Welcome to first Age of Empires:Castle Siege blog made for fans.
Here, you can see annoucements and some interesting informations and facts about AoE:Castle Siege.
What is the Name of your Alliance? Age of SA Emperor: Joshane007
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)? All players welcome
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)? We finished 1st in the last season in the villager league with only 2 members! Come and join any active players!
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)? That you are an active player.
What makes your alliance different from other alliances? We finished 1st last season in villager league. A hardworking alliance with a lot of potential!
Sviatoslav I of Kiev is Tier 1 Kievan Rus hero, with melee foot attack and resource buildings as preferred target. His special ability is Ransack, ability that confers a temporary damage bonus to nearby raiders, making raiders even more effective at looting. (click ability).
Good combos: Sviatoslav I of Kiev is not such a good hero and doesn't have any hero he goes specially good with. However, he might go well with Belisarius when planning Raiders or/and Raiders of Muscovy Rushes (similar to Cavalry Rush).
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
Non - every one is welcome who is an active fighter
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
The first goal ist our first Wonder, the Tower of London, other following.
And of cource raising to Top, members improving attacking-skills - but mainly having fun. :-)
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)?
Log on at least 2x per Week, getting many crowns & collection food 4 our wonder. :-)
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
At first, we have a homepage (http://honorglory.bplaced.net - parts still need to be improved) with
stats about every member (overwiev, TOP5, change of crowns, fights & stars)
a own forum to answer all questions members may ask
important hints for a successful fights
informing about all Wonders
YouTube-Videos (planned)
Then we've a very active chat, I type every day to cheer up and giving hints (eg. build a watch signal) and help by sharing replay (attacks & defences), trying to help members failing attacks oder defences (watching & analysing).
I also look several times a day who needs reflief forces and donate best troops, some other do, too.
We're quite new (founded October 6th 2016), but with very much potential, already with more than 2000 Crowns .
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If you are looking to join an active and engaging alliance choose Honor & Glory!
Richard the Lionheart is Tier 1 Briton hero, with melee foot attack and foot soldiers as preferred target. His special ability is Inspire, ability that temporarily increases the damage and speed of nearby infantry units. (click ability).
1) Keep Richard alive for all four uses of his ability (His priority are towers, so you need to be careful);
2) You only need to control Grenadiers by yourself. Let others troop be ran by AI.
For taking the Keep down, direct a group of Teutonic Knights towards the Keep. Teutonic Knights crush the walls easily and won't die before taking the Keep down (assist them with some Bowmen if you want). Use your Grenadiers to take down the towers one by one.
Have some units in hand to do remaining clean-ups in the castle. In most cases, you won't miss your second star.
Here is a video guide:
Special thanks to Joyson Joy, who gave us the guide for this combo.
There are many types of defense layouts you can make. Today, we are talking about one, very popular layout, Tribute layout.
Don't know what is Tribute layout?
Tribute layout is a layout that consists of putting your Keep outside walls. In this way, you partly sacrifice your crowns so your resources are safe:
How does Tribute layout work?
Simple. When you expose your keep i.e. offer it to attacker for "free", attacker will most likely destroy Keep only, along with some buildings out of defense buildings' ranges. Lower amount of crowns you have, bigger are chances that it will work.
How much resources I will lose with Tribute?
We've made some calculations in that view and here are some stats (stats per defensive battle, with empty Farms, Mills and Quarries):
-Average percentage of castle destroyed: 20%
-Average amount of Food lost: 26304
-Average amount of Wood lost: 27759
-Average amount of Stone lost: 10783
As you can see, these loses are pretty little, comparing to loses with non-tribute castles (stats per defensive battle, with empty Farms, Mills and Quarries):
-Average percentage of castle destroyed: 54%
-Average amount of Food lost: 64426
-Average amount of Wood lost: 71593
-Average amount of Stone lost: 31020
Should I change my layout to Tribute?
If you plan to protect resources, definitely. Interesting thing is that Tribute layout can also help you to lose less crowns, as big part of defense battles will be 1-star loses. You will not have any defense victory in log, but you will lose less crowns.
