Greetings, companions of Edain!
Today, we have released Patch 4.6 of the Edain Mod.
You can download the complete package by klicking on the banner below. Unzip the files, then follow the setup to install 4.6.
If you encounter any problems with the mod, stop by in our Support forum!
New faction: Misty Mountains
Since the release of 4.0, we have been working on converting all the factions from older versions to the fixed building system one by one. With 4.6, we have finally completed this process, as the Misty Mountains are now available. The orcs and evil creatures of the Misty Mountains are a diverse faction full of devious warriors who swamp their opponents with their speed and sheer numbers. While weak but numerous wargs, trolls and orcs from Moria and wild settlements form the foundation of the faction, they can later build tunnels to Goblin-Town and Gundabad to recruit much stronger soldiers. They can spread across all maps like no other, to eventually be able to lead terrifying monsters like Smaug or Durin's Bane into battle.
War of the Ring rework
The War of the Ring gamemode has been heavily reworked in 4.6 to fix a number of bugs and provide a more exciting and varied game. Each real-time battle now starts with a few builders who can construct a limited number of buildings, so that each battle will allow you to make new decisions. The Livingworld has also been significantly expanded and received visual improvements: many iconic buildings and fortresses of the Third Age such as Minas Morgul, Umbar or the Argonath have found their way onto the world map. In addition, the number of territories has been massively increased, so that extensive rounds can be played to one's heart's content. Additionally, significantly more battle maps which were not previously part of this game mode now find a place in this gamemode.
Campaigns in the War of the Ring
In addition to the already familiar War of the Ring system, we have also managed to make the game mode usable for another innovation: The good and evil campaigns from Battle for Middle-earth II are now available. They have, of course, been adapted and reworked so that Edain's units, heroes, maps and spells are now available there. Once again you can experience the forces of good defending the north of Middle-earth against Sauron - or command the forces of evil and lead them to victory over Men, Elves and Dwarves. It is in your hands!
New maps
After several horde maps were already introduced in 4.5, 4.6 also offers new special maps again. The Black Gate is now available as a Horde map in which up to two defenders must hold the bottleneck against the inexhaustible armies of the Dark Lord. "Storm the Shire", previously a multiplayer map for at least two players, now also offers the possibility to defend the Shire against ever stronger waves of enemies in single player mode. Last but not least, another mission of the Hobbit campaign is available with "Exploration in the Deep" where Bilbo needs your help to steal the Arkenstone. However, beware of Smaug!
Other new Features
Last but not least, there are again a large number of bug fixes and other changes that are too numerous to mention here. The buildings of Rivendell, for example, have received new designs that are intended to reflect the atmosphere of the film trilogy more strongly. From the Citadel to the Library and Stables to the Siege Works, fortresses of the Noldor now shine in new splendour. Many buttons have been reworked and replaced with new versions. Several heroes have received new voices by talented voice actors: Zaphragor, Murin, Cirdan and Dain, to name just a few. Last but not least, there are of course a number of balance changes, which you can read about below. Have fun discovering them!
You can find a full list of balance changes over at the Modding Union.
Enjoy 4.6!
Someone will ask was it worth 2 years... it was definetly worth it.
This new made my day!
YAHOOO!!!! So excited to try it!! Thanks Edain Team! Your passion and talent knows no bounds!
Quick question: I remember that some factions in the past didn't work for the AI. Can you list which factions the AI shouldn't play in this version?
All factions work. We were able to fix the Mordor AI as well so it will no longer crash when the Necromancer picks up the One Ring.
Holy **** dudes. Can't believe it's actually here.
Thanks for all your work and all the tough times the team had to get through to get to this long-awaited release.
Time to unleash the gobbos.
We are so grateful for your dedication and hard work Edain Team. I'm so freaking looking forward to trying it! Thank you, and wish you all the best!
If you need tech support or just want to chat informally about the new patch feel free to join here: Discord.gg
Campaign is great! Any plans to incorporate BFME1 campaigns?
One of our goals for the future, yes.
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Sorry, my keyboard broke. What I meant to say was THIS IS AMAZING!!!
Thanks for your work!
Thank you so much. I needed this.
I just checked the Edain news and my wife looked at me and said "Have you just won loads of money or something?" and I said "No, the new Edain mod is finally out :D :D"
Been looking forward to this for a looooong time. Thank you for all your hard work, haven't played yet but I'm sure its amazing.
Excited!
Time to play some 2v2s with her ;)
Wow! Ill play as soon as I can!
Btw, can the launcher disable the Hero sub mod? Or do I need to unistall the whole game?
The launcher does not know about submods and what files they contain.
I unistalled the whole game and then reinstalled + 4.6
Im pretty impressed by the new AI and its improvements for summoning heroes and units upgrades!
Thank you, very much!!!!!
Is there a way to upgrade Stone Trolls with armor and/or weapons like the ones in the Battle of Five Armies movie?
No, that's one of the differences between Mordor and the Misty Mountains.
