Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28153737-20161130073434/@comment-28153737-20161130221423

Lord Eldacar wrote: 1) Near Haradrim were never mentioned to have Iron armour; it was explicitly stated to be bronze scales with a base of red cloth/padding. Yes, some of the Haradrim were mentioned to use Iron weapons, but the quote in which this is described pertain's to the Late Second Age/Early Third Age. We don't even know if they retained or lost this technology by the War of the Ring. (From Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age).  2) In Return of the King, and several passages of Unfinished Tales, Gondorian Soldiery is mentioned to be battle-hardened and markedly superior to that of Orcs and Evil Men. Of course they would be able to 1v1 most other mannish warriors. How else do you think the kingdom was able to at least hold off the onslaught of Mordor, Rhun, and Harad?

3) Now for In-game balance. Near Harad has Horse-Archers, which Gondor does not. These are effective mobile ranged units. And Near Harad still has weapons that are equal to Gondor's. Also, Mumakil in the future: those will surely pick up the slack of Near Harad's armour rating and then some by offering a massive and powerful unit for the faction.

Harad is supposed to be a mighty force, not one of the worst factions. Mumakil are not gonna be added any time soon, as even mentioning them on the forum is a crime. Archers, even mounted ones, are useless since they run up to fight from melee range. Whats wrong with an expensive elite unit that stands a chance in battle? The only reason to not have them thats been presented is that these exact troops were not mentioned in the book. So what? Find where Tauredain, Moredain, and Cerinrim are mentioned in the book, then you can argue that point.

Keep in mind that gondor also has invisible units with 25 hp, as well as heavy unit swan knights with 30 hp.

And i know that they only had bronze plates in the book, that is why these would only be a highly elite unit. The normal soldiers would stay the way they are currently, these would just be like the uruks of harad.