Eriador is fun just the way it is...

[tallstark]

So I watched that one little indepedent film about Arathorn and looked how the Dunedin lived in the little villages and did not have a bunch of buildings, armories, etc.... and thought it would be interesting to see how you would take a bunch of scattered little villages and try to build back an empire.

I am totally enjoying it! I rushed all rebels I could, then went straight at Isengard. We have been going back and forth but it has been totally realistic role playing. Its basically Aragorn rallying his people and its lumber men and militia as a soft front line, with a lot of hobbits and hunters. I am squating on all the river crossings, blasting with all missile units to soft all their lines, doing an ordered retreat to stretch their lines and sending Bree riders and bodyguards to charge from behind when they hit my lines. I am not able to leave the crossings yet for fear of getting killed in a field battle but I am SLOOOOOOWLY building my country and keeping Isengard on their side of the river. I just got an alliance with Rohan and then attacked a small stack of Isengard to draw Rohan in to the war.

Anyways, not to turn it in to a AARP, but just to voice my opinion that even tho Eriador has bland, weak units, that actually is very appropriate to how that area is depicted sometimes. What made M:TW boring at times to me at least was regardless of who you were, almost every faction could follow a similar strategy. I enjoy the unique challenge of trying to reforge an empire with a scattered group of peasants, forest workers and militia.

I continue to be impressed how TA:TW balances all the variables of location, economy, units etc... to have very different strategies. Kudos again!

[IrishBlood]

So I watched that one little indepedent film about Arathorn and looked how the Dunedin lived in the little villages and did not have a bunch of buildings, armories, etc.... and thought it would be interesting to see how you would take a bunch of scattered little villages and try to build back an empire.

I am totally enjoying it! I rushed all rebels I could, then went straight at Isengard. We have been going back and forth but it has been totally realistic role playing. Its basically Aragorn rallying his people and its lumber men and militia as a soft front line, with a lot of hobbits and hunters. I am squating on all the river crossings, blasting with all missile units to soft all their lines, doing an ordered retreat to stretch their lines and sending Bree riders and bodyguards to charge from behind when they hit my lines. I am not able to leave the crossings yet for fear of getting killed in a field battle but I am SLOOOOOOWLY building my country and keeping Isengard on their side of the river. I just got an alliance with Rohan and then attacked a small stack of Isengard to draw Rohan in to the war.

Anyways, not to turn it in to a AARP, but just to voice my opinion that even tho Eriador has bland, weak units, that actually is very appropriate to how that area is depicted sometimes. What made M:TW boring at times to me at least was regardless of who you were, almost every faction could follow a similar strategy. I enjoy the unique challenge of trying to reforge an empire with a scattered group of peasants, forest workers and militia.

I continue to be impressed how TA:TW balances all the variables of location, economy, units etc... to have very different strategies. Kudos again!

well eriador will basically be like that when king kongs finished with them, except the units will look waaaaaaaaaaaay better, and give you the eventual chance to rebuild arnor

and im intrigued, what film? post a link perhaps??

[Aikanár]

Here you go: Born of hope

[caralampio]

Here you go: Born of hope

The link to this movie should be stickied.

[Kwisatz Haderach]

I think the problem most people have with Eriador as it is now is that the current units look terrible compared to the other factions (not because they are supposed to be primitive units, their weapons and outfits and faces just don't look very well done) and that there is nothing to look foward to in their roster. If the people of Eriador were eventually able to unite and start rebuilding their empire, one would think that eventually they would have the ability to field units with better equipment. For instance, if you were able to take control of the armories and resources at Isengard or Moria, why would all of your soliders still be limited to equipping themselves with wooden spears and animal hides? The current plan as I understand it is to redo all the units for Eriador and allow for an event (triggered by a certain level of achievement for the faction, similar to the Kalmar Union event in the Teutonic campaign) that unlocks new units representing a reemergence of the old Arnor.

In other words, the early going would still be the same as it is now (weak early units only really suited to defending the borders against small incursions), but after you have conquered enough territory or developed your cities sufficiently you will be able to field a proper army as a reward for your success.

Looks like IrishBlood pretty much beat me to it.

[tallstark]

Hmmm, that sounds even MORE fun LOL. OK, well as always I will find ways to amuse myself with this version, then go totally mental and miss 2 days of work when a new version comes out and see whats new!

[Comandertony]

yeh uh missing work for this game..is not a good idea..did that once...almost got fired..lol good thing i was in good standings with the boss because man i had a great campain going. but really dont miss work for this....thought it really is awesome..

[Aikanár]

It's quite nice, isn't it? Same style as the Aragorn movie.
I like the extended version best

[moizzz]

It's quite nice, isn't it? Same style as the Aragorn movie.
I like the extended version best

link to aragorn movie please x)

[Aikanár]

Here you go The hunt for Gollum

[moizzz]

Here you go The hunt for Gollum

thanks mate.

[eugenioso]

it is fun for what it is (a scattered conglomeration of small cities, towns and villages), but gamewise they suck. the only somewhat decent units they get are the dunedain knights, and the dunedain rangers. however the dunedain rangers are not that impressive, and the knights, though good, are too few in number.

all in all, eriador is exactly what it should be like. i dont expect armies of dunedain to go south into isengard and then mordor, but i expect something that could at least take on some of the goblin hordes that come knocking.

[KingLeonidas300]

movie seems a bit cheesy still prefer viggo as aragorn

[Legolose]

movie seems a bit cheesy still prefer viggo as aragorn

Agreed