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[MorgoththeMight]

I think he's trying to say that there is a raven hero... I only wonder.. wtf?.. raven hero?

[cahik_]

ok...why are ravens such a good idea

- erebor units are slow, most likely slowest infantry ingame ( ok, just to make sure that no one will speak about that NO DWARVEN CAVALRY OR CHARIOTS in RA ) so you need some kind of quick scout
- you cant count with eagles cause not all maps will have minifaction plots
- ravens have been conected with dwarves. Tolkien shows this nicely in Hobbit
- they cannot attack it is purely scout unit

still see anything wrong with them?

[zimoo]

Why are dwarves slow? It is said they could move very swiftly when they needed to. Look how quickly Dain and his army got to Erebor...

[cahik_]

not all of them but most of them wore the heaviest armor. also they are smaller so they wouldnt be as quick as men. take a look at Gimli he has quite some armor on him and he wasnt going to war so i would expect that dwarven armor should be really heavy.

about that quick march to erebor...sure that it will be implemented

[zimoo]

Dwarves make very light work of burdens...

Edited by zimoo, 23 April 2007 - 12:13 PM.

[Canterbury]

maybe dwarves at need moved very quickly in their perspective.

[King Earnur]

Maybe that could be a power like "Haste of War" that increases speed by 20percent or so

[MorgoththeMight]

*edit: removed typo

that sounds pretty logical.. just 1 question: you mean as a hero power, or as a spellbook power? I'd say hero power, but if you could include a speed bonus in warchant or something, it would be cool too.

Edited by MorgoththeMight, 24 April 2007 - 06:35 AM.

[Olorin]

I'd prefer it to be a Spell Book power, something to add to their uniqueness. All units within the casting area gain 20% speed, or something around that figure.

[Nertea]

Who led the Dwarves from the Iron Hills in their long march? Just hinting....

[zimoo]

So Gimli will have a speed-boosting leadership power? Sounds interesting

[cahik_]

gimli??? zimoo, arent you sick?

[Lord Homer of Shire]

it was dain

[cahik_]

of course it was...but zimoo "The Guardian of Books" made mistake like that one??? doesnt make sense to me

[Olorin]

I think he might be sick, yeah. Either that or a very big typo, or a sick joke.

[Canterbury]

Ill say it was a typo. I mean when you think of dwarves the first one to come to your mind is gimli

[adummy]

maybe zimoo was making fun of all you guys the kept saying "the dwarves will never get a raven hero"

[Mathijs]

Or maybe he just made a mistake.

Moving on...

[Uruk King]

You know the only hero I've never really attempted to figure out, (mind you he's probably the leat acurate one, but i'll give him a go anyway) is Thranduil I'm gonna give him a shot.

*lvl 1) Leadership
*lvl 1) Taudrim Escort (a unit of six taurdrim defend him)
*lvl 3) Master of nature (Converts a surface area into forest, which hinders enemy movement)
*lvl 5) Lull monster to sleep (this is the least likely one, but on his render you can see a rather blurry icon with Zs)
*lvl 7) Cleansing of Mirkwood (Friendly structures and units are healed)

Like I said it's probably what the modders don't have in mind for the most part but it was the best I could think of.

Edited by Uruk King, 27 April 2007 - 06:05 PM.

[Alsch]

I get the feeling that the Taudrim escort get built with him at level 1.