Little 1.2 Patch Preview

[Beorn]

Yes, Huorns are fast but the Ents are slow.

They were very fast if needed. Read the TT....

[Lioncross]

Ents and Olog-hai fighting on walls...
Ents in siege towers...

*After seige tower collapses*

Ent: Those seige towers were my friends, they had voices of their own!

[Lordinquisitor]

*After seige tower collapses*

Ent: Those seige towers were my friends, they had voices of their own!

Olog-Hai: GEj"KBND;!:""§!§!

Ent: And btw. What`s the point speaking an language no one understands?

[Blackomur89]

They were very fast if needed. Read the TT....

Oh, my bad.

*After seige tower collapses*

Ent: Those seige towers were my friends, they had voices of their own!

[mrhenrik]

Much more than I expected so fast!

Great job oh almight TATW team, we salute you!

[Fedakyn]

This Is incredible, seriously. I've been waiting to battle with Ents for years. Cheers!

[Danigol of South America]

yeah this looks very good! keep up the good work!

[miniwally]

i can't see the ent picture is it the same one that was in the other thread?

[MaxMazi]

It's there, just open the spoiler.

[DjAci]

How are Blackroot Vale archers going to contribute to Gondor roster? Where is thier nieche, they seem quite redundant to me.

[Mithrandir]

How are Blackroot Vale archers going to contribute to Gondor roster? Where is thier nieche, they seem quite redundant to me.

I would guess longer range, better accuracy and more ranged damage compared to the plate armored archers, but weaker melee capabilities (obviously). I'd also guess that they would be barrage type archers, as opposed to the sniper type archers the Rangers provide.

[King Kong]

Same here.

Question - will Aragorn have 2 handed animations?

Yes, Aragorn and Gimli will both have 2handed-animations.

I just had a revelation. Seeing that ents will most probably be heavy infantry, that means we'll be having ents on walls

This was actually also concerning me, but there is a "nice" animation bug (actually the first nice bug that I ever encountered) which prevents that Ents can clim up or walk with ladders, so this won't be possible.

Even if KK had his GPU back, these wouldn't be finished till now. Eriador is handled by DG and Daale by CK with Mith's and Hross' help.

No, I will do Dale.

One thing I didn't see mentioned that I'm curious about....will the patch include armor upgrades for all units? Nothing visual I understand (as I can only imagine how long t hat would take to render), but simply a stat upgrade for building up the armory tree...

no (EDIT: after some thinking: maybe yes )

Yeah, so if the construction towers burn down so will they...
And that brings up the question, will the Ents have some sort of weakness to fire?

In a certain way, yes. They will have a mediocre morale, so if you shoot them with many fire arrows, they are likely to flee. Their real weakness (damage-wise) will be axes and other armor-piercing weapons

Forgot about frodo. Aragorn and Legolas are wearing the elven brooch, I suppose the war of the ring is being included in some way.

Good guess.

Actually yes, I study graphic design and am asked to be more creative and original regularly, so I know how hard the creative process is.
It's just that the mask and shield stand out the most, I can clearly see that most of the design is your own. Maybe you could add some silverish details to mimic the presence of mithril, to bring the design closer to middle-earth.
I actually am a big fan of weta's designs, and think your unit looks great.

Thanks. You may be right, so I will try the same unit complete in silver.

How are Blackroot Vale archers going to contribute to Gondor roster? Where is thier nieche, they seem quite redundant to me.

Blackroot Archers will be a 'hybrid' between militia archers, Ithilien rangers and heavy gondor archers. Lightly armored archers with exceptional skills, probably the best archers overall for Gondor.
Also the general archer availability of Gondor will be reduced, so the player WILL have to rely more on the AOR archers...

[axnsan]

In a certain way, yes. They will have a mediocre morale,

Wouldn't that mean they will flee from more "casual" reasons too?

[tesb]

i guess the reworked dale will still take a while?

[MasterBigAb]

i guess the reworked dale will still take a while?

You guess very right

[Blackomur89]

no (EDIT: after some thinking: maybe yes )

So the armorers will finally have a role in game?

[Momus]

one question if i may? are there gunna be retinues for faction leaders that relate to the fact that his faction now controls the initial capital of an enemy faction? so for example, Dain, King of the Dwarves could also have the ret as king or emperor of the Rhun (i have never played evil faction so i dont kno what they are called) and then when that faction leader dies the rets like that transfer to the heir. and if you lose the city (eg umbar) you lose the ret. is that possible?

[Soul Reapir]

how will the heros be implemented? Will they be generals of a unit or just a stand-alone unit? Also, will they be extremelly kick-ass to the point were I dont have to baby sit them on my monitor, watching for them to turn bloody them pulling them back? I had to do this for the normal generals.

[MasterBigAb]

how will the heros be implemented? Will they be generals of a unit or just a stand-alone unit? Also, will they be extremelly kick-ass to the point were I dont have to baby sit them on my monitor, watching for them to turn bloody them pulling them back? I had to do this for the normal generals.

They will be generals, but if they will be "super"heroes i don't know sorry....

[DjAci]

I would guess longer range, better accuracy and more ranged damage compared to the plate armored archers, but weaker melee capabilities (obviously). I'd also guess that they would be barrage type archers, as opposed to the sniper type archers the Rangers provide.

Is there a gameplay mechanic that makes a distinction between sniper and barrage archers, or is it just a difference in gameplay?

@KK:

If you will be making Dale, will it be in time for the 1.2 patch??