Why doesn't the game have a sandbox like the original?

[[UA] OPEL]

I always played the sandbox mode in the original, and there is none here. It's absurd.

[Darth Revan]

What do you mean? Freebuild?

If you mean skirmishes against st AI lords who build thair own castles stronghold 1 never had that, those were first introduced to the series with crusader.

[[UA] OPEL]

yeah, it was in crusader ;(

[Darth Revan]

Originally posted by UA OPEL:

yeah, it was in crusader ;(

I want skirmish too, it's what i spend at least 90% of my playtime in this series with.

Though crusader is not the original, stronghold 1 came first and stronghold 1 never had AI bots.

You can find an official statement on this in the pinned FAQ here in this forum.

[elfox]

Sooner or later someone will create mod with it :D Don't you worry haha. Hopefully..

[Tario]

There were never skirmish in the original... What is wrong with people...
Skirmish was for Crusader, and maybe if they do Crusader, they will add it, who knows

[Teterrimo]

Originally posted by Tario:

There were never skirmish in the original... What is wrong with people...
Skirmish was for Crusader, and maybe if they do Crusader, they will add it, who knows

I feel if they made Crusader DE first people would love it much more than this. That's my opinion at least. I just wish that eventually they will do Crusader DE.

[Darth Revan]

Originally posted by Teterrimo:

Originally posted by Tario:

There were never skirmish in the original... What is wrong with people...
Skirmish was for Crusader, and maybe if they do Crusader, they will add it, who knows

I feel if they made Crusader DE first people would love it much more than this. That's my opinion at least. I just wish that eventually they will do Crusader DE.

they said that a crusader de depends on how well the stronghold 1 de sells and it sold incredibly well so i think it is safe to assume that a crusader de is comming in the next few years.

[Teterrimo]

Originally posted by Darth Revan:

Originally posted by Teterrimo:

I feel if they made Crusader DE first people would love it much more than this. That's my opinion at least. I just wish that eventually they will do Crusader DE.

they said that a crusader de depends on how well the stronghold 1 de sells and it sold incredibly well so i think it is safe to assume that a crusader de is comming in the next few years.

I hope so!

[Maraxus]

Need... Crusader DE....

[[UA] OPEL]

Originally posted by Tario:

There were never skirmish in the original... What is wrong with people...
Skirmish was for Crusader, and maybe if they do Crusader, they will add it, who knows

There's nothing wrong with people. I'm just saying that no one needs this game without skirmish mode.

[elfox]

It is kinda sad, because personally I love original Stronghold aesthetics over Crusaders, so it would be great thing. However I hope after they create Crusader DE some1 will create some mod Stronghold Europe for Crusader

[Arnie Rimsy BSc.SSc.]

Originally posted by Tario:

There were never skirmish in the original... What is wrong with people...
Skirmish was for Crusader, and maybe if they do Crusader, they will add it, who knows

Was it in the OG game? No.

Could they have added it? Easily.

Could they still add it? Potentially. I remember them mentioning adding some future content later down the track as cheap DLC. Maybe skirmish will be one of those, as it is very requested.

Idk or care in the sense that I play the solo game modes only - campaign and invasion. Sieges never fully reeled me in either, past a few favs. But I think other players deserve it.

I expect a new Crusader version will release soon. It sold well, afaik. I do feel sorry for all the players that purchased this day 1 for the broken multiplayer lobbies tho.

[Onyx]

Not so easily.

Q: Will Stronghold: Definitive Edition have a Skirmish Mode?
A: No. Stronghold: Definitive Edition sadly will not include a Skirmish Mode. This mode was not in the original game and retrofitting/backporting all the Skirmish related code and features from Crusader to DE is tricky. Unfortunately, it is simply not possible to accomplish within the timeframe we have to develop and release this game. We're a very small team, with the majority of our staff working on "Stronghold: Unreal" at the moment. We have a single coder working on DE (the coder who worked on the original game) so we're limited in what time and resources we have.

We're often asked 'what about adding it in a future update then?'. Honestly our focus is currently on getting SH:DE out on time with the best possible feature set, at which point we will assess our future goals, resources and projects with the team. But we do not recommend buying this game with a mindset of ‘Skirmish Mode is very likely to come in a later update’, because that is not the case.