Middle-earth Extended Edition 0.975 news

This version of the mod brings you a vast number of balance changes and bug fixes, as well as a fair amount of new and reworked old content. It will be released on 21th of February 2020. at 12:00 UTC+1.

• All factions now have a reliable source of fear immunity, either through hero spells and leaderships or from Spellbook powers.
• Units now share gained experience with Captain type units, just like they do with heroes.
• All battle towers can now attack even when not garrisoned.
• All shield wall type formations had their armor bonus slightly reduced.
• Rain of Fire damage per explosion increased from 200 to 300. Minimal/Maximal number of explosions per second increased from 5/10 to 7/15. Spell duration increased from 20 to 25 seconds. Cooldown increased from 240 to 300 seconds.
• Shadow of Clouded Vision spell has been renamed to Shadow of Mordor.

• Door Wardens are no longer trample immune.
• Royal Guards' Sons of Eorl ability is now gained at rank 2.
• Elfhelm's Vigilance vision range buff increased from 15% to 33%.
• Legolas's Train Archers ability cooldown increased from 150 to 180 seconds.

• Gondor Captains now require significantly more experience to rank up.
• Gondor Spearmen cost increased from 175 to 250.
• Trebuchets can now form combo battalions with Gondor Spearmen in Shield Wall formation.
• Summoned Rohirrim no longer cost command points.
• Knights of Dol Amroth health increased from 300 to 350. Number per battalion increased from 4 to 5. Lifetime increased from 60 to 120 seconds.

• Eregion Craftsmanship upgrade cost reduction increased from 15% to 25%.
• Mirkwood Guardians are now trained at rank 1 Mirkwood Outpost.
• Mirkwood Rangers are now trained at rank 2 Mirkwood Outpost. Command point cost reduced from 20 to 15.
• Legolas's leadership is now gained at rank 5 and only affects Mirkwood Guardians and Mirkwood Rangers. Train Archers ability cooldown increased from 150 to 180 seconds.
• Glorfindel's Light of Valinor armor buff reduced from 33% to 25%.
• Haldir's Herio an Lórien attack buff reduced from 33% to 25%.

• Uruk Captains now require significantly more experience to rank up.
• Saruman's basic attacks now knockback enemies in a small radius. Saruman of Many Colors's spell recharge time reduction increased from 25% to 50%.
• Grima's abilities has been changed as follows:
  • Sabotage now also prevents the target structure from producing resources and units.
  • Sabotage now deals 5000 damage to gates and 0 damage to other structures.
  • Poisonous Words has been renamed to Mind Corruption and is now gained at rank 6.
  • Assasinate is now gained at rank 7.
• Isengard Unleashed - replaces Shadow of Mordor in Isengard's Spellbook. Reduces the training time of all units by 99%. Lasts for 60 seconds. Does not affect allies.
• Rain of Fire and Isengard Unleashed had their places in the Spellbook swapped.

• Orc Spearmen have been renamed to Orc Pikemen and are now trained at rank 2 Orc Pit. Cost increased from 275 to 300.
• Grond's Dark Cloud ability changed to increase nearby friendly units' attack and armor by 15%.
• Sauron's recruitment time has been reduced from 120 to 60 seconds. Revive time increased from 60 to 120 seconds.
• Mouth of Sauron's abilities have been changed as follows:
  • Evil Eye has been renamed to Sorcery of Mordor and is now gained at rank 4.
  • Poisonous Words speed reduction increased from 10% to 15%.
  • Poisonous Words is now gained at rank 5.
• Morgul Statue cost reduced from 350 to 300 and now reduces enemy armor by 25% as well.

• Troll Legionary Equipment Upgrade - significatly increases Cave Trolls' armor and unlocks Half-Trolls' Cleaving Blades ability. It is available at rank 2 Gundabad Deepforge, at the cost of 1500 resources.
• Half-Trolls' Brute Strength ability renamed to Cleaving Blades. Health increased from 175 to 250.
• Cave Trolls' cost reduced from 1200 to 1000.
• Dol-Guldur Warg Riders now use a new model (credits go to the former SaF mod team).
• Barrow Wights received a rewamp:
  • Health increased from 800 to 1000.
  • Armor changed as follows:
    • Default damage taken increased from 1% to 10%,
    • Damage from magic increased from 1% to 150%,
    • Damage from ranged Heroes increased from 1% to 90%,
    • Damage from Siege attacks increased from 1% to 25%.
  • Limited to maximum of 3 at any time.
  • Abilities rewamped as follows:
    • Rank 1: Curse of the Necromancer - reflects 15% of damage received back to the attacker. Reveals nearby invisible units.
    • Rank 2: Instill Dread - reduces attack and armor of nearby enemies by 25% and speed by 15%. Lasts for 25 seconds.
    • Rank 3: Haunt Minds - temporarily takes control of enemy units in a small area.
• Giant Spiders of Mirkwood received a rewamp:
  • Model changed to a more menacing one.
  • Health increased from 850 to 900.
  • Attack radius increased from to 10 to 15.
  • Abilities:
    • Poisonous Sting - attacks reduce attack and armor of the target by 25%. Lasts for 10 seconds.
    • Burrow - travels underground to a target location. Deals minor damage and knockbacks enemies when resurfacing.
• Azog's leadership now provides fear immunity as well.
• Gundabad Orc Cave cost reduced from 350 to 300.
• Tunnel lifetime increased from 100 to 120 seconds. Tunnels no longer spawn Gundabad orcs automaticaly, but can train units trained in Gudabad Orc Caves instead.
• The Legion spell now also allows Tunnels to train Dol-Guldur Orcs.
• Wolves of the North spell now summons wargs that use the same model as the trainable Dol-Guldur Wargs.

• Horsemen Recurve Bows Upgrade - allows Haradrim Raiders to toggle between lances and bows. It is available at rank 2 Bazaar, at the cost of 1500 resources.
• Haradrim Raiders' weapon toggle no longer requires the battalion to reach rank 3.
• Rhun Cataphracts now take 200% damage from cavalry, up from 150%.
• Mumakil health regeneration now recovers 30 health per second, up from 20.
• Sandstorm's damage per second to non-structure targets increased by 225%. Maximum theoretical damage is now around 1000, up from around 300. Please take note that a unit can only take this much damage if it has stood within the Sandstorm for its whole duration - 30 seconds.
• Wyrm's attacks now properly damage targets within close range of the Wyrm. Maximum damage to non-structure targets increased from 750 to 800. Attack radius decreased from 150 to 120.

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