Elves, dwarves, and orcs?

[Dayemon]

This question may already have been answered, but I can't find it. On the mod's website, it says there will be non-human factions, but they're not in CI and I haven't seen anything to make me think they will be in Forth Eorlings. If the team is planning on putting these units in, will it be in the mini-campaign after Eorlings?

[MasterOfNone]

These factions do not exist within the geographical limits to an extent that would warrant inclusion in either CI or FE. As to the future of the Fourth Age this shall no doubt be announced after the FE and any fix patches are out.

[Dayemon]

They might as well be included, because aren't many of the orc units already done?

[MasterOfNone]

Alas, there is much more to creating a faction and cultures than the unit models - a LOT more. This is especially so with non-Mannish factions where a good part fo the vanilla can often be used. This would delay the release by a year (perhaps more) I would guess.

[Dayemon]

That's too bad, but are there any plans to put these factions in a later realease, because the mod's website lists these as factions, and it would really add to the game.

[MasterOfNone]

We will be announcing more on the future of the Fourth Age probably in February. ME:TW and LOTR:TW will al have Elves, Orcs and Dwarves I believe and hopefully you will see both of those in public beta stage soon after the release of Forth Eorlingas.

[Dayemon]

I was just hoping that your game would have them, because it is definitely one of the best made mods around. It's just kind of confusing that it would be so much more difficult to have the fantasy factions as opposed to the humans, because can't you just use different character models but give them the same behavior as the humans. This seems like it would be especially easy with the elves.

[MasterOfNone]

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[MasterOfNone]

Then you'll have to trust me. There's a whole bundle of coding and images and audio that support factions and new cultures. And that doe snot even include balancing.

[Dayemon]

That's too bad, I guess I'll just have to hope that they will be included in the expansion after forth eorlings. I really do believe that this would make the mod even more enjoyable.

[Ciaran S]

I suppose you could always volunteer to make them, if you want them so badly...

[Dayemon]

I don't know how, it was just a suggestion.

[SpartansDon'tDie]

So there are Elf, Dwarf and Orc factions, but you can´t play with them in campaign or in custom battles?