Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27810594-20160424155252/@comment-26347028-20160425235306

"It's true that Mordor did rely on Sauron, but he was part of Mordor, and so you cannot simply dismiss him. If you are implying that Sauron could be assassinated... think that through agian. Good relied on its leadership a fair amount too, if it weren't for Eomer, Gandalf, Aragorn and Imrahil, Minas Tirith would never have made it through its siege. In the Last Alliance there were an awful lot more of the good guys. "

I'm in no way suggesting this, I'm just pointing out that if you factor in Sauron, then good can factor in all of their leaders.

"Nenya and Narya mean nothing in this situation, as their only powers were to preserve magic and nature."

And does an army not preserve itself through defence, can the magic not be used in such a way as to cause, oh, I don't know, a river to flood at a specific moment?

"Gandalf, the wisest of the Maiar who understood the situation better then any of us, determined that Gondor could not "hole itself up" and wait for the elves to dismiss Dol Guldur and save the day. He determined that that would mean certain death for the free peoples and that their best chance was to send a couple of Hobbits into Mordor with the one Ring, and try to distract Sauron by throwing all their strength against The Black Gate in a suicidal attack. "

Let us rephrase that. Gandalf, supposedly the wisest of the Istari, who understood the situation less than us; because he wasn't omniscient. We know about all sides of this; he just knew that Lothlorien were fighting a war. He didn't know they were winning.

"Again, Dol Guldur was a tiny portion of Sauron's strength, the elves were forced into a fully defensive fight, and although they successfully defended all three attacks, they seemed to be in no position to make any offensive move. Dol Guldur launched three attacks against the elves, who were unable to provide any retaliation. "

I certainly wouldn't by any means say "tiny portion". Infact, quite the opposite. The Elves weren't also forced into such a fight, just the Galadhrim thought it much easier that way - and it was. They then beat back every single assault and did their own - wiping out Dol Guldur. Check up on that - Galadriel and Celeborn cleansed not just Dol Guldur, but all of Mirkwood - renaming it Eryn Lasgalen and Celeborn promptly founding East Lorien.