Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28970036-20170312130326

A number of ideas to expand upon the great peoples of the east.

Simply a number of my ideas, some applying mostly to the east, others can apply elsewhere.

Unique Fishing In The Sea Of Rhun

''The sea of Rhun coud have unique catches, perhaps the sea of Rhun could become it's own biome? I picture a celduin port with barrels (An open barrel added to hold food/products?) full of mussels, lobsters, oysters, and a bi-product of oysters... PEARLS, pearls would be used for trimming armour, decoration, sold to traders and come in varying sizes, perhaps they could be placed in bundles much like treasure piles but as more solid heaps? ''

Letter In a bottle- you can now throw glass bottles and attatch a note to them and place items inside like dalish crackers, you can even throw them into any water source and other players can fish them up, some you fish up can be randomly generated.

Foods like lobesters, especially large foods can be placed like blocks? (Decorating feast tables)

Silk

''I would love to see more uniquely eastern products coming out of the east and I loved the Easterling Kaftans, but I'd love some things that can be used by both Dorwinion and Rhudel, even the surrounding factions when they are added to the mod, one thing that should be universal is customisable silk garbs. These could be dyed different colours similar to pouches and the pattern colour on the garb could be dyed seperately. Essentially, silk could be produced very slowly with silk worms or purchased via traders or merchants, it would come in the form of thread and cloth, thread could be dyed and 4 thread would = 1 cloth on a crafting table, the cloth could also be dyed and you could make a simple silk robes or cloaks out of  the cloth, the more thread dyed a different colour could be added to the crafting recipe to "trim" the product. I believe the silk garbs should be made wearable under armour and as a seperate more identifying feature, perhaps multiple threat colours can be added to one silk garb, though this would be more difficult to achieve. further customisation could be through adding things like the pearls I meantioned earlier as a sort of extra sewn in, however, chances are this would simply clutter this particular garment.''

Weapon And Armour Customisation!

''The great peoples of the east have figured out how to customise their appearance! ''

''weapons can still be mass produced with sticks and ingots, but now you can take your stick and add silk or leather to give it a grip with a different colour, the blades can be made with just the two ingots and shaped using a number of styles by placing them on a crafting table with a blacksmith's hammer, you can add and remove the hammer till the GUI shows the blade shape you'd like and it may be curved, straight, leaf shaped, there are many possibilities. You can place your weapon in a forge again to darken the blade and slightly increase the durability, this further customises the weapon and paves the way for people developing their own lore. Middle Earth weapons seem to develop personalities, perhaps they lose durability faster in the hands of someone with less alignment to the weapon's faction than the original maker?''

Those dyed feathers can be added to any helmet to add a plume.

All armour can be trimmed and not just with Gold, Silver or Mithril, diamonds, emeralds, lapis, pearls, this is a show of rank and vanity, no reason why NPCs can't show some of this variety too.

Beds 

''I find it with a few of my builds, that my choice of bed just doesn't fit in, too red, too blue, too yellow... the addition of silk mentioned earlier could create some nice, different coloured beds that ultimately suit different builds better. The recipe would remain much the same, however, dyed silk cloth would be used to attain the desired colour, and dyed threads would go above the cloth if a pattern colour was desired.''

''Nothing suits a chamber of a high-standing noble more than a four poster bed... a bed could be placed on a crafting table and two wood beams placed either side to create a four-poster bed that carries the look of the wood-beams used and the style of bed, many have tried to make good-looking four poster beds on minecraft, but it almost always looks somewhat unsightly, this would really immerse players in the world they are entering''

Day-beds, and customisable thrones using similar methods to armour trimming and silk could be employed, the same goes with crowns, however, I'm not the best with wiki posts, so I can only go into so much detail.

Archers Are Capable Of Defending Themselves

''Right now, be you Dorwinrim Or Rhudel, if you hire an archer and they get attacked by a melee opponent, they will most likely die as they have never heard of a dagger or shortsword... ''

''Perhaps we can teach them how to weild both weapons and not need an extra archer unit? ''

What I would suggest to improve on this, is another GUI page on units where you can set their attack preferences, or perhaps one can be opened by shift right clicking a squad's horn of command to do the whole squad at once?

''Essentially, the "Attack Preferences Page" would be a detailed set of rules for a given squad, check a box and archers keep their distance from enemies or run until they are within a certain range, perhaps an archer-enemy range slider bar or something? Archery should be a preference rather than a definite, they should be able to change weapons but archery should be a selectable preference on this menu to begin with to solve the issue. Perhaps there should be a preference for units who have less than half their health to back away and switch to archery?''

A Nation That Has Survived Since The First Age Finally Learns To Ride

''For thousands of years the elves of Dorwinion rolled around the land in barrels, these great barrel trains traded all across middle earth... NO JUST NO, come on, a mounted unit is acceptable for Dorwinion, this is silly, a trade nation older than almost every other excluding the Avari can't ride horses?''

10,000+ Alignment= Fancier Shield

''Again this is simply vanity, a way to set yourself apart, another achievement to go with that legendary title would be nice, perhaps special titles like "Legendary" should precede regular titles, like Johnymoomoo the legendary Gundabad Orc. (Just an example of a name because I find his name hilarious, honourable mention here)''

''Perhaps something more for ridiculous alignments like Libertymom's on the official? i.e 50,000+''

Had a lot in mind here, if anyone had additional suggestions or developments on ideas, I'd love to hear them! 