Rhomen\Rhun Territory fishing village.

[Kiljaden]

The Rhun region is on the coast of the lake of Rhun, however it does not have a fishing village and capability to have a port.

[marceror]

Not all coastal regions have fishing villages. I believe this was a design decision, though I can't claim to understand what specifically drove the decisions on which settlements get them, and which don't.

[Kiljaden]

Not all coastal regions have fishing villages? Well that doesn't make any sense to me... Can anyone shed light on why this is?

[marceror]

I'm no Tolkien lore-master ( and they are welcome to come smack this post around ), but I believe that in Middle-earth the appearance of major ports was a lot more rare than say it was in medieval Europe. With the Elves sailing into the west, you almost get the impression that they're sailing to a different planet. My guess is the modding team wanted to make ports sort of special.

[Mithrandir]

With the Elves sailing into the west, you almost get the impression that they're sailing to a different planet.

That's because only Elven ships could reach Valinor.

[marceror]

Okay, I think I'm going to take back my previous post. I just took a good look at the map in game, and it appears there are only 2 territories that border a major water body without ports. One is E. Osgiliath, which makes total sense (since it and W. Osgiliath are technically the same city). The other is the one I believe you're speaking of. And honestly, there are already plenty of ports in a fairly small area there, so probably developers didn't think another port was needed. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

[Kiljaden]

It's not a big deal per se, just an inconsistency. The advantage to having a port in all 5 Rhun Lake coastal cities is trading with the provinces they aren't directly connected to by land. Rhun Lake is a huuuuge lake, really, and trading across it is only logical for any city on the coast of a lake that large.