Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25799916-20150424155716

I'm not exactly sure how large scale faction wars work on the Official Server, but it would be cool if it worked something like this.

For example, if the Half-Trolls of (that impossibly hard to spell name starting with a P) were to invade Rohan, for example, they would bring a very large force with them, and most likely so would their allies. When the attacked, Gondor would most likely come to their aid, and possibly the galadrim elves. If the half trolls and their allies won the war, they would occupy the capital of Rohan, and they would fortify it. After the war, depending on how strong Rohan and its allies are, they would rebuild their armies and rebel against the Half-Trolls occupying their capital, and most likely their treasuries as well. They would have to take their own kingdom back.

I think this would be a lot more fun than say, Gondor sacking Near Harad and then just peacing the scene. Of course, it would be VERY difficult for the aggressors to win the war entirely (as in defeating the defenders and taking the capital) because all of their allies (or even friends) would jump into the war to defend them once it was clear that they were losing.

Using my previous example, of the Half-Trolls and Rohan, just looking at the position Rohan is in on the map of Middle-Earth, you can see how a Lotr sized world war could erupt. Near Harad, knowing that the steadfast gondorians would defend the rohirrim, might eagerly jump into the war, taking any chance they might have to fight Gondor. Isengard would be a powerful addition to the war as well, as they would force Rohan to fight on two fronts (My fellow civ players know that that can be catastrophic). The galadrim elves, as I said above, would most likely fight alongside Rohan as they did in helms deep. At this point, most of Harad and the west are plunged into a MASSIVE war, and can't you just imagine the EPIC battles that would be fought? And this could only be the beginning.

Depending on how the war goes from here, the war could end swiftly either way, or it could slowly decline for one side. For example, if Gondor was losing badly, the Rangers of the north might come to the aid of their kin. (This is starting to seem a lot like world war 1). Depending on how tightly knit all of the evil factions are, Angmar might strike the the shire, as the rangers are low in number there, and that would force them to recall from the terror and chaos that used to be Rohan. Or if the galadrim never came to the aid of Rohan, they might band together to destroy dol Guldur or Gundabad, while they were short on allies.

I think you get the picture. When a few factions invade a weaker one, and its allies come to help, suddenly there is large scale war. Most likely, the raiders wouldn't win, as taking another factions capital is an extremely difficult thing to do. However, if they had the upper hand, they would either defeat their target, or their target would receive reinforcements from another faction, and keep fighting.

Now obviously your thinking, "Why would Rohan even want to play when they are slaves to the Half-trolls?" Well, all of the loot taken from the slain rohirrim would be stored in the barricaded capital, and there could be a short period of peace between the two factions (maybe a week or two) for Rohan to rebuild itself before it can start rebelling. The half trolls would use this time to rebuild the scarred capital, barricade it, and set up units in defensible places. Keep in mind that the rest of Rohan is battle scarred but not in control of the half-trolls. Then it would be up to Rohan (and Rohan only) to take back their capital, their treasure, and their pride.

I know this is kind of a lot on a small RPG server, but I still think that this would be an improvement to the one faction sacking another type of war.

Sorry for the long post, I got a little carried away. Hope you like the idea. 