"Beside the practicability, I think it would also go against the lore. It would mean that Orcs cared for each other, that some Orc (or multiple Orcs) carried him away from a battlefield at which he got wounded and took care for him. And that is just a very untypical behaviour for Orcs."
Yeah - imagine if in the films, Azog was dragged away from a battle after losing an arm or something, only to reappear later on with a crude prosthetic instead. That would be NUTS!
Oh wait... =P
Hey Team - long time no post!
Happy new year to you all and a massive congratulations on winning "Mod of the Year"! It's hugely deserved - I've been following this mod since 2017 and I can't think of a team that deserves it more. Everything you've released has been amazingly well thought-out, designed and balanced - the game is almost unrecognisable from when it was vanilla-ROTWK but in a way where every single thing has been improved somehow!
Here's to an equally amazing 2021 (in AOTR at least - the real world sucks at the moment!)
Haha, see this proves how excited I was about the besiege maps - my maps are ordered by the number of players so I'd only seen Helm's Deep, Isengard and the Kingdom of Erebor! Hadn't even scrolled down to find the rest. It's going to be a busy weekend...
Well, you sir, are a genius! The Helm's Deep map couldn't be more perfect - rows of archers and spear-men, just standing on the wall in the rain, waiting... it was almost straight from the movie (except Isengard eventually won and killed everyone...)
Any of the fortress maps would be great to try out - Minas Tirth is an obvious suggestion. I also love the Minas Morgul map with the 2-tiered fortress and bridge. Carn Dum as well? Hell, any of them!
They will be well worth the wait if you get the time / inclination to do them but if not, the 3 already on there have so much replay-ability!
Great work!
It's been a while guys...
What with being distracted with work, other games and the constant threat of the end of the world as we know it, I've not kept updated with this amazing mod for a while. But I had to log on to tell you that those Besiege maps are simply amazing!
As I'm pretty sure everyone does who plays this game, I like recreating the battles from the movies / books - it worked fine when you are defending a fortress but never really worked as an attacker as the AI would always leave the defences, rush your base, etc. etc. But these besiege maps are just perfect - they are so good I haven't even got round to trying out Dol Guldur yet!
Do you have plans to convert any of the other maps to the besiege mode?
Amazing work as always!
Wow! It's almost like your campaign is similar to the films, which started off focusing exclusively on the 9 members of the Fellowship before moving onto the large battles in the wider world... What an amazing coincidence!
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Silly question but is the option to use Custom Heroes selected when you are using those factions?
I only ask because after I installed the mod, that checkbox was unticked (i.e. no Custom Heroes) as default even though I had been using them in the previous version
Hey guys,
Just wanted to say that the installation worked first time (downloaded 2.02 v8, then the mod itself - simple!) and although I only got an hour or so to have a look at both factions - this is easily looking like my favourite update so far! And I played the crap out of Erebor when it was released!
Looking forward to playing with both new factions a lot more, and seeing all the updates you've made to the rest of the mod!
Amazing work as always!
Just watched the preview videos for Rohan and Rivendell... congratulations guys, you've ruined BFME!
Those factions, the new buildings and troops, the level of detail overall is just so goddamn BEAUTIFUL - I can't play normal skirmishes anymore, the AI will just be a distraction. I have no choice but to play no AI opponent matches so I can just sit and admire all the new buildings.
You've turned BFME into SimCity - good work!
Equally, you can never have too many arrows...
Holy hell guys - Rohan looks amazing! The hype is reeeeeeeal!
Dude - first boats and now Angmar? You really should just play ROTWK...
As Mathijs has said, you are the first person in god knows how long to notice and complain about the lack of boats. Other than the Cosairs of Umbar ships, the other horribly designed units would stick out like a sore thumb compared to the lore-accurate designs this mod uses. They are too over-powered and would just result in every game becoming the same long-distance bombing exercise. Oh and the mod team don't want to / haven't got round to doing anything with naval combat yet.
I think there's plenty of reasons for their removal!
Why not just play ROTWK when you want to play naval skirmishes and AOTR for everything else then?
This mod goes above and beyond adding the levels of detail and hyper-realism the original games lacked - can you imagine how weird it would be playing as the Dwarves of Erebor and building a fleet of Elven warships if the original boats were just dumped back in the game?! Some of the designs were terrible anyway *cough Elven suicide ships cough*. It takes away from the realism that AOTR is all about.
Plus, their mod - their rules!
Rohan are going to have all the coolest units!
Happy April Fool's Day guys! =)
Amazing work guys! Whilst I'm still adamant that Rohan will be my favourite faction, you are making sure Gondor give them a good run for their money!
Don't get me wrong, it's annoying as hell losing a cavalry battalion because you didn't see the spearmen hiding behind the other troops, but it's realistic!
Have you tried... I don't know... NOT ploughing them into a wall of spearmen then? Seeing as that is what they are weak against and all?
Re. Arnor - the clue is in the title. "The Age of the Ring" - Arnor was long gone by this time. The Dunedain Rangers / Grey Company in the Rivendell faction are all that remain of Arnor.
Disagree - how many game-breaking errors have you experienced? Other than the Erebor release (where a patch was released literally within a few days), each new faction has been good to go from launch! Yeah there are some minor bugs but nothing that stops you playing - they can't be expected to catch everything!
There's already enough people moaning about the length of time between each faction (which I imagine is partly to do with the above bug-testing!) - let's not start moaning now there's 2 coming at the same time!
Rohan is going to be so badass!
Forgot to log-in - my bad!
I think what he meant was;
"So campaign is cool. And bringing in characters from other LOTR games so they can all interact with each other and enrich the storyline? Great
And playing some of the same missions we know and love but with all the improvements, enhancements and added detail your mod provides?
Great x2"
Fixed it!
2 new factions, the start of a custom-made campaign mode and new maps / game modes?!
God dammit guys - if you don't win Mod of the Year then I'm going to start some full Brexit-style protests for a 2nd vote...
Last few hours of voting people! Don't forget to cast yours - the team deserve it!
Voted - every time a new update is released, I feel like I'm downloading an official DLC. The quality and the attention to detail is just staggering - keep up the amazing work!
Looks amazing! Will be a fun twist playing Rohan and laying siege to someone, rather than being the ones under siege!
Legolas' idea of getting battle-ready against an army of heavily armoured Uruk-Hai is to simply wear some spaulders over his normal gear. Gotta love the level of confidence...
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