Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25012056-20181223225841

A solid while ago, I put out a series of suggestions focusing on Mordor; however, I believe that the time has come to revisit them. In this suggestion you will find all of my ideas for Mordor and the regions under its control (aside from Ithilien, which will get its own smaller suggestion.)

Mordor, in the mod, is one of the most underdeveloped factions relative to what it was in lore. The last major update it got was when it received new subfactions (by which, of course, I mean banners) and Morgul-Draught back in the fiefdoms update, and the last major addition it got was even earlier. As a result, Mordor has not aged well, and pales in comparison to nearly every other faction of comparable importance. This suggestion is intended to provide ideas to amend this.

While I see no need to divide up Mordor like Gondor and Near Harad, subfactions still should be present alongside the main faction of Mordor. Currently, we have Minas Morgul, the Black Uruks, and Nan Ungol, though none with much content; these would all remain, with improvement, and would have their own invasions, as would Mordor Wargs. No new subfactions would be added.

This suggestion is *very* long, and before you begin I suggest you find a nice chair to sit and read in. Please do not balk at the length of this suggestion - there are many ideas in here, and they range from the would-be-nice (like many new structures) to the glaringly missing (like roads that were mapped out by Tolkien that are absent in the mod.) Enjoy.

Achievements
{{Spoiler|These are sorted roughly, for the sake of sanity.

Biomes

 * Ered Lithui - Enter the Ash Mountains
 * Ephel Dúath - Enter the Mountains of Shadow
 * The Inner Fence - Enter the Morgai
 * The Hordes of Sauron - Enter Udûn
 * The Dead City - Enter the Morgul Vale
 * Plateau of Terror - Enter the Plateau of Gorgoroth
 * Doom’s Wrath - Enter Inner Gorgoroth
 * The Ash Plain - Enter Lithlad
 * Eyries Beneath the Moon - Enter the Vale of the Fell Beasts
 * A Watchful Desert - Enter the Eastern Desolation

Kill

 * Orcs of the Vale - Kill a Morgul Orc.
 * The Bane of Men - Kill a Morgul Warrior.
 * Cursed Cavalry - Kill a Morgul Knight.
 * Pests of Shadow - Kill Mordor Gnats.
 * The Dark Hunters - Kill a Mordor Tracker.
 * The Bandits of Mordor - Kill a Núrn Bandit.
 * There Is No Escape - Kill a fleeing slave before it escapes.
 * Cruel Taskmasters - Kill a Núrn Slave-Driver.
 * Beholden to the Eye - Kill a Mordor Warrior.
 * Serpents of the Black Land - Kill a Mordor Viper.

Other

 * Sickly Steel - Equip a full set of Morgul Orc Armor.
 * Riders of the Dead City - Equip a full set of Morgul Knight Armor.
 * Slave-Master - Whip 20+ Gondorians into submission.
 * Whip Warrior - Kill an enemy with a Spiked Whip.
 * Corporal Punishment - Use a whip.
 * Workers in the Dark - Trade with a Mordor Orc Miner.
 * The Guard of the Dark Tower - Hire a unit from a Black Uruk Chieftain.
 * Captain of the Dead City - Hire units from a Morgul Orc Captain.
 * The Nazgûl’s Knights - Hire units from a Morgul Knight Lieutenant.
 * Shadowy Smithwork - Trade with a Mordor Orc Blacksmith.}}

Closing
Congratulations! You made it to the end! Thank you for taking the time to read this monstrosity. This was primarily my work, but was thoroughly scoured by High King Ithilion, our resident loremaster, who suggested many things in here and edited this suggestion. The map of Mordor featured at the beginning was made by Dylanhugh.

I’m not quite done yet. A separate suggestion, concerning Ithilien, is coming soon.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 22:58, December 23, 2018 (UTC) 