Hello Siegers, We are half way through the first season of re-imagined leagues! How is your alliance doing? If you need to join an alliance check out the Alliance of the Day below!
What is the Name of your Alliance?
Shivaji Maharaj
Emperor: PrimeSky86
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
No requirements.
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
To keep up with the games new features, be active, help each other and have fun.
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)?
Be active, help each other to complete the tasks.
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
We like to enjoy the game, all of have been playing Age Of Empires since early 2000s and are a big fan of the game. We like to help each other to complete the task and cherish our association with the game.
It's the first day of the new leagues and if you haven't joined an alliance yet, now is the time! Alliances help you move up leagues.
What is the Name of your Alliance?
Warriors
Emperor: crazytukan
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
Crowns: Any
Age: Any
Location: Any
Current Members: 30 of 50 (We have 20 openings)
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
Our goal is to be a no-pressure alliance for members to enjoy the game, win or lose, and always have each other's backs.
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. Log on every day, once a week)?
We have never needed to kick anyone out of the alliance, but should we fill up to 50 members, we will start kicking members out who have not logged in for more than 100 days. We would love for you to battle often, contribute to alliances, and stay active.
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
Our alliance turned 1 year old yesterday! We have unlocked the first 3 wonders, but need help upgrading them to expand into level 2 research. We do our best to take care of our members with troop donations - active or not.
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
We require activity and everything that follows. Enjoying is welcomed as well
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
In this very moment, we are dedicated to fulfilling tasks, but it is not that much necessary.
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)?
We expect as much of the activity as it is possible from a member. That means that battles do not have to be won 100% and that they do not have to log in 4 times a day, but we would like our future members to be active, and not to forget about a game and a team.
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
Our name may sound specific to others who do not know what this movie is about, but still we will be more than happy to welcome players from ex YU who want to hang out, so for those players who do not get it - please do not take this to close to your heart. We just want to gather our people.
Hello Siegers, Patch 1.21 is here with new features for all players to enjoy! The patch will start to be released October 4th at 10:00 am PST (5:00 PM UTC). It may take time to propagate in your device store. Remember you will not be able to watch replays or revenge when you upgrade to the newest patch. The game is expanding with a new age, we have reimagined leagues to make them more competitive, and have a new boost players can purchase with gold!
New Features
Age 10 A New Age has come to Castle Siege! The upgrades will bring a new golden look to your Empire. As well there is upgrades to:
The Keep, upgrade cost 14 days- 3,500,000 wood
Upgraded Walls; 5 additional walls
Guard House, upgrade cost 12 days- 1,500,000 stone
Archer Tower; 1 additional Archer tower, upgrade cost 8 days – 700,000 stone
Ballista Tower; 1 additional Ballista tower, upgrade cost 12 days – 1,450,000 stone
Musket Tower; 1 additional Musket tower, upgrade cost 12 days – 1,600,000 stone
Catapult Emplacement, upgrade cost 10 days – 3,200,000 wood
Barracks, upgrade cost 10 days – 2,400,000 food
Archery Range, upgrade cost 10 days – 2,400,000 food
Stable, upgrade cost 10 days – 2,400,000 food
Siege Workshop, upgrade cost 10 days -2,400,000 wood
Caltrops, upgrade cost 12 hours, 75,000 food
Fire Traps, upgrade cost 2 days – 500,000 wood
Engineer Traps, upgrade cost 2 days – 200,000 food
The following units: Infantry, Spear Infantry, Raider, Ladder Invader, Archer, Cavalry,Battering Ram, Siege Tower, Catapult, Trebuchet, Grenadier
A new Festival Market: Players can purchase this boost item to increase their resources any time they wish.
Training Scenario Gold: Successfully completing Training Scenarios will now award gold to players. This is a great way to improve your skills and get some additional funds. Everyone can get the new gold reward, even if you already completed the scenarios.
League Improvements: Leagues will now reward gold to everyone who participates in the league. 1st through 3rd place will still earn a higher prize. The higher league you are in, the more gold you will earn so keep climbing the ranks. Adjusted the amount of crowns required for each league. Leagues will now be more competitive.
