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[shadowcreature]

It's intersting, but I think that would be too imbalancing or op imo. Considering the Spider Riders are going to the inn eventually, maybe have a summon to which have them with some Goblin Warg Riders with them, name it Beast Riders.

[Uruk King]

I say keep the Warg Riders as the Goblin's core cavalry, but give a power to Shelob at level ten called 'Spawn Spiders' which summons 6 hordes of spiderlings and 4 Spider riders, seeing as the tunnel ability at level ten is kinda lame. Perhaps that would lead to a replacement of the Summon Spider spell.

[shadowcreature]

Yea, the tunneling power is kind of boring imo. As far as Warg Riders eventually making their way in either make them either available at level 2 Spider Pit or the Fissure. I know it wouldn't make much sense putting them there in the Spider Pit in some cases, but a rename should suffice there.

[Uruk King]

Perhaps a separate building that trains warg units, like the idea for a Warg den I posted earlier

[shadowcreature]

If it has more than one Warg type unit to train, I'm all for it.

[Rafv Nin IV]

Shelob's level 10 ability is incredibly useful. You can use it to escape from battles or use it offensively to pop up behind an enemy hero and use her Stinger on it. I wouldn't mind getting it at level 8, though, and we could have a level 10 power too.

[shadowcreature]

Sounds good, Shelob is a little short power wise anyway imo.

[Atomic]

Durumlug is much cooler than Drogoth IMO. I'd lose Drogoth altogether, and maybe transfer his abilities over to Durumlug in the process.

Shelob's level 10 ability is incredibly useful. You can use it to escape from battles or use it offensively to pop up behind an enemy hero and use her Stinger on it. I wouldn't mind getting it at level 8, though, and we could have a level 10 power too.

I agree with the last part you said there.

Edited by Atomic, 21 April 2009 - 05:41 AM.

[Uruk King]

As the "Dragon Lord", Drogoth should be monumentally more powerfrul than the other dragon, possibly armed with more abilities. At the first sign of archers and he's dead meat. Dramlung alreadly has some pretty decent abilities, his weakness is long-range archers, pike bearers, and powerful heroes, so he's pretty well rounded.

[Rafv Nin IV]

Drogoth cannot go for gameplay reasons. He is the single counter that the Goblins have to the Eagle, Radagast, Nazgul, or anything else flying. Goblin archers suck so much that you need about ten battalions to take down an Eagle, and Spider Riders are going to the Inn (not that their bows were worth much for anything except anti-cav in the first place).

[Uruk King]

I wonder if there was a way to implement the Dragon Strike power, held by Isengard, into the higher tier spells, and still keeping the Balrog with the Goblins.

[shadowcreature]

Do the Goblins have a Summon Dragon Power? I was thinking maybe switch that with said Isengard power.

[Wanderer∞]

They have the summon dragon power unless you meant replacing it with the fire flying dragon

[Uruk King]

Yes, and having the Balrog as the Goblin's ring hero, if possible.

[Uruk King]

Pardon the double post, but this thread needed revival, I noticed the goblin pikemen have the Uruk Pikmen anims, they kinda stick out amidst the hordes of squat, bent, bow-legged warriors as stright backed disciplined soldiers, could they have some animations to make them stick out less?

[shadowcreature]

The orc pikemen use the same animations too, so I hear you there. Damn thing is, I think that would require animation type work, someone I'm sure the team doesn't have.

[Scryer]

The orc pikemen use the same animations too, so I hear you there. Damn thing is, I think that would require animation type work, someone I'm sure the team doesn't have.

I don't know about that... Ed has done a couple of animations and if you look at the credits, there are a couple of credits given to people for their animation work.

[shadowcreature]

Really? I'll have to refer to that when I get the chance. Also though, I should point out in my last post I was talking about someone who was adept at making new animations from scratch, so yea.

Now, concerning the faction itself. Providing that Half-Trolls stay in, should the Half-Troll Pikes change at all? I know Yoda said at one point they can't get trampled.

[Wanderer∞]

They're a little big to be trampled

[Uruk King]

Yeah, I don't think powerful pikemen really belong in the goblins, at least not ones that can't be tramped