Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26322120-20151231185738/@comment-27718380-20160109095228

The point of all of this is they are supposed to be balanced - with one exception, Valinor. Once you factor in the Valar the scales tip in their balance but the idea of them is just that, balance. They follow parts of Eru's way of thinking which is that there can be no good without evil, no dark without light. That is the truth, and as such evil outmatches good on the mainland, and has for many thousands of years. However, on occasion the Valar have stopped good's total annihilation and thrown evil back. They knew Morgoth could not be held forever, as they knew someone would replace him. My point is that once Valinor is added, evil can be more powerful than good, but until then they should be balanced. That was all from a lore point of view, not one of making the mod fun. Infact, continuing from my point, the fact that evil looked so utterly set to win meant that the Istari were not the only help they would've sent. I seem to remember them debating invading themselves, but declared it a last resort. We know what happened in Beleriand.