I haven't tested it with the final settings myself, but I'm with you that the castle part was immensely difficult even with easy, just a few days before the update went out

Nice to receive some feels and feedback about the final map.
My personal mistake playing it was clearly a strategical one, though. The better approach is so obvious, at least when you see Jack play the map in coop haha

I'm not too sure what to do about it quite yet, maybe the commander could give you an obvious hint what basically needs to be done to win the castle part, or maybe suggest that after a while into "phase 2".