this is a faq for Lords Of The Realm 2 version 1.5 1.revisions 2.tips 2.troops 3.wanted 4.credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- revisions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- version1.1 added more to the tips section added revisions :-) added title thingie version 1.2 fit all the text onto one screen to make it easier for viewing added to tips version 1.3 added wanted section version 1.4 added to tips added to wanted section added note version 1.5 did some general editing note: in version 1.2 I said i fit all the text on to one screen this is true on my version and if you save it on to your hard drive but looking at this on some internet servers this does not work ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- tips ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- 1.for a food supply you should use grain (it is ok to use cows at the beginning) even though it does not have two food sources like cows(dairy and meat) because grain takes less people especelly if you have 300 cows 2. if you plant grain in spring or summer it will be full grown next season (as full grown as it can be for the next season)this is probably a glitch that no one caught and i'm very glad they didn't 3.do not have an alliance with the Countess even though I have never tried to the book strongly suggestes not to 4.when you build castles or upgrade castles you get an archer garrison that does not come from you 5.you can sell bows for more then 13 wood(the amount of wood it takes to build a bow)you can only sell it for three crowns more though 6.always keep all the other people nobles so you can get an alliance if you want 7. for sieging a royal castle the best team would be 500 Knights 750 Archers 250 pikemen or macemen for moat filling less might work but with the right garison that team might not win even 8. I preffer archers over Crossbowmen because they have the longest range even though crossbowmen do more damage and have a small bit of armor 9. the only time to use auto calc (where the computer figures out the battle) is when you are fighting ALL peasents otherwise anyone with half a brain cell could do a better battle 10.if you are using cows make sure the crowding is average otherwise you can't get as many per season 11. if you don't have enough people on grain in you won't get as many sacks of grain even during spring or summer 12.on a Wooden Palisade you only need a Battering Ram 13. on a Motte and Bailey you only need a Battering Ram two if you want 14.Norman keep you could use Catapults or Battering Ram 15.Stone Castle Catapults and Battering Rams are best 16.Royal Castle Catapults Battering Ram 17.on a Stone Castle or Royal castle if you trap enemy people on the battlements by catupaults or some other way you can pick off with archers 18.your troops will not get a flag on thier own you have to make them 19.if you use the siege pack and you are enemys(clashing sword next to picture)with some one use weak armys (just over 50 peasents) to protect your fields your enemy will destroy them 20. a good garison for a castle is 1/3 or so of the max holding amount macemen,pikemen or swordsmen and the rest archers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- troops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- Peasents:no armor and they are the weakest but have medium speed Maceman:stronger then pikemen but weaker then swordsmen second fastest weak armor Pikemen:stronger then peasents but weaker then macemen slow Swordsmen:second best in everything execpt he's slow Knight: best in everything but can not fill in moats Archer: longest in range but no armor medium speed Crossbowmen: less range then archers light armor and stronger attack then an archer speed speed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- wanted ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- 1. stratagys on skirmishs 2.charts on what troops are weak against stuff like boiling oil other troops etc. 3.if troops are hurt by catupault fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- this was written by Michael Renneker send contributions to rekennner@aol.com and you can usethis on your website if you use the whole thing e-mail me and give me credit just don't use this in a magazine or sell it this document copyright 1999 Michael Renneker the latest version can be found on www.gamefaqs.com