Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27653250-20160423003418

The new update is fantastic, and Dorwinion has to be one of the most complete factions in the mod so far. It is interesting, feature-packed, and quite honestly beautiful. Very impressive for a single update, let alone one with two whole factions in, so well done on that mod team!

Of course, there is no reason why Dorwinion can't get even more content, so I will suggest some of that now. (Yes I know there are other factions that should be given higher priority for new features, but those can wait for another time)

Elven Warriors
The Order of Bladorthin should get a ranged unit, either that or the Elf Warriors would be able to switch to bows like other elven mobs. For this I propose a new ranged weapon, the Dorwinion Elven Bow which would be similar in stats to the Galadhrim bow, maybe a bit less.

Bladorthin Captains should also get their own structure to spawn in, separate from the guards in their camps. A tower or something might be nice.

Blocks
There should be a Dorwinion Pillar block, craftable from chalk, in the same manner as the other pillar types.

Mossy Dorwinion Brick and Cracked Dorwinion Brick should be added, because why not? And of course slabs and stairs and walls for all these block types.

Gold trimmed and silver trimmed dorwinion bricks for the elves. Carved Dorwinion Brick for either men or elves. This could have a nice grape or wine-cup pattern design on it.

Juicy Dorwinion Bricks, dorwinion bricks with a purple/red scheme. They would be made by crafting red grapes with normal dorwinion bricks. Crush the grapes up and splash them on the white wall and you have a nice stained grape coloured brick!

Grape Blocks
You should be able to craft 9 grapes of the same type into a Grape Block. This would be similar to metal blocks for ore storage and decoration.

Grape blocks could also be eaten like cakes. If you fall on it from high enough, it will get squished turn into water. Splash!

Other food
Grape pies like the berry and cherry pies in the mod, grape bread crafted with wheat and any grape type, raisins made by cooking grapes (either type) in a furnace or oven.

Grape Cram, a Dorwinion version of Cram, made with grapes instead of sugar.

Also Olive Oil made by crafting olives and mugs. This could be used as furnace fuel, or drunk. I'm not sure what else it could be used for.

Vegetation
Dorwinion should get a new set of flowers, which would also be reused for other regions in Rhun. Some of these would be purple which would match the faction's colour theme and love of grapes.

I am not a flower expert so I don't know what flowers would be good here. Hopefully the mod team can come up with some.

Berry bushes should be removed from dorwinion.

Also, Dorwinion could get some new trees. The cypress trees are great, they really give the biome an exotic Mediterranean feeling and it should definitely stay that way, so I'm not suggesting anything big. Plum trees would be used for fruits, wood, etc (these could also spawn in Harad and other places) and also the orange, lemon and lime trees from Harad could spawn in Dorwinion.

New NPCS
Dorwinion wine taster, a special Vintner guard, he can be hired will alert you if you have poisoned wine in your inventory.

Dorwinion Blacksmith, spawns in a smithy and makes Vintner guard armour (and sometimes elven)

Dorwinion Bandit, a new skin for bandits in dorwinion.

Dorwinion Wine Maker, a new trader who buys grapes and sells wine and grapejuice, sometimes lives in a house.

Dorwinion Cavalry, the horse mounted version of the Vintner Guard. (Also an equivalent for elves)

Dorwinion Bartender, a new trader who spawns in a tavern and sells various food and drink items.

That's all!
Thank you for reading my suggestion, please leave feedback, and I hope the mod team see this. 