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[hdh7]

i was wandering what the minifactions for harad will be like, their units, powers, heros and so on and i thought it would make a good discusion

[Alsch]

Minifactions:
Corsairs of Umbar:
Hero is some pirate leader, don't know name
Units decent infantry and archers

Khand:
Variags, two sworded fast cavalry, with hero being a stronger
one whose name I also don't know

Far Harad:
Heavy units, being the half-trolls - dark skinned, large men
Hero is the one tolkien named, ditto for name

[hdh7]

corsairs don't have fire bombs do they?

[Olorin]

I doubt they will. It will be pretty hard to code.

[ched]

easy to code, but I haven't looked at their abilities list yet so I can't answer.

[Olorin]

Well, that's contradictory. Will they have any special abilities?

[ched]

As I've said, coding bombs is easy so it shouldn't be a problem if the staff decides to include bombs, but I haven't looked yet at the abilities' list yet for said Corsairs so I can't answer.

[Olorin]

Well, bombs would add a bit of strategy to them. In a click of the mouse they can become your anti-structure unit, so it would be good to include something like that for them. But those are my thoughts on the matter.

[m@tt]

If its am special ability then I presume its not like BFME2 where they throw bomb after bomb

[MorgoththeMight]

You mean that it would be better if it's more like a power?.. you use the power and the bombs do heavy damage to targeted building. that would be quite cool yes, but where did you got the idea of firebombs..?

[Lauri]

BFME2 of course.. but yeah, a special ability would fit better IMO

[hdh7]

did fire bombs exist in the books

[m@tt]

Little is mentioned of Harad in the books, but there may be something somewhere.

[Núkumnëhtar]

If the bombs get into the mod then they surely won't be like they are in BfME II. They would be used one at a time to start fires on buildings and look like small clay jars filled with Greek Fire in them (look in Kingdom of Heaven if you wish to see a logical example).

[hdh7]

i think they should be mostly a weaker, faster version of isengard's mine

[Olorin]

If the bombs get into the mod then they surely won't be like they are in BfME II. They would be used one at a time to start fires on buildings and look like small clay jars filled with Greek Fire in them (look in Kingdom of Heaven if you wish to see a logical example).

I like this idea. The mine doesn't really seem like the right way to describe it though.

[hdh7]

sory i meant like the mines in their unit type not aperence or attack style

[Olorin]

That's ok. I knew what you meant anyway . Anyway, back to topic.

Edited by Olorin, 19 January 2007 - 04:08 AM.

[Dain Ironfoot]

Bombs are one big nono. Arg.

I have a few thoughts on Corsairs.. we'll see what happens. However they most certainly wont have fire bomby things...

[Witch King of Angmar]

See what refernces you can find in the books. I must admit it would be very cool, but I can't see it happening unless it was definitely in the books.