Official 'Third Age 1.0 - 3.2 Question & Answer' Thread

[StealthFox]

It makes the unit denser and less susceptible to charges.

[Aldor]

It makes the unit denser and less susceptible to charges.

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Adds to unit mass and makes them push better through units.

[White_pigeon]

Ok, thanks, apparently my dude the already had 8 ancillaries. So is there any way i can still get the ring. Is it just to march into the settlement with a general with a few ancillary slots to spare?

[Ngugi]

Ok, thanks, apparently my dude the already had 8 ancillaries. So is there any way i can still get the ring. Is it just to march into the settlement with a general with a few ancillary slots to spare?

AFAIK yes, as long as it's within the timeframe the Ring is in the settlement

[Tom5411]

Hi I was wondering if anyone could please give me an unedited copy of the export_descr_unit file in the data folder. I decided to edit some values in mine the other day around 1 in the morning but due to the time tiredness made me forget to make a clean backup, basic mistake I know.
Anyway thanks in advance.

[Ngugi]

Hi I was wondering if anyone could please give me an unedited copy of the export_descr_unit file in the data folder. I decided to edit some values in mine the other day around 1 in the morning but due to the time tiredness made me forget to make a clean backup, basic mistake I know.
Anyway thanks in advance.

Here you go

[Tom5411]

Thanks a lot Ngugi, really helpful.

[Macilrille]

AFAIK yes, as long as it's within the timeframe the Ring is in the settlement

Yes, I have done it by accident. I actually wanted Sauron to have the Ring and to grind him into the dust!

[HandKing]

Hi everyone!

I've been away from the forums for probably close to a year now I think! I had the pleasure of installing and playing 3.1 and have now seen that 3.2 is uploaded and ready to roll!

I'm just wondering how the project is going at the moment? Are there any further plans for future updates? (Even sketchy maybes? ) I know KK is a busy guy, so if anyone has any info at all on what's hot/not and what's still active I'd be really appreciative. (ESPECIALLY interested in custom settlement news!)

Thanks!

-HK

[StealthFox]

Nobody knows but KK and he hasn't given us any updates about his plans.

[Dwarven Berserker]

What are the benefits of the shieldwall ability? Is it only useful against missiles?

I know I'm a bit late with this, but shieldwall doesn't help against missiles. It makes the formation more dense and therefore easier to get hit. (It doesn't give a defensive bonus other than the mass increase)

[lordargento]

Why is it not possible to move my Gondor troops through the Cape of Andrast?

[LordOther]

what is needed to make mumakil's

[Garriath]

what is needed to make mumakil's

I'm just reciting this off of memory, so I could be way off, but if I remember right, you need your top tier stables, it needs to be after turn 40 (after the barracks event), and they need to be built with a city with the oliphaunt resource (i.e., the elephant standing somewhere in the province.)

Realistically, that means that you're not likely to actually get mumakil until a ways into the game.

[Unseengenie]

whats a good way to speed up pop growth in cities im playing as Eriador and Aragon just hit 53 and i have a minor city in Annu.

[Wizad]

First off, Aragorn will still live for a long time. Characters start to die at age 120 or something in TATW.
Secondly, set taxes to low, make sure the governor of Annuminas has at least 7 chivalry, make sure Annunimas has all of the pop growth buildings constructed (farms and livestock farms). That's all you can do I think.

[lolIsuck]

whats a good way to speed up pop growth in cities im playing as Eriador and Aragon just hit 53 and i have a minor city in Annu.

Perform fertility rites in your room.

[ChavKilla]

Does experience give archers any additional benefits on top of increased melee attack? Perhaps an increase in some sort of hidden accuracy stat?

I've always thought it odd that experience increases melee attack rather than missile attack, has this been left unmodified due to balancing concerns about archers becoming OP?

Would be intrigued to know people's thoughts.

[Ngugi]

Does experience give archers any additional benefits on top of increased melee attack? Perhaps an increase in some sort of hidden accuracy stat?

I've always thought it odd that experience increases melee attack rather than missile attack, has this been left unmodified due to balancing concerns about archers becoming OP?

Would be intrigued to know people's thoughts.

Correct, archers get, as melee units, better morale and they get better accuracy, which however is not displayed in the card so it remain fairly unknown

[Wizad]

I just tried it out.

Isengard Snaga Archers vs Gondor Militia

After the first volley:
no experience on archers: 2 kills
9 experience (3 gold chevrons) on archers: 16 kills

When the militia reaches the archers:
no experience on archers: 40 kills
9 experience (3 gold chevrons) on archers: 95 kills

So experience on archers makes a huge difference.