Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-67.197.215.234-20170725231357

The reason for this suggestion is that no hireable unit of any good faction comes anywhere close to being able to stand against Olog-hai.

I suggest that Ents be made hireable, through a process very similar to the means by which players hire Shieldmaidens of Rohan (or earn their service, rather). Once a player has +600 alignment with Fangorn,  Ents will occasionally give that player quests to slay either orcs of Gundabad, Isengard Snagae, or Uruk-hai. The number of orcs or Uruks the Ents would want killed would probably be around 50, though this number may be negotiable. They would also rarely give out player-hunting quests to hunt players who have +500 (or more) alignment with Isengard. A player may accept more than one Ent quest at a time, though they may have no more than five which are active at one time. Once a player has fulfilled their quest, the Ent will enter their service as a hired unit. They would behave as any other hired unit, with one notable exception.

If a player chops down a tree within the sight range of an Ent they will be given a notification in the chat something like this: "Do not harm the trees, [player name], for they have voices also." or something along these lines. If the player ignores this message and continues to cut wood, the ent will leave their service, as if they had been dismissed by the player. However, the player may safely cut down trees outside of the Ent's sight range without negative consequences. When the player completes an Entish mini-quest, they would get the achievment "My Business is with Isengard tonight!"

Some restriction on how many Ents a player can have in their service may be put in place, though I do not think this is necessary. If it were to be done, Olog-hai would need to have the same limitations, or similar ones at the least.

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