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Beta 0.2 news and the next faction to be released has been decided.

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Beta 0.2 News and the next Faction

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After giving it some thought I've decided to skip Beta 0.18 and jump right to Beta 0.2 which is more or less ready and is being uploaded.
Due to my circumstances it will take a few days to get the Beta up and running since I have to upload it piece meal.
I've done pretty much everything I had set out to do with Beta 0.2 and the faction is mostly complete in about the same stage as Dunland was with 1.55 with only minor fixes to go.

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So the next faction will be The Strongholds.
Not exactly shocking I know, but currently it is the evil faction most complete and I want to try and keep to the good-evil-good-evil pattern of faction releases.

So as I mentioned in the announcement news for Strongholds the faction is the combination of the Deep and Dol Guldur factions.
I showed a couple preview images a couple days ago to whet your whistles.
Now I guess I'll reveal the tech tree.

Strongholds

Units


Moria Goblin Warriors
Moria Goblin Archers
Moria Goblin Spearmen

Dol Guldur Soldiers - Strong Infantry units
Dol Guldur Strongbows - Strong Ranged units

Warg Riders -

Cave Troll -
Stone Troll - Ranged Troll/Artillery unit
Olog Hai - Powerful elite unit.

Great Spider - Fast moving unit that can auto heal and weakens enemy when attacking.

Buildings

Deep work Pit - Primary resource building.
Dol Guldur Forge - Resource building that provides upgrades at level 2.
Moria Deep - The main building for the Moria units trains Goblin Warriors, Archers and Spears/
Dol Guldur Barracks - Trains the Dol Guldur Soldiers and Strongbows.
Wolf Meet - Trains the Warg Riders.
Troll Cave - Trains the Cave Troll, Stone Troll and Olog Hai
Spider Nest - Buildable from the Economy plot after the Brood Faction Upgrade has been purchased.
Towers -
War Works - Battering Ram,Ladders

Heroes

Lug - Early game hero
Mashduk - The spontaneous one
Mashgur - Archer hero
Gurguk - My favourite Orc and sometimes Forum lurker.
Gimbul - Goblin Leader
Bolguk - Goblin Leader
Blackmaw - Great Warg
Brood Mother - Queen of the Mirkwood Spiders available with the Brood Faction Upgrade.

Spells



Call of the Deep -
Befoul - Similar to Taint - -50% armour and removes fear resistance

Azog Lives - Summons Azog
Bounty - Upgrades the Work Pit and Forge to provide upgrades
Rally

Swarm - Permanently increases the movement speed for Moria and Mountain Goblins
Darkness
Drums in the Deep - (Call the Horde)

TBA
Dark Influence
Nazgul Summon

Balrog

Upgrades


Basic Training -
Tainted Arrows - (additional damage to units)
Heavy Armour -
Deadly Blades -
Troll Training - Ranks up Ettens and Olog Hai

Faction Upgrades

GKU
Murder Holes
Tower Tainted Arrows - Tower arrows slightly slow and weaken armour
Strength Training - Improves the firing rate and range of Stone Trolls
Broods - Unlocks Brood Mother and spider units

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4minorkinq
4minorkinq - - 39 comments

thank you

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Argeomer
Argeomer - - 5,581 comments

awesome :D

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LordDainOfIronHills
LordDainOfIronHills - - 1,855 comments

Nice job man!!I cant wait to play it I hope I will have the chance soon enough!! :) Keep the good work and I really look forward to the Dwarven Faction! :)

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tippytosha
tippytosha - - 5 comments

What about making some obvious Heroes like Bolg or Great Goblin?

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Radspakr Author
Radspakr - - 1,926 comments

They are both dead by the time of the War of the Ring when this mod is set and I've already got Azog filling the "ghost guest spot".

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