Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25959378-20161010025442

You've probably heard a lot of people asking for the Easterlings, right? It seems that the Easterlings won't be added for a little while though, so here's a little idea / compromise for all of you Easterling fans in the meantime. Remember the fake Beta 29 April Fools joke from a while back that changed a ton of the items in the mod to "Easterling" objects? While the whole thing was a huge prank, it did possess quite a bit of actual substance in the form of textures.

So here's the plan. While not adding in an Easterling faction, an Easterling crafting table would be added. (Think something along the lines of Dol Amroth and Gondor's other sub-factions)  With this crafting table, you would be able to build Rhûnic banners, weapons, and bricks. But why add all of these Rhûnic objects without actual Easterlings? For one, the bricks and banners can be used for Easterling players for building their fortresses. However, the main reason for Easterling objects is to take advantage of the new feature of giving hired units weapons and armour. This feature would allow people to create their own "Easterlings."

But what units should you use as your new "Easterlings?" As a personal recommendation, I think that the armies of Near Harad make good Easterling substitute. Here are some pictures below:



As you can see, all the textures for this suggestion have already been created, except for the proposed crafting table. Thank you for reading. 