What I'm hoping for in the stronghold is customization and the ability to upgrade how you want, possibly through sidequests. For example, maybe you start off with a wooden wall for your stronghold and have to clear a quarry of a monster infestation so the miners can get in to mine the srone, allowing you to create stone walls and builidings. Or maybe before you even start your stronghold, you have to help a group of loggers establish a camp in a forest, possibly by clearing out monsters, or alternatively through helping the loggers set up defences and traps.
In the start, your party and co