Is it soft ? Is it juicy ? Yes my precious, my love. Thanks a lot Edain team !
Yes!!
Thank you for your amazing work Edain Team!
Just thanks for your hard work! I'm definitely going to play Edain Mod 4.6 very soon.
Hello the team ! Thx for this update ! Are you planning on adding the old Erebor vanilla map in skirmish for Edain ? This was a lovely map...
Have you tried 'The Lonely Mountain'? It was inspired by that map and is quite similar.
Yes, yes ! The map has some potential but sincerely, there are some things that bother me like the fact that this is a camp start and the awkward corridors on the side... But thanks for the answer :)
Anyway, I will put the reworked version of the vanilla map on the forum soon
the defiler's last ability does not work on foot (he does not strike.
Hola, soy nuevo por aqui, alguien sabe donde puedo consegur el crack del Resurgir del Rey Brujo 2.01? muchas gracias
Yoohoow! Finally it's here! :-D
I'm downloading everything via the launcher now. Is that okay or should I uninstall everything and download 4.6 completely anew?
Downloading the full installer from ModDB and then updating through the launcher is probably quicker, but getting everything through the launcher also works.
Game crashes when destroying goblin camp in wae of the ring. With Lorien, happens alot.
Btw. Im loving all the new features. Could it be possible to have nazguls and mouth of Sauron level up normally in war of the ring? Instead of bulking up Sauron in every little battle.
We are ready to change some systems for War of the Rings to make the experience more smooth.
When ever misty mountains loses it crashesh in war of the ring. Tested many ways
Good afternoon. Thank you, this is a wonderful mod, the Misty Mountains look great and individual. What have you been waiting for so long! I'm happy!
What are your future plans?
Will you make more factions? I really want to see the People of the East in your implementation.
Will you take ideas from the Rings of Power?
Thank you!
Unlikely that Rings of Power content will be added, the time period is not close enough to Edain's. Even for summons.
Thanks a lot for the amazing work.
However, I'm not able to unlock unit upgrades: did I miss something?
Also, I don't get the use of tunnels to Gundabad. The latter offer nothing new and cannot be manually destroyed.
The Gundabad tunnels have three buildplots. You can construct a Sentry Tower, Barracks and a Forge there (that's where you get upgrades). Click on the small rock formations with banners on top of them, as seen here: Cdn.discordapp.com
The game crashes when I'm playing grey havens on evil campaign. When I start the mission of the shire on the same campaign, it starts with the "defeated" logo 😅😅😅
Thanks for the mod, amazing work!
Have you tried updating through the launcher?
Hola a todos les pido si alguien me puede compartir el juego el resurgir del rey brujo no lo encuentro por ningun lado :( si alguno lo tiene incluyendo su parche y crack le agradeceria tanto.
Is it possible to get a 4 team play on war of the ring?
and to get real time battles, with a friend?
Two human players is the maximum. That's hardcoded, we can't change anything about it unfortunately.
You can get into real-time battles if both players have an army in the territory.
More meant teams, not humans.
like in skirmish, u can set the AI on team 1,2,3 and 4.
Thanks for the response btw! and i rlly like the misty mountains.
Would it be possible to like, implement the ring in war of the ring?
Like, sometimes there would be a little popup from where it was last sighted, and when u attack that area and capture it, u keep it untill someone else steals is from ur ring hero.
(So instead of having to capture it each match, just keep it when u have conquered it etc)
i love the maps Hordes *-*
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Awesome.
I got an idea for 4.7 or 5.0 or whatever.
Remember those Eskimo guys, snow men of Forochel, who took in that one king who dueled the witch king? That would be a really cool faction
Dog sleds
Wooly mammoths
wild were worms,
Tame were worms
Tame wereworm riders, dune style
Maybe some atalatal archery
Yetis?
Not going to happen, sorry. We can only add two more factions, and the Men of Forochel are not one of them.
Misty mountains has been alot of fun. But the amount of resources that they get is ridiculous. Even without scavenger or goblintown pillagers. I think that the settlements should produce less resources since they also make units and have units defending them.
Whenever I play as Misty mountains I get 10 000- 20 000 spare resources by the end of the game. The goblin units themselves should also navy have a slight nerf. Especially moria goblins. Just 1-2 hordes are enough to kill many heroes by surrounding them and attacking them with poison from all sides.
The Balrog is also cool and should be strong, but with 2500-5000 melee damage it could probably kill Sauron even with his level 10 ability on. It would be cool if the balrog would be especially weak against magic, so that killing it could be possible with the likes of Gandalf, Sauron or maby saruuman. But it would still remain strong against normal units.
The Balrog doesn't do 2500-5000 melee damage to heroes. And it is especially weak against magic already, that's the only realistic way to kill Durin's Bane. ;)
MM's economy will be nerfed a bit in 4.6.1. Moria goblins won't - they already are very fragile and fall off heavily against any decent melee units. Protect your heroes with infantry and they will have no problems disposing them and gaining valuable experience in the process.