Alliancewolf

Finland here. Also saying "shipping soon".

I posted about one hour ago in a different topic that also discuses the Stronghold and I think that I had some pretty interesting suggestions, though I won't copy paste the whole thing, so I'll just copy paste the "Post in a nutshell part that I wrote" Everything in a nutshell (I'd suppose): -Have your underlings to be able to finish quests that your own character could do by themselves (alows you to do some quest by yourself, while you have multiple squads or individuals of underlings to do other quests, that you could also have done by yourself) -Have your territory to be expandable, lost, as well as the surroundings to be changed to your likings -Have your influence on with the world of politics be dynamic -Be able to be able to advance or lose it all, if you want to rule the "world" -Be present with your character and oversee your drones in action or have a loyal, dependable overlord do it for you (Spawn more overlords!) This would ofcourse be incredibly ambitious, if they'd implement this into the game and it would increase the longevitiy of the game by alot, as well as give modder's opportunities to create their own "perfectly-visioned" Ruler of a Stronghold. (or perhaps something similar that has to do with a STRONGHOLD and what ever you could POSSIBLY do with one) http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61510-whats-everyone-looking-for-in-strongholds/page__st__100#entry1266040 This is the other topic that I mentioned, if you haven't already seen it and you can look up what I suggested in more detail over there (It's in page 6, if you don't find it and happen to be on page nr.??)

Hello, I'd just like to point out some neat little (BIG) options I just came up with, that could deeply impact the way you play the game. (Unless anyone has already suggested it/them) -At the bottom of this post everything has been presented in a nutshell, as well as I could describe it- While you normally always do every quest yourself, It would be incredibly nice, if you'd be given the option of having your own soldier's complete those very same quest for you, this would provide us with a new way to experience the game and you are the Lord of your own Stronghold after all. The different things you could do, e.g. you'd send some soldier's to find out what happened to someone relevant to the main story, a local farmer asks you to find his wife and you'd hire an agent to find it out for you, you're tasked by the king to infiltrate and kill/get information about a specific person. These options would in turn make you to have to train your men, hire the best guy for the job and tell them how to respond to different situations. If the quest would happen to be a 3-10 chains of events long quest, the person you've sended on the quest would send a messenger to you withing regular interwalls to ask for furter instructions on how to proceed, depending on how well qualified he is for the job or if you've explicitly told him to do so. Do whatever you want soldier, but make sure to get promising results/ Fail this quest and you'll have your head cut of and stuck on a pike on the walls/ I want you to tell me about everything that happens and wait for my orders, if you have to act quickly then remember your training. -These could be different options on how you'd have your men to act on the missions you send them out to do. Also about the Stronghold itself. - It would be good if you'd be presented with different options to build your stronghold at/ conquer different strongholds - To build the stronghold in different styles (ancient greek, renessancé, stoneage (primitive, but effective) or change the conquered strongholds architecture - To have the lands surrounding the stronghold changed to what you seek e.g. have them dig mines for ore, have flower gardens built to please the visiting nobilities and high ranking merchants/officers (Iséngard in Lotr was first a nice place with trees, grass and flowers. Later on when the orcs came they ripped the ground open, cut down the trees and had the ground turned into a muddy, dirty and bloody mixture, because of the Urukhai) - Have the option to raze buildings, on your lands, of people you find irritaiting and want to give him a message (Get out of my lands now/ you failed your quest, this is your punishment) Also about the functions of the Stronghold. - When you find your stronghold to be strong enough (whenever you deem it to be yourself and not some random NPC) you'd be given the option to: * send your ment to raid villages on other lord's lands * have your villagers be drafted for different jobs * have spies sent out to investigate threats and find out ambitious possibilities * have your own people take you down from power, depending on how you rule and have the possibility to take down the rebellion without loosing your stronghold and lands * have other lords, monsters, bandits to attack you, offer deals, propose an alliance/peace with you - You'd have the option to expand your territory and influence, perhaps even take over the throne and become the king, if you're ambitious - Have small outposts built around your territory and Forward-base's of operation when doing something, like a quest or just pillaging or defending a village Also you'd have the option to have your own character present to oversee all of the above mentioned events or send an ambassador to oversee things to be done as you've had it commanded to. Everything in a nutshell (I'd suppose): -Have your underlings to be able to finish quests that your own character could do by themselves (alows you to do some quest by yourself, while you have multiple squads or individuals of underlings to do other quests, that you could also have done by yourself) -Have your territory to be expandable, lost, as well as the surroundings to be changed to your likings -Have your influence on with the world of politics be dynamic -Be able to be able to advance or lose it all, if you want to rule the "world" -Be present with your character and oversee your drones in action or have a loyal, dependable overlord do it for you (Spawn more overlords!) This would ofcourse be incredibly ambitious, if they'd implement this into the game and it would increase the longevitiy of the game by alot, as well as give modder's opportunities to create their own "perfectly-visioned" Ruler of a Stronghold. (or perhaps something similar that has to do with a STRONGHOLD and what ever you could POSSIBLY do with one)