Return of Shadow

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Play as one of 11 Factions of Middle-Earth with more to come, fight in huge battles with new and familiar heroes. The Elves, Dwarves and Men must fight together against the forces of Darkness and drive them back to the shadow. Will you fight with the Elves of Lorien or Rivendell, the valiant Men of Rohan and Gondor, the mighty Dwarves of Erebor or will you crush the Free People with might of Mordor or take it for yourself with Isengard, Harad or Dunland? The fate of Middle-Earth is in your hands

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Beta 0.3 News and it's Gondor's turn in the spotlight with it's review for the Great Rebalancing.

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Return of Shadow

Return of Shadow Beta 0.3 Faction Showcase
Gondor


It's Gondor's turn in the spotlight.

Some Gondor units and heroes are getting a makeover along side all the new changes and bug fixes.

Gondor


Gondor is getting a few new changes to start off with we've got some new balance changes.
To start off with replacing Mardil's spot will be Damrod who will function as Gondor's early game hero costing 800 he'll be a good early game scout hero.
Ithilien units will be upgradable with the new Leather Armour upgrade to improve their defences, they also have a visual revamp.

Aragorn is undergoing a review much as the other "King" heroes like Saruman, Witch King and Theoden has.
His Athelas ability will be stronger as will his Blade Master.
Elendil is being moved off of his regular skill set and changed to an auto ability that will fire when Aragorn is close to death.
Oathbreaker is being changed into a weapon summon that will summon the King of the Dead to him for a short time who will in turn summon Oathbreakers.
Aragorn's leadership will be available from level 1 with some improvements on it as well, he'll replenish nearby battalions.
He will also gain 2 new abilities the first is Anduril the Bright an attack skill that boosts the damage and armour of nearby units for a brief moment.
The last is Two Hunters which briefly summons Gimli and Legolas to his side for a short time.

Finally like the Rohan faction Gondor will get a new Specialisation system with 2 choices Skirmish and Fortify these will customise the units you can build and choice of heroes.

Skirmish


Skirmish Specialisation allows the Gondor player to improve their border defence with 2 new Ithilien units the Ithilien Warriors and Ithilien Spearmen which should be familiar to anyone's played through the good campaign.
The 2 units will be improved and rebalanced accordingly.
Additionally Skirmish will unlock an additional hero Mardil.
Mardil will be improved to reflect his new role with new skills.

Fortify


Fortify is the Specialisation that focuses on fortifying the defences at home this Specialisation unlocks 2 units first the Pelargir Marines and the second is the new Cair Andros Defenders (you can see them below).
Cair Andros Defenders are Axemen units so good against Shieldbearers and Siege weapons.
The exclusive Hero will be Beregond.
Beregond will be getting some improvements as well including an ability that allows him to summon a familiar face.

Next Round

So I've covered 3 factions so far in the review Isengard, Rohan and Gondor and I'm only just getting started, lots of new stuff to come for old factions and new.

New Cair Andros Defenders

Gondor Soldiers fresh from their makeovers

Gondor Archers in their new shiny armour


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Hoseyn
Hoseyn - - 43 comments

This is what exactly Gondor has ever needed since it's a some what balanced faction. Nice thinking. Love your work! keep it up Rad :)

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