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[Lauri]

your supporting us... only enemies you would make are the ones who hate us
which isn't a bad thing

[m@tt]

1. Spare time
2. As Dain has said many times, the vast majority of the work has been done in the last 18 months.
3. EA did not make the game from scratch. It's an edit of Generals (there is a lot of redundant coding left in from Generals).

[Uruk King]

So it's not made from scratch? I guess, EA couldn't afford to make a Lord of the Rings game from scratch, alfter the TT and RotK action games, or possibly just simple lazyness.

@ Gaelicman, you managed to pledge more support on your first post then I did, nice . But I always had the personal pfreference of wanting to play an incomplete Beta. But you're right, the sense of surprise is pretty much ruined if a beta is asked for.

Anyway on the questions side, are the Moria orcs of the Moria minifac for Isengard going to be capable of scaling walls and entering a castle by themselves?

[Foe-of-the-Nine]

do any factions get bazookas or jetpacks?

Just kidding, but seriously, what will Mirkwood have for siege weapons? Will Beornings be good vs buildings/gates? or are they more of a crazy anti-unit... umm... unit?

[Lauri]

I think that it was decided for an isengard unit that has a bazooka, using similiar ways of their bombs...

Or maybe that was another mod... can't recall


Mirkwood Siege

[m@tt]

Mirkwood seige is discussed in the Minifaction Plots topic.

Dunno about Goblins, but considering how much siege options Isengard has, I doubt it.

[Lauri]

I just gave him a link... but still

[m@tt]

*Points at times of posts*

[roughy92]

So with the minifaction, when the plot is lost do you also loose all asociated units?

[m@tt]

Yes, I'd have thought that was pretty obvious

[Yarrum]

As in like they just keel over and die? That's not very smart. What If you are using MF units as your last defense, and the plot is destroyed. You're DOOMED! Is this the case? Also, will the site ever be updated with the new stuff you have made for each faction?

[Olorin]

Mirkwood seige is discussed in the Minifaction Plots topic.

Dunno about Goblins, but considering how much siege options Isengard has, I doubt it.

It could give them an early-game harassment-type unit, jus to keep the enemy on their toes. I expect they would be cheapish units, so they could be a good investment, unless you're against a turtle player.

As in like they just keel over and die? That's not very smart. What If you are using MF units as your last defense, and the plot is destroyed. You're DOOMED! Is this the case? Also, will the site ever be updated with the new stuff you have made for each faction?

I think he was being sarcastic. It would be the same as when your barracks is destroyed; your units don't just drop dead, you just can't make any more of them. Right? *looks for support from team*

Edited by Olorin, 20 April 2008 - 05:11 AM.

[Uruk King]

I'm pretty sure that's what M@tt meant, you lose them from your unit list.

[Nertea]

I haven't decided whether the goblins will be able to climb yet. I've always just really hated how it looks ingame though, so maybe not. Like has been said, Isengard already has a million and one ways to get into a base.

And you're right.

[Uruk King]

'nother question(s), in the Return of the King, seige towers could be immobilized if you killed the trolls that were pushing it. In the Seige Tower render, I didn't see any trolls attached to it. Does that mean you have to assign a pair of trolls to move the Tower? And that you can shoot the trolls to immobilize them?

[m@tt]

I'm pretty sure that's what M@tt meant, you lose them from your unit list.

yes that's what I meant - you lose access to the units until you rebuild it.

And Siege Towers have trolls attached.

[Yarrum]

Cool. That makes much more sense. Also, the trolls pushing the siege tower is cool. Nice and realistic.

Edit: Correct me if I'm misinterpreting the whole trolls thing...

Edited by yarrum, 20 April 2008 - 03:29 PM.

[Gaelicman15]

'nother question(s), in the Return of the King, seige towers could be immobilized if you killed the trolls that were pushing it. In the Seige Tower render, I didn't see any trolls attached to it. Does that mean you have to assign a pair of trolls to move the Tower? And that you can shoot the trolls to immobilize them?

That would be really cool and quite realistic. In the book the siege towers were pulled by mumàkil, but I don't see how that would be very practical considering the size of the animals, but the idea of having to attach trolls or at least being able to shoot the trolls to immobilize the tower is good. I have a question, who will be the most powerful Hero in the game? (Sorry if this question has been asked before)

[mike_]

My guess would be Glorfindel, the Witch-King, or Gandalf.
Having only tried out one of those three, I'm not exactly at liberty to discuss it
Balance (correct me if I'm wrong) has in no way started yet. There's still a LOT to be put ingame and tested before we can begin to balance it.
Also..what do you mean by "most powerful hero"? Each hero has his vice - there's powerful ranged heroes (read: Legolas), powerful melee heroes (Boromir), powerful leadership heroes (Saruman), etc. So it's kind of difficult to compare them in a broad range of talents.
Cheers,
-mike

[Uruk King]

My guess would be Glorfindel, the Witch-King, or Gandalf.
Having only tried out one of those three, I'm not exactly at liberty to discuss it

God dammitt, don't remind me, you're beta'ring for RA . But like you said I shouldn't be jealous.