Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31073066-20181105133518/@comment-31073066-20181108093739

IronJaw333 wrote: Naw. To be fair, whining about dorwinion troops costing "a whopping 40 coins" is useless. In harad, my normal soldier costs 30 coins (ten coins isn't much, but ok). Archers cost 40, camelry/cavalry goes up to 50-60 coins, and the banner bearers also almost 50 apiece. So, troops aren't costy in Dorwinion only.

Dorwinion is actually quite strong. The Vintner Guards, weilding iron crossbows, is not something to be meddled with. The elves of dorwinion arent very powerful, but really are a nuisance.

While gondor is definetely more powerful, it is worlds different than Dorwinion. Practicing on Dorwinion to attack Gondor is dumb, foolish and everywhere in between.

Dorwinions scariest thing is Bladorthin elves or Vintner Guards and crossbows. Strong Yes. But if you have an army of 10 men, you will last quite long, especially since the crossbow reload time is quite long. But, if you move on to GONDOR, you have a whole different world to fight.

First off and most important: THEY HAVE CAVALRY. The in game horsy-riders are overpowered, sprinting at the speed of light. With the long range of lances and the horse speed, they are a major pain, and a very dangerous opponent.

Second, the tower guard. Unless you put blocks at their head level, and hit from above or below, this is quite an opponent, especially considering there are 3-5 of them up there. Quite a battle, let me tell you firsthand. Their spears do serious knockback and damage, and they DEFINETELY have some damage to their hit. Two can be a very big problem, let alone more.

Third, and probably even more important than their cavalry. RANGERS OF ITHILIEN. These are one of the 2 most overpowered units in the game, rangers which can spam arrows at you, invisible to other units, and are quite an annoyance to kill EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE LEATHER ARMOR. If you are going up against three, or god forbid an invasion, every porcupine in the world will be jealous.

Dorwinion is strong, but it doesn't stand a prayer ahgainst Gondor. SO. If you want to fight Gondor, fight Gondor. Or, if you REALLY need a warm up, fight the Dunedain Rangers. They have cavalry, rangers and annoyingly powerful units despite their supposed leather-tier armor. and btw, 10 coin difference when hiring large armies can make all the difference.

10 troops and you are already wasting 100 coins, for a unit barely worth even 3/4 the price.