Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28153737-20161130073434/@comment-25754873-20161211114121

Loke Khan Torgou of Rhun wrote: MrHobit1234 wrote: Loke Khan Torgou of Rhun wrote: 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.

The armies of rhun were only defeated by gondor because of a surprise attack. RHun DESTROYED gondor armies when they weren't ambushed by them. Rhun massively out numbered Gondor, but the Gondorian armies(during the Kings) outclassed Gondor's armies also I do believe the armies of Rhun attacked Gondor after it was crippled by the Great Plague and the other time they teamed up with the Variags and Near Haradhrim to take down Gondor. Also if Gondor was so "weak" how do you explain this? Where does it say the Wainriders outnumber Gondor? Why do gondorians think every non eruvian mannish group uses quantity? It is a Tolkien theme that good nations outclass evil ones and for the Wainriders to win they had to have superior numbers with this consistency in Tolkien's work.