Majesty 2, much like the original Majesty, except a few added features is a strategic RPG. There is a few things you need to note when playing the game as well as a few neat strategies, all will be revealed in this beginners guide.

When you begin; presuming this is your first mission, you’ll have an amount of gold, what you choose to do with that gold depends on the situation. If your base is prone to getting attacked by enemies early on, it’s an ideal strategy to position 3 – 4 guard towers (depending on your gold, 2 may be ideal), in each opposite direction, keep in mind it is a smart idea to position them near your blacksmith and/or market place to ensure you’re protecting the vital gold income, also allowing guards to patrol near them as well. The reason why it’s not needed to place the towers near the guilds, is that the heroes you train should be capable of keeping the building secure (assuming you have any heroes)

So you want to make money as soon as possible while maintaining a small defence? To do this, you’ll want to gather quite a few heroes. Now depending on the map, and the monsters you’ll verse, you’ll want to keep in mind that you’ll need rangers to scout out camps and trading posts, as the most efficient way of making money is trading posts , so basically the quicker you get units out, to defeat nearby enemy camps, the easier it’ll be to build and defend the trading posts. Keep in mind also, that it is smart to purchase healing potions from the market place as well as the rest of the items, if you want your heroes to survive longer in combat, as well as upgrades from the blacksmith.

Like most fantasy RPGs, heroes come as different classes, in majesty there is a vast amount of classes that serve a purpose and role. The five main classes you’ll be dealing with are the Warriors, Clerics, Rogues, Rangers and Wizards. Please note this is just a basic hero overview and more advanced heroes will be added to the guide in the future.

The Warrior as you’d expect is an excellent tanking class, capable of defending, while taking large amounts of damage and dealing moderate damage to enemies. The warrior past level 5 is also able to taunt enemies into fighting them, which stops them fleeing. With the upgrade the Warrior learns a new skill to deal large hits to enemy units. The ability that comes with the Warrior’s guild makes all your current Warriors fight at your town with increased damage, which does cost 500 gold.

The Clerics, are healers, very strong and resistant heroes, capable of healing other heroes as well as themselves to maximize the efficiency of parties and raiding of enemies. With the level 2 upgrade, they are capable of doing immense damage to undead units. Having a Cleric’s guild does also offer an ability for you, which allows you to globally heal your heroes for a 250 gold cost.

The Rogue, good at stealing, generally avoids combat; due to their lack of hit points, unless of course gold is involved or they are threatened. They’re quite cheap, and when levelled can deal quite a large amount of damage to enemies. Having a Rouge’s guild does offer quite a substantial amount of good upgrades to heroes. Some of the upgrades offered are poison weapons to heroes that will allow a small damage of time attack to those whom purchase it. There is also extort, which like from the original Majesty, allows the heroes to get their taxes immediately, while a cut goes to the guild THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE.

The Ranger, very good at scouting out the map, revealing key locations for you, being quite good fighters as well, capable of a decent amount of damage and ability to defend. The upgrade offered to the rangers give them a huge shot ability that can deal a large amount of damage to a building or enemy. The spell you can learn from the Ranger’s Guild allows the Rangers to gain larger vision for a certain amount of time, which can be quite useful when scouting, though it costs 250 gold.

This class is the definition of glass cannon, capable of dealing immense damage, as well as capable of being 1 hit, by almost anything. The Wizard is able to learn many spells to deal more damage than any hero, this also includes stuns, freezes, shields and teleportation spells. The Wizard's Guild is also rather useful as it allows Heroes to enchant their weapons and armour depending on the level of the Wizards Guild.

The Inn is quite a useful little building, primary used for Heroes safe refuge and healing. This also brings in small amounts of gold to your kingdom depending on how many heroes decide to use it. There is also a nifty little feature (that was not in the original Majesty), which allows you to create parties of heroes with a maximum of 4. This can allow you to create a dream team of heroes which will all fight and defend together. A good tip would be to ensure there is a Tank (Warrior), Healer (Cleric) and two DPS characters (Ranger and Rogue), as they will all complement each other in battle.

The Hall of Lords is also a nice addition to the Majesty series, as after each quest you do, you’re able to pick a lord from your many heroes that can then be purchased on the next mission for a considerable price. This lord will keep all current items and levels from the previous game, allowing a considerable edge in the game having a high level hero to easily kill mobs. Like I mentioned before, it is a smart idea to ensure all lords (A maximum of 4 lords), are each of a different class, such as Tank, Healer & DPS, which again when partied up will maximize efficiency in battle.

This building simply makes heroes more eager to defend the city and fight more, as it increased the enthusiasm of heroes nearby.

Following this guide should give quite an idea of what to do with basic heroes, building, and strategies to success in the early stages of the game. More content will be added with an advanced heroes and strategies. Feel free to comment, adding suggestions or improving on my explanation. Good luck and enjoy!