Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27200931-20170717220123/@comment-25012056-20170718133259

Dragonovith wrote: Gen. Grievous1138 wrote: Do Black Uruks really need a halberd/pike? They're not frontline soldiers who'd need them to stop a charge; they're the elite of Sauron, who probably would never be in a position where they'd need a pike.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 12:43, July 18, 2017 (UTC) Where is it mentioned that Black Uruks are the elite of Sauron? I mean, Black Uruk is a very broad term, even the Uruks of Saruman were described as Black Uruks on Unfinished Tales. Besides, long reach weapons like pikes and spears were the kings of the battlefield, and elite or not, any decent battalion of troops would be armed with them.

The Black Uruks in the mod are too powerful to be the Uruks of Mordor mentioned as footsoldiers. The current Black Uruks are instead intended as the elite of Barad-dûr, who would probably be fighting in closer quarters to protect key parts of fortresses (for which a pike is a poor choice, as there would be basically no room), in sorties to break sieges (for which a pike is a poor choice, as it would slow troops down), or leading a charge to break enemy lines (and you don't want a pike for that either.)

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 13:32, July 18, 2017 (UTC)