Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28533364-20160523162426

While I was playing as an evil player, I noticed that the half troll equipment is extremely unrealistic. Especially the sword. I mean, it looks cool, but it's just impossible to make a practical sword out of stone that's as big as the half troll one. So, I suggest changing the textures and crafting recipes of the half trolls' weapons. I first thought of flint as a material, butt I soon dismissed that idea because the books said they were 'great swordsmen'. Since a sword of that size out of flint would be just as unrealistic, I think the weapons should be made out of bronze. And before someone says that this would be unrealistic, read this first. The half trolls had contact with both near harad and mordor, and the scavengers sometimes sell mordor weapons. So it should be safe to say that they in fact have an idea of what metal is.

As for the sword, I'd like to see a 'Mambele', an African sickle sword like this one:

And before you say that this wouldn't be useful, here's a short introduction to this type of blade: The curved inward facing blade is perfect for cutting since it uses its edge in a way that nearly everything of it is used in a cut, which isn't a thing in a double edged medieval longsword. While this sword can't really be used to thrust, the top part of the blade is meant for penetrating, which would be fatal because most african tribes used little to no armour, and that little bit of armour would be leather, so the Mambele is perfeect for slicing up stomachs and penetrating heads, shields and armour.

Furthermore, I think the dagger should change to something like that:

This dagger is perfect for stabbing and cutting do to its curved edge that ends in a straight point.

As for a mace, I would suggest something like this:

I think a mace would be much better suited for the half trolls than a warhammer because warhammers first appeared during the late middle ages because of better armour (they were perfect to penetrate those). But since the half trolls are more primitive than Gondor for example, they shouldn't have warhammers. The mace I suggest would have a head(?) out of bronze and a wooden handle.

As for the battle axe, I would recommend something like this:

It should look like this, but I think the handle should be a bit longer.

As for the pike, I like the original design, so I think the stone parts of its texture should just be changed to bronze. The half troll armour should stay as it is.

Now to a less grim subject: Hyenas. Hyenas should spawn in Pertorogwaith and maybe the Bushlands and should be tameable like wolves. They should have 25 health and do a bit more damage than a tamed wolf. You shouldn't need alignment to tame them, and they would laugh like a real hyena.

For those of you who think this would be unreali Link titlestic, here's some proof that shows otherwise:

Maybe Komodo Dragons could also spawn in Pertorogwaith, which would be hostile to everybody, regardless of alignment. They would have 25 health too and would give you poison effect when they hit you. They would spawn in the forests and would drop 2-3 leather and you could 'milk' them for poison as well.

So, this was my suggestion. I hope you liked it. If someone is kind enough and good at pixeling, maybe he could pixel the weapons. Have a nice day everybody :D 