Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-34030170-20180115115626/@comment-26149161-20180115135516

Gen. Grievous1138 wrote: Mevans has stated that most factions will generally be portrayed as they were at their greatest strength within reason, so that they are as generally recognizable as possible. While Isengard wasn't yet at open war, Saruman had gone evil and begun breeding Uruks at this point, though not so many. Though I have heard a few people talk about wasted potential for Isengard being essentially a faction of spies at this point in time, this is incredibly unlikely to happen for one simple reason: that's not what people see Isengard as. Since nearly every player who wants to join Isengard will want the faction as it was during the War of the Ring, I find the chance that it will be made otherwise next to impossible until major quests are a thing and factions will be able to progress by year or whatever.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 13:30, January 15, 2018 (UTC) You make some fair points, and I certainly agree on this: any form of change is unlikely.

That being said, I'd still very much enjoy to see Isengard become a secretive nation who are preparing for war--something we really don't have yet and could be quite fascinating. The players who want WotR Isengard can always lead huge armies into Rohan on their own expense, or perhaps we could even make the feature toggleable.

At the very least, the spawning of Orcs in Rohan needs to be seriously nerfed or removed as well, and I don't think that will cost players any WotR immersion. For about five days in the War of the Ring were Uruks running around Rohan. Prior to that, they did not cross the Isen. Their place could be taken by occasional Dunlending invasions in the Westfold.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)