Tom Bambadil

**flopsies** · February 23, 2011, 10:46 AM

Is Tom Bambadil in this? If he isn't he should be. He could be like in BFME2, except as powerful cavalry, so while skipping, has cavalry charge effect.

**Shammien** · February 23, 2011, 11:01 AM

far from lore firendly, so, no! Tom Bombadil never interfered with the wars of the world

edit: nor did he want to or have to.

**cezarip** · February 23, 2011, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Shammien

far from lore firendly, so, no! Tom Bombadil never interfered with the wars of the world

edit: nor did he want to or have to.

**Hartassen** · February 23, 2011, 11:05 AM

It's already very lore unfriendly that Barrow Downs is a town and can become a city...

**~~Théoric HämmerHörde~~** · February 23, 2011, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Hartassen

It's already very lore unfriendly that Barrow Downs is a town and can become a city...

Why the hell are the barrow downs a town? they're a giant cemetery. this needs fixing

**Abriael** · February 23, 2011, 11:33 AM

in the end this is more of a "what if" scenario. Boromir can become the steward of Gondor, and many other lore events can be happily changed. It's pretty much a trade off between an initial "lore-like" scenario, and medieval 2 gameplay. I wouldn't have it any other way, otherwise the sandbox feeling of the game would go completely lost.

**koultouras** · February 23, 2011, 11:50 AM

"What if" scenarios imho should stay out of novel recreating
games....novel should be the canon....and a derailment away from it
may lead to most unpleasant results....both visual and gameplaying ones
we need to bow to games limitations .....yes
we need to follow the novel more though....at least as for starting status cause
as it seems AI allways tends to disappoint us with not so "intelligent" options....
What if scenarios may be the key word for historical games
where the real challenge IS to change history's trail....
but Here....uhmmm lets say that
should this "what if" scenario means bazzoka dwarves-sauron in love with gimli-trolls getting married with elves or even
small derailments from the canonical aspect of the lore
then no please....

**Abriael** · February 23, 2011, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by koultouras

"What if" scenarios imho should stay out of novel recreating
games....novel should be the canon....and a derailment away from it
may lead to most unpleasant results....both visual and gameplaying ones
we need to bow to games limitations .....yes
we need to follow the novel more though....at least as for starting status cause
as it seems AI allways tends to disappoint us with not so "intelligent" options....
What if scenarios may be the key word for historical games
where the real challenge IS to change history's trail....
but Here....uhmmm lets say that
should this "what if" scenario means bazzoka dwarves-sauron in love with gimli-trolls getting married with elves or even
small derailments from the canonical aspect of the lore
then no please....

a "what if" scenario normally stays reasonably between the limits of fictional realism. Third age does that, so I see no problem with that. If you wanted a "canon" LOTR game, you probably are playing and modding the wrong game. You should be playing/modding a RPG and not a sandbox "total war" wargame.

**Mikail Mengsk** · February 23, 2011, 12:18 PM

This is one of the most ridicolous ideas i've ever heard here. I'm sorry bro, no personal offense, but thinking about a Tom Bombadil's unit in this game is SO wtf...

**koultouras** · February 23, 2011, 12:18 PM

^

Originally Posted by Abriael

a "what if" scenario normally stays reasonably between the limits of fictional realism. Third age does that, so I see no problem with that. If you wanted a "canon" LOTR game, you probably are playing and modding the wrong game. You should be playing/modding a RPG and not a sandbox "total war" wargame.

Originally Posted by koultouras

we need to bow to games limitations .....yes
we need to follow the novel more though....at least as for starting status cause
as it seems AI allways tends to disappoint us with not so "intelligent" options....

i am not totaly against this u know....but i am just against it right from the begining....
and yes i am modding it....to be more lore accurate...