As requested from the community, we changed alliance settings so that Emperors and Lords can delete Wonder announcements. Emperors will now also be able to remove the “alliance settings changed” messaging.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed the bug where a handful of players would get a “purchase failed message” after completing battle or watching a replay. Players will no longer receive this message.
Fixed the bug where some players were able to revenge each other continuously to gain an advantage in the game. Players will now only be able to revenge an opponent once.
Fixed the bug where Charles Martel’s taunt ability was not working consistently for some players. His ability will now work as intended for all players.
Fixed the bug where a few players were getting the incorrect language setting after updating the game. The language setting will now be set to the language on the phone.
Hello Siegers, This is the last alliance of the day with 9 ages in the game. I think it's serendipitous that they are named Shock and Awe given all of the exciting news.
What is the name of your Alliance?
Shock and Awe
Emperor: Myasirq
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
Crowns: Any Age: Any Location: Any
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
Shock and Awe was formed by three disaffected members of another alliance that was not going anywhere. We are actively contributing to the construction of a wonder and would like similarly-minded gamers to join us.
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. Log on every day, once a week)?
Alliance members should be active gamers willing to contribute to the alliance and help in construction of a wonder.
Shock and Awe members are supportive of other alliance members, willing to share tips and helpful ideas. We all are enjoying Sieging and look forward to the completion of our first wonder.
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
50 crowns to join.
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
Our goal is to be the most crowned alliance.
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)?
Log on once or twice a day and if you are in a younger age (5 and below) I expect you to do up to 5 battles a day. If your higher then you have to do at least 1 battle a day!
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
We started out as 2 people from school and we made this alliance about 2-3 days ago!
What is the name of your alliance?
Brit Alliance
Emperor: BushJungle 14983
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
Any crown count, any age.
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
Our goals in this life is to enjoy, help one another, freely communicate and most of all to "CONQUER" go forth and be (Quote: GENISIS) "FRUITFUL and POPULATE the EARTH".
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. Log on every day, once a week)?
We require all Empires to be polite to one another, only commentate on the tasks at hand, no outbursts of any negativity and vulgarity WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!! After all this is a house of LORDS and NOBLEMEN. Furthermore must be willing to have no fear in the face of battle, blood thirsty and willing to sacrifice the BRAVE FEW for the GORLY OF THE EMPIRE. Most of all they MUST PARTICIPATE or else it's the gallows.
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
What sets OUR ALLIANCE apart is the fact we donated troops freely to all, and try to supply the very best of the best in reinforcements at all times. In the case that these Empires are conquering in far away lands or just on a holiday. Though fear much for those presumed missing in action, or to lazy to get out of bed for the period of two full moons will meet there fate. Not only that but we are a good bunch of happy go lucky soldiers, and willing to help with any questions or requests that can be fore filled.
Favorite Quote: Better to die in battle than to die without GLORY.
It’s party time! Age of Empires: Castle Siege is turning 2 years old and it's Empress_Phasma's Birthday! We are celebrating two wonderful years of sieging by giving all of our players the following:
The Holiday Market
Double Daily Road Gold
Troop Training Boost
Gold Sale
The party starts September 16th at 10 am PST (5:00 PM UTC) and runs until September 19th at 12:00 am PST (7:00 AM UTC).
What is the Name of your Alliance?
Indians United
Emperor: Hemant4Friends
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
Crowns Count: - Sorry to say new players, but 250 is the minimum crowns requirement to join us.
Location: - Well, don’t go by the name of our alliance, we accept global players but they should be Indian from Heart. As long as you speak and understand English or Hindi, and you feel you are a team player, you will enjoy our alliance like anything.
Age: - No age constraint.
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
The goal of our alliance is to grow like a banyan tree. A banyan tree, which lives long till eternity and which gives life to so many birds and squirrels.
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)?
Below are the Expectations from alliance players:
They should religiously follow the rules mentioned in the Announcement Tab.
They should donate powerful troops on regular basis; else they will not receive quality troops.
They should be active in the game and on the chat window as well.
They should regularly donate the required resources for building wonders.
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
As the name itself suggests, we believe in UNITY. Unity comes from respect, friendship and trust. We have that all. We play, we talk, we share, and we respect the fellow players in the alliance to make our alliance more powerful on daily basis. We give ample opportunity to every player before removing (if required) him from the alliance. To add more fun, we have more rules.
