Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26322120-20170708171745

For those of you plebs who don't follow the Facebook page, there has been a recent post regarding a hypothetical merge of the Angmar and Gundabad factions.

"Now, there's another question we'd like to ask your opinions on. For a while we have been considering merging the Angmar faction into Gundabad, as a sub-faction. DON'T PANIC - this would not remove any actual Angmar content! It would only replace Angmar alignment requirements with Gundabad alignment, and remove the Angmar alignment meter. Why do we want to merge them? Well, here are our reasons: > Their alignments and areas of influence are very similar. > Stylistically, they're very similar. > They fulfil similar purposes in the world: both serve as antagonists to the peoples of Eriador. > It's better to have fewer distinct factions with more internal diversity, than to have many similar factions which don't feel unique. Consider the five Orc factions: Gundabad and Angmar are much less distinct than the others are. Added to that, at the time of the Third Age, Angmar is not a Kingdom any more; it's a ruined realm, occupied by ragtag bands of Orcs and Trolls. Which sounds very much in line with the rest of the Gundabad faction. (Having said that, Angmar in the mod is not currently presented as a Kingdom, and this change will not affect the presentation of Angmar in any substantial way. This isn't a change to make anything more "lore-accurate", which I already believe it is. It's simply a change to remove redundant features.) Now I would like to reiterate. This will not remove any actual Angmar content. Angmar blocks and items will still be there. Angmar banners will still exist. Angmar Orcs will still exist. Traders, captains, shields, and titles will simply change to require Gundabad alignment instead. Let us know what you think to this idea by voting on this poll. Also, feel free to comment below with your thoughts."

- Facebook post, Mevans

Voting takes place here. 