that is everything that's good about it...

I just played the 1VS1 of the demo. I had 4 quarries and 4 iron mines, each with 4 ox tethers each.

However, half the time I ended up having up to 6 ox at the mines, while the quarries were piling up the stone to the point they stopped working.

I remember this problem from Stronghold 2 but since this is still a demo:

Please devs, do something about that. Either give us a version for stone and one for iron or let us decide, like with certain weapon workshops, what the ox shall carry or something.

Hello all, I recently bought the Stronghold Collection on Steam and now own both Stronghold 2 and Legends. My question is which of those should I play first? From what I've read S2 is more economy focused and Legends is more War/Battle focused while missing some liked/hated features in S2, which do you think would be better for longer term play? S2 sounds like the matches would take longer since you need to build up your castle more and get production going (and more management overall) while Legends wants you to battle more. I plan on playing both but after I'm done I don't wanna switch back and forth so much and stick to one to focus on.

Thanks all <3

Here are a few things I hope SH4 will innovate on from its predecessors, while still maintaining its core loop:

1) Different damage receptivity of towers. Round rowers should have greater resistance to catapults & projectiles, which is why square towers come out of fashion historically.

2) Cavalry in all AI armies. Cavalry was the key units in any medieval army. For field battles, the AI should attempt to flank enemy armies. For sieges, they would go around raiding all unprotected buildings. So far, it seems only regular knights will be a calvary unit. To adjust to the lore (Rat wouldn't have knights, come on), they should introduce a light calvary unit in general that is fast, but not strong for the typically weaker AI units

3) AI castle defense receptivity. It makes no sense that AI station troops at the far side of their castle when they are getting attacked on another side. There should be some kind of response from the AI to reposition troops in their castles to focus on where the attack will most likely happened. This would then incentivize exploitation by the player and other AI too.

Thoughts? Any other small innovations you would like to see?

Here's a first look at my new Armenian unit! ⚔️

Recruitment is now working through the new Armenian Barracks. This is still an early version, and I'm continuing to work on new units, buildings, and gameplay features.

More updates coming soon!

STEAM LINK: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3824454190

VIDEOS and VOICELINES:

Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dR4rCDIrcmGTOQmxw8qMXt_ggswhov58?usp=drive_link

RAR: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GY6pgDnCaggo1GReJXtYOLGXoiUONkVI/view?usp=drive_link

1. Subscribe to the CustomLord.

2. Download the media folder for the selected Custom Lord from the Google Drive link.

3. Locate the following path on your computer: C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\LocalLow\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader Definitive Edition

4. Create a folder named "CustomMedia".

5. Paste the downloaded folder for the selected Custom Lord into the "CustomMedia" folder.

Xxxxxxxxxxxx Vespertilio xxxxxxxxxxxx

Vespertilio, the Wraith of the Crusades, is an ancient embodiment of war, cruelty, and plunder. Wherever armies clash, he emerges from the darkness, accompanied by swarms of bats, to claim the spoils of bloodshed. His lair is said to lie within the caves of Qumran, where he hoards the treasures, relics, and forbidden manuscripts stolen from fallen civilizations. Some claim he gathered the Dead Sea Scrolls himself. Vespertilio serves no king, follows no faith, and seeks no purpose beyond endless cruelty. He is war without honor, evil without reason, and greed without end. His words are as poetic as they are vile, dripping with hatred, contempt, and the promise of suffering.

Hi is there anyway to play the military mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5hDaP1o2GE

from the first Stronghold 4 demo now the new updated added the skirmish option.

Hope you guys don't mind me posting once in a while. Once it's more playable and even more fun I'll give you a link to try out!