Here we go again fellow Edain Unchained Fans!
While the last article presented news about individual factions, today's article focuses on several general changes.
Maps:
It feels like the current maps from Edain have been around forever. Many maps are played for the hundredth time. For this reason, many players have already started reworking existing maps for themselves. That's why we reworked some old maps too:
On some maps we only changed a few small things: For example, on “Valley of the Ered Luin” the outpost in the middle got removed and instead every player has gotten an own outpost in his quadrat, making the game less campy and perhaps give each player a reason to march into the territory of the enemy.
Other maps have been expanded: For example, we added an inner ring in the fortress on the map Framsburg. In addition, the player in the middle also has the opportunity to build an outpost in order to be able to recruit unique units. This should enable completely new strategies and thus make the game even more exciting.
And new versions of existing maps have been added: For example, Lostriand is a brilliant 3v3 map that is unique and we didn't want to change it. That's why we added our edited version as its own, new map: Lostriand II.
Palantir-Movies:
"You shall not pass!"
"Come, my friends. The Ents are going to war."
"Build me an army worthy of Mordor!"
"GROND-GROND-GROND-GROND"
As soon as someone read even one of the quotes, everyone immediately thinks of the epic movie scenes. The same phenomenon also occurs with uniquie in-game abilities. You always have a reference to the movies. Already in BFME 1, scenes from the movies that could be seen via the Palantir were added. That's why we decided to play these films for certain, unique abilities. To prevent the scenes from playing too often and becoming annoying, only abilities that are difficult to unlock have a movie-scene: for example, level 10 abilities of heroes or the tier-4-abilities from the Spellbook.
CaH Wizard Class:
One of the coolest features in BFME has always been the ability to create your own heroes. The wizard class has been removed from the Edain mod for a long time now. We have decided to unlock the class again.
Colors:
Colors are an important element in a strategy game. They help assign units to a player. Many players in the community already wanted to strengthen and unify the colors. On the one hand, we adjusted the colors in the game menu:
On the other hand, we have adjusted the colors of the factions: To make it easier to see heroes leveling up, there is an FX that lights up with each level. We adjusted each FX and gave each faction its own color. This means that leveling up is immediately noticeable and is visually unique depending on the faction.
As always, we hope you like the new features and are looking forward to your feedback!
See you soon,
Your Edain Unchained Team
