Multiplayer is a painful experience. DEVS fix it.

[KOSOTA]

Okay, where to start... well, first ALERT if you can't read long messages, ignore this post, this is a message addressing the multiplayer issues, and it's more for the developer to read.

I know it's a remaster and all, but there's some stuff that's really bugging me and other players.

First off, I get that launching a game (also, it's not made from scratch) with a few bugs is normal, and I appreciate the quick fix with the patch you guys rolled out. But the multiplayer... it's kind of a horrible mess right now. We're having a tough time just getting a lobby to work. Sometimes it's invisible, or you can't do anything once you're in it.

I've got a pretty beefy computer, and so do some of the others I play with, but we're still having issues. Like today, we finally got a game going, and it was okay at first. But then in another match, everything just went downhill. We had eight players, everyone's internet was fine, but once things got intense in-game, it all froze up. We kept getting these weird validation messages, the lag was awful, and it felt like we were playing at 5 frames per second so we all had just to ALT + F4 the game, because everyone's game just froze, and that was painful, like half an hour of your precious time wasted.

I've been trying to back the game up in forums, answering questions and stuff, but now I'm starting to see what others are complaining about. I know we can't expect things like a skirmish mode that wasn't there in the original, and that's cool. But the multiplayer needs some serious work if this game is going to keep its players. It's a big part of why people come back to games like this.

So, I'm just asking if you guys could focus on fixing up the multiplayer. I really like the game and want to keep playing, but it's almost impossible to play it when these issues keep popping up.

[Mr Black]

Agreed. I love this game. My girlfriend will love it. I bought it for her. If multiplayer is not going to work well... that is sad.

[KOSOTA]

Yeah, I love Stronghold too, and thought the multiplayer on steam will be something nice.

[|TSA|LordStorm[L]

+1

[Sunday Driver]

I think this is a good suggestion to focus on getting the multiplayer running smooth as it's a good thing for the longevity and community aspect of the game. People can wait a little longer for the new extra campaigns if it comes to it and still be happy, those aren't written in stone for release date anyway, AFAIK, so MP fixes would probably please the most people the soonest.

[luketheduke47]

+1

[CerealKiller]

+1

[Doggy]

The same hope to fix have had the player of stronghold 3.....but never fixed.
Stronghold Crusader 2 run a little bit better,but multiplayer make many problems too (write it in another post) but never fixed too.
So do you really think firefly will fix it in this game??? Perhaps (will be great,the game itseves is very good) but i dont think so.

[Mr Black]

Originally posted by Doggy:

The same hope to fix have had the player of stronghold 3.....but never fixed.
Stronghold Crusader 2 run a little bit better,but multiplayer make many problems too (write it in another post) but never fixed too.
So do you really think firefly will fix it in this game??? Perhaps (will be great,the game itseves is very good) but i dont think so.

i mean i literally cant host a game right now.

[JaKa]

Too lag dev fix it

[Mr Black]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/tiujakas:

Too lag dev fix it

gree

[mou]

The state of multiplayer gameplay has not been touched since the release of this version, so they are unlikely to care. Unfortunately, it discouraged me from playing the game because of this laziness of the developers when it comes to fixing bugs reported by players.

[Mr Black]

Originally posted by mou:

The state of multiplayer gameplay has not been touched since the release of this version, so they are unlikely to care. Unfortunately, it discouraged me from playing the game because of this laziness of the developers when it comes to fixing bugs reported by players.

My plan is to continue this discussion tab as long as people reply.

[Blitzkrieger]

they should fix the wall problem. when y can build the wall from one side of the map to enemies castle

[KOSOTA]

Originally posted by mou:

The state of multiplayer gameplay has not been touched since the release of this version, so they are unlikely to care. Unfortunately, it discouraged me from playing the game because of this laziness of the developers when it comes to fixing bugs reported by players.

Same here, stopped playing the game because multiplayer issues are not my cup of tea..

[Mr Black]

Originally posted by Blitzkrieger:

they should fix the wall problem. when y can build the wall from one side of the map to enemies castle

this is unfixable for them.