So you can say that these are the rules that make us absolutely different from other alliances. Example, the player should be in top 10 in terms of “Crowns”, “Troop Donation”, “Total Battles” & “Total Stars” in order to become lord. And if the person becomes inactive for more than 30 days and his crowns count is less than 500, he will be kicked out of the alliance.
What is the Name of your Alliance?
Strong and Free
Emperor: KarmaTiger1 What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
Any crown count, any age.
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
Just for fun
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. Log on every day, once a week)?
Preferred active players, with allowance made for real world commitments e.g. deployment
What makes your alliance different from other alliances?
This alliance is for military vets and active service members
If you are a military vet or active service member consider joining this alliance. Thank you for your service!
What is the Name of your Alliance?
Francs
Emperor: Chef de Lyon
Our alliance has nearly three years of existence. It was created and flourished by a group of friends.
What are the requirements to join (crown count, location, age)?
The majority of players are French but we accept all who want to join us. Currently we have a Brazilian and Venezuelan (we have players who can speak English and Spanish)
No limit crowns or age , everyone is free to join, the more experienced to less experienced , this is what makes us strong. Younger benefit from the experience stronger and progressed together.
What is the goal of your alliance (ex. Top 20, skill building, just for fun)?
Our alliance was created for lovers of the game. We play for fun and to dialogue together. We spend wonderful evenings to tell jokes and comment our wins and losses
What kind of commitment do you expect from alliance members (ex. log on every day, once a week)?
If a member has made any battle in 15 days without warning, we consider it abandoned the alliance and we exclude. (Which is very rare anyway)
What makes your alliance different from other alliances ?
Our alliance is different from others in that it is open to all ... all countries, all strength and all ages ... Everyone is free to progress at their own pace without any pressure.
Do not hesitate to join us ,and may the force be with you.
Charles Martel is Tier 1 Frank hero, with melee mounted attack and foot soldiers as preferred target. His special ability is Taunt, ability that causes nearby enemies to target him, directing fire away from friendly troops. Damage against him is reduced while taunting (click ability).
Good combos: Charles Martel goes well with any hero, but for best results, use him in combo with Alexander Nevsky and Conrad the Elder.
How to use Charles Martel with Alexander Nevsky?
Army Camp: Standard offense layout
First, pinpoint group of buildings you are going to destroy with Alexander Nevsky. Next, deploy some troops to kite defending troops. Then, if any wall stands on your way, destroy it with a trebuchet, or Ram if there is a gate.
After you open the wall, deploy Charles Martel and activate his ability. After him, deploy Alexander Nevsky and another trebuchet to help Alexander Nevsky finishes his job. When you reach group of buildings you wanted to take out, activate Nevsky's ability. Make sure you use trebuchets to help Nevsky do his job faster, while taking care that Martel's ability is on. Also, watch if any tower or emplacement is shooting at Nevsky or trebuchets and move Martel to that area of influence.
If you have 2nd Nevsky ability, use it on another group of buildings while your trebuchets are taking the keep down.
After you take the keep down, finish the rest of the castle.
Here is a video guide:
How to use Charles Martel with Conrad the Elder?
Army Camp: ~10 Rams; lot of Bowmen/Great Bowmen/Composite Bowmen (more than 40); 10 Raiders
First, deploy some troops to kite defending troops. Then, deploy 10 Rams and direct them to keep. After you direct Rams to keep, deploy Conrad and activate his ability.
While Rams are heading towards keep, use your Bowmen to snipe barely protected buildings and hunt 2nd star.
Then, deploy Martel and direct him to place where most defender's towers are located. Activate his ability.
After Martel, send Raiders and let them do their job while Martel draws fire away from them.
Here is a video guide:
Tip: Don't emerge Martel with other troops, especially siege units, as Cannon Towers, Trebuchet Emplacements, Catapult Emplacements, Crossbow Towers, Flame Towers, Grenadiers, Cheirosiphons, Bowmen and Longbowmen deal damage to every unit that lies on projectile land point.
