Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26296200-20160123014258/@comment-26172435-20160123173947

DavidReidHowe wrote: ...

you guys are right they are mainly just pirates but i see them as a newer force trying to get a solid grip in the world but being attacked by gondor again and again, and they choose the only side they can, i see them as several city-states like greece commanded by a smaller central government they have large and powerful fleets, decent land forces in their main city states and light infantry in the weaker ones, i see Umbar city as a flourishing city rich and powerful with a large fleet and a medium sized elite force. i see the major city-states as coastal cities with large and powerful navies and medium sized medium infantry, i see the smaller city states inland where the majority of the umbarian people live and farm a living and large light militias keep control. i see umbar as a young united states in WOTR much like the old 13 colonies. i see umbar and gondor comparable to great britain trying to conquer america in the war of 1860(i think thats year) although in the end umbar is conquered, but who know maybe they will rise out of the ashes in the 5th age, this mod i think is meant for players to try to change the course of middle earth. i plan to change umbars destiny. This vision of Umbar is too over-romanticized in my opinion. I'd rather have the mod team stick to the reading as presented on the page about Umbar on TolkienGateway and start from there.