Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27200931-20170310012222/@comment-27200931-20170310203928

I ran some tests, on which Dwarves and Rohirrim were put to fight against Gundabad and Isengard Orcs. Those fights happened in mob arenas, at night, high up in the sky to avoid external interference.

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10 Gundabad Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 0 Orcs - 10 Dwarves

15 Gundabad Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 0 Orcs - 10 Dwarves

20 Gundabad Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 0 Orcs - 7 Dwarves

25 Gundabad Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 8 Orcs - 0 Dwarves

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10 Dol Guldur Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 0 Orcs - 10 Dwarves

15 Dol Guldur Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 0 Orcs - 8 Dwarves

20 Dol Guldur Orcs - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 9 Orcs - 0 Dwarves

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First round 10 Gundabad Uruks - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 6 Uruks - 0 Dwarves

Second round 10 Gundabad Uruks - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 4 Uruks - 0 Dwarves

Third round 10 Gundabad Uruks - 10 Dwarf Warriors

Result: 2 Uruks - 0 Dwarves

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10 Rohirrim Warriors - 10 Isengard Snaga

Result: 10 Rohirrim - 0 Orcs

10 Rohirrim Warriors - 10 Mordor Orcs

Result: 4 Rohirrim - 0 Orcs

10 Rohirrim Warriors - 10 Uruk-hai

Result: 0 Rohirrim - 0 Uruks

15 Rohirrim Warriors - 10 Uruk-hai

Result: 0 Rohirrim - 6 Uruks

20 Rohirrim Warriors - 10 Uruk-hai

Result: 8 Rohirrim - 0 Uruks

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Conclusions:

> Gundabad Orcs vs Dwarven Warriors

It took 25 Orcs to defeat a group of 10 Dwarves. In terms of money investment, you need 300 coins (I'm not going to count alignment effect on prices) to hire 10 Dwarves, and 375 Coins to hire 25 Orcs. It's also valid to mention that Gundabad Orcs can spawn with a wide number of different weapons and armor, including Uruk equipment, so the precision between tests can vary greatly.

> Dol Guldur Orcs vs Dwarven Warriors

20 Orcs were needed to defeat 10 Dwarves. As I said before, you would need 300 coins to hire 10 Dwarves, but 400 coins to hire 20 Dol Guldur Orcs. Differently than their Gundabad cousins, Dol Guldur Orcs have their own unique gear.

> Gundabad Uruks vs Dwarven Warriors

In the three scenarios the 10 Dwarves were defeated by 10 Gundabad Uruks. While you must spend 300 coins to hire that amount of Dwarves, you would need to speed 400 coins to hire 10 Gundabad Uruks. Their weapons and armor have the same stats (Uruks have access to poisoned daggers and Orc draught, but I can't say for certain if they were used), while the Dwarves have 2 more HP points, yet they were defeated three times.

Suggestion (taking lore into account): Increase Dwarven hiring costs to 60 (or more); decrease Gundabad Uruk price to 30, health to 22, armor defense points to 15, weapons to human equivalent; add Gundabad Uruk Warg riders; make bombs crafted in Gundabad Crafting Tables.

> Rohirrim vs Isengard Snagae and Mordor Orcs

It's need 300 coins for 10 Rohirrim, 200 coins for 10 Snagae and 200 coins for 10 Mordor Orcs. As Gundabad Orcs, the Snagae have a wide range of available equipment, so it's expected that they would lose against the Rohirrim. Meanwhile the Orcs of Mordor are better equipped than the Rohirrim, their armor have 15 Defense Points while Rohirric armor has 13. Some of the Rohirrim during the test were mounted, but I can't say for certain if the horses were an important factor during the test.

> Rohirrim vs Uruk-hai

It took 20 Rohirrim (both mounted and dismounted) to defeat 10 Uruk-hai. 20 Rohirrim require a 600 coin investment, while the Uruks require 400. About stats, Uruks wear armor with 17 defense points and the Rohirrim have 13 defense points armor. Uruk-hai have 26 HP and Rohirrim, being humans, have 20 HP. Uruk weaponry is also much more damaging than the Rohirric one.

Suggestion: Increase Rohirric armor to 15 Points (lore backing: Gondorian smiths provided support); decrease Uruk-hai price to 30, armor to 15, health to 22 and weaponry to human equivalent. Decrease snaga price to 15 coins.