Board Thread:Suggestions Forum/@comment-25841881-20150416035246

This is my main problem with the LotR mod:

There are no goals which really benefit you in most biomes. Misty Mountains have mithril, and there is Utumno, but Utumno isn't that useful.

Major questing will solve this, but that is a long ways away. I suggest making some simpler machines that can be added, such as various mechanical doors and windmills. This isn't a full on list of things, but a basic outline.

Windmills:Generates mechanical energy that can be used to power mills.

Hobbit Mill:Pretty much useless except for making flour by grinding wheat, which can be used to make bread, or making hobbit pancakes(would need a recipe change for pancake)

Dwarven Mill:Can grind up various ores/stones for dwarven machine parts.

Orcish Mill:Can grind up certain organic ingredients such as bones to get a higher yield of bonemeal.

Fire Machine:When flint and iron is added to 2 slots in here, it will be able to ignite a fire or shoot flames out above it when triggered.

Triggering

Since there is no redstone in ME, it has to use something else. I have 2 viable suggestions, rope or gears. Gears would pretty much function like redstone, but take up a whole block and can't connect vertically. It would have to use a gear shaft to trigger gears vertically above it. Ropes would be almost exactly like redstone, but could go straight up/down.

Gates, doors, and drawbridges.

Dwarven Gates:Like a giant version of the current dwarven door, but is more blast resistant and can have hidden runes.

Drawbridge:Functions like a drawbridge from the tall doors mod, as in it has 2 states, up and down. The down would be just lain down on the ground serving as a bridge and the up would be serving as a wall.

Morgul Door:Functions similar to a drawbridge, but it is highly blast resistant(obsidian) like the door of orthanc.

Hidden Doors:These would come in multiple varieties, dwarven, wooden, etc. They would be about 2*4 blocks, and have the texture of their variety. When opened, they would slide into the walls on the sides of the door. 