Craftsman Quest Craziness.

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Managed to do it twice without too much issue but third time (non-elite)... just can't win.

Not too far into the quest, I get rushed by a gazillion clubmen and all that's at my base is lost - and even if by the off-chance I manage to save a few villagers to try and rebuild elsewhere, eventually it happens again... rinse and repeat.

Some times I'm able to come back to the point where I can build up troops and send them out... only to be bombarded by gazillions of the AI's forces each time, until they eventually come back to wherever my new base is at and utterly destroy it.

It's frustrating, and ridiculous, and just about the sole quest that's had me near-point to raging. :(

|||Try building an army of archers (preferablyToxotes)and battering rams, the archers are for enemy units and the rams for buildings, and be sure to have a fortress or two for defense while fighting. Be sure to stay away from the villagers because they hit hard.