The Wars of Arda is a (very) large expansion mod for the EA Games title "The Lord of the Rings: The Rise of the Witchking". We will first be heavily reworking the existing factions (adding Rohan and Harad and merging the Goblins into Isengard) and implementing a "minifaction" system where you begin a skirmish map with a "Core Faction" which contains a variety of units and heroes, and you purchase "Mini Factions" as the match prgresses, giving you access to new units and heroes.
The Mod will also be implementing several "Eras" into the mod. This will NOT be an Empire Earth style system where you upgrade from one era to another, but a system where each era is a seperate set of skirmish factions and campaign missions (however all factions will be able to play against each other). The eras of the mod will be as follows.
The War of the Jewels
The Last Alliance
The Rise of the Witchking
The Wainriders Invasion
The Quest of Erebor
The War of the Ring
The New shadow
Each era will consist of between 2 and 7 factions, each with between 3 and 5 "mini factions".
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The demo is available in the download section now.
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The mod also has a new feature called "Be-A-Hero". Wherever possible we are adhering to a mix of the LoTR movies and the works of tolkien, but in many cases there are not enough characters to adaquetely fill the required numbers of Heroes for each faction (10-15 heroes per faction), so we are allowing people to submit designs for their own personal Avatar to appear in the mod. This can be voiced by you and you can even appear on the skin/unit portrait.
Examples of current heroes are Calintz of Rhun, and the black Numenorean General Eraus, commander of the defence of Barad Dur against the Last Alliance (mod team get the most impressive characters!).
I cannot guarantee youll get the character you want (were FULLY stocked with Elves already im afraid) but within reason I will try and include your character, until all the spaces for new Avatars are full.
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Hey,
Happy New Year, everyone!!!!
This update was suppose to come out last year, but I couldnt get around to it.
So here we go,
The last of the Doriath Units for now, the Mounted Glade Guard,
Here's Arwen at Helms Deep, Mounted and Armour in the Galadhrim Armour,
And Final's here is Idrial from the Third Age game, thats all I am saying, for now.
On, a final note, this is going to be the last update from me for a while,
ElrondHighLord
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The Elf Witch of Doriath - Update Doriath Court Part 2, Update 13/12/2009
NewsHere we see the Elf witch / Doraith Sorceress who studied under Melian. Enjoy :D
Mibbit Client Installed and Forum Maintenence
NewsHer JEV informs us of the forums maintenence at www.warsofarda.co.uk/forums
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Wars of Arda Demo - The Return of Shadow
Demo 27 commentsThe Wars of Arda has been in development for over a year now, in its current form, and this is our first public release. All going to plan it will be...
Wars of Arda - Trailer 1
MovieThis is the first official trailer of the Wars of Arda mod. Its by our awesome mapper Digital general and features many new maps and units.
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So were many who joined their community, but it prowen fact that if you exclude the skinner no one of the team does anything, and that is why there is no new beta, and they try to conceal it with new models because those for WoTR era are already finished.
>:( Non-believer. What else can you expect from a giant mod like this which includes campaigns AND new and replacing skins AND new gameplay? I would be fine with just a WOTR version coming out.
That is all nice and good but these guys are working more than two years on a new beta and it is not to be expected in this year neither. Instead of making new models for character in the first age, you should try to finish your new beta so that you don't lose those couple of fans who remained waiting on this new beta which in the opinion of many will never come. If you are a fan of the game and intend in maybe checking their site or maybe joining their community my advice is not to do it. They are not doing anything to get new beta done, except of course their modeler and skinner EHL who is brilliant but simply waists time with the rest of the team that is not doing anything.
This mod is huge, and thank god it is so active. I have very little doubt it will die :).
everything is great but when when will be playable? its' been a long waitng that now is a never ending history, great pics great eras and everything, just please dont keep us waiting anymore :(
The next private beta will be released when it is finished, and it is not too far. Join the forums as there will be a "Beta Giveaway" when all the factions are 100% (WotR era only)
www.warsofarda.co.uk/forums
im sorry i don't undestand, what do you mean with private beta? and "Beta Giveaway" ?
The private Beta is the Beta for the BEta Testers who test the releasses so there are no bugs in the releases.
The Beta Giveaway is going to be a competition, but thats all I know for now.
www.warsofarda.co.uk/forums
take it easy, never EVER say that, since it gives stress to the team, what they need is motivation, not stress
I salute you guys! This is one of the largest mod to bfme 2 rotwk, keep it up!