Green Thumb On Overdrive - Going Medieval Sterlington EP34

Welcome to Sterlington, A place where the settlers are worked like dogs, For long hours in the heat and snow on very little food. All in the pursuit to build a glorious castle for the tyrant Sterling.
In this series we are playing on standard difficulty, on a hillside map running the a new life scenario. Starting with three settlers Alfred, Elenor and of course Sterling.
A year has passed, and we have accelerated the production of the kitchen. One fatal flaw, we can not keep up timber demand. We better fix that.
A New Life
The plague had ravaged the British Isles, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Untold millions went to an early grave. And those left standing were plunged into poverty, brutally scarred by the horrors that they had witnessed. Nothing would ever be the same again.
As the earth quickened in spring of the year 1353, Sterling, Elenor and Alfred set off into the wilderness to claim a piece of the land as their own, as was their right, in the eyes of God and under the Law. Here, they may lay down the foundations for some kind of future. Perhaps hope will follow.
Good land is there for the taking, In all four corners of this once mighty land, citizens are rebuilding in the hope that the horrors of the past few years can be left behind. It's possible that there will be fighting, drought, sickness, hunger but what of it?
'Life goes on,' says Elenor, 'and so must we.
Into a landscape of rolling hills and ancient, crumbling forts the companions trekked. Each ascent rewarded Alfred with a view that stretched for many leagues. No enemy approach would go unseen, he thought. They built a camp that would, in time, become the settlement of Sterlington.
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[@anthonyr.1568]

Great episode again, Sterling. Loving the planning and dedication!

[@thesterlingplays]

Cheers anthony, I appreciate mate.

[@tdsdave]

Your tree planting went much better than I tend to get, looks good . The only problem with trees is they block the line of sight of archery.

[@thesterlingplays]

Cheers tdsdave, I'm glad you like them because planting all those trees then setting them all to medium, was a nightmare. Not to worried about the line of sight now that the gate house is like a small city. Plenty of line of sight in the kill zone.

[@tdsdave]

@@thesterlingplays
I used to do the single square tree zone , but almost all saplings they generate grow in none managed squares next to them, so you still have to manually farm them. I now do multisquare rectangles zones of trees and try and trap new growth by bordering it with paths etc. Still not great, and aesthetically meh!
I felt your pain in doing the forest planning , especially with the change to moderate priority. Must have been a few thousand mind numbing clicks.
At the stage of game you are at , Trebs are the only worry and even then it's because the repairs are frustrating, its very unlikely they will breach a wall.
It's kind of weird I want the enemies to have better AI, more tactics, using ladders , digging tunnels( sappers) but at the same time I know clever enemies would be really really annoying.

[@thesterlingplays]

Yeah I completely agree. I would love for the AI to have more siege tactics. Such as siege rams, scaling ladders, siege towers and maybe even sappers. Never know maybe to come in the future updates.

[@kingmark1531]

Finally! Been waiting for this.

[@thesterlingplays]

Cheers kingmark

[@Dudewhoisthere17]

Wow, those trees sure are surprising… nonetheless the trees look great, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating the atmosphere they provide to Sterlington

[@thesterlingplays]

Cheers, and they have definitely made logging much quicker that's for sure.