It's way too hard..

[The Chrispi Crab]

I really love Crusader 2, it's awesome, guys, good job! But it's also too hard!
When selecting "easy", I want "easy" matches. Please do some balancing. It's not fair when I am just about to build up my defense and there are 20 archers attacking every 2 minutes and killing everyone. It's more trouble than fun and I don't think I am an unexperienced gamer..

regards

[blobka]

I actually think it is perfectly balanced.
I am playing all matches on hard mode and sometimes look at how it variates from the easy setting and find quite a difference.
Just play it a bit and get a feeling for how things go.
Eventually it will make you better and you can be able to higher the difficulty.
One tip: Either spend all your money in the beginning on taking out the enemy directly before he gets his economy going or use your starting money to make your economy and protect yourself.

[luca brasi]

maybe your just bad

[Mezisophon]

Yes it is hard, and thats why it is so fun.

[Fenumeher]

Build a tower and place your starting archers on it. Remove the staircase and you will be fine for the first 10 minutes. Just finish your walls after that.

[Numa]

Do what Fenumeher said. Buy the largest tower and place it in a good location, that will give you some time to put up some walls. No need to delete the staircase as most of the enemies will not get close to your tower in the early game. You can reinforce the tower with Arabian archers to keep you well defended while you build up your economy and army.

[Drachma]

a good strategy is everything you need. i like stronghold for the "difficulty" and the challange to manage your castle, economy and your army and atack strategy

[michaelob]

Just surround your base with walls, and place archers in towers, they'll pwn the incoming troops. i think units on higher ground have an advantage

[Fragile Annihilator Neko-Sama!]

I have to agree that the game balance is a bit odd. Just a random fact: To kill a templar knight, a single archer has to hit him 400+ (!!!) times!