Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26100798-20150812191930

Every faction is different, and every faction is unique in its own way, to truly experience that faction you must play as it. This is a reply to the Best faction thread.

Mordor has very little rescources in its land, very little food, no iron, no coal, but they do have extremely strong units including olog-hai(giant trolls that are immune to sunlight and can hit multiple enemies at once dealing massive amounts of damage), Black uruks(regarded as one of the best units in the game, strong armor, lots of health), warg bombadeers which can annihilate giant armies, and no risk of invasions of enemies because “one does not simply invade mordor”. So Mordor might make for a fine choice.



Gondor is a large territory with many different types of troops, they have many enemies, so lots of invasions, and there are many orcs at night, there are limited ores and a good amount of food to go around. There are a variety of units, from spear throwers to swan knights



Rohan is always at war with the uruk-hai, they have the fastest horses in the game, much faster than vanilla horses and can jump much higher, their units are weak, but rely on speed. Many wild horses roam the land, there are a decent amount of caves and ores, and uruk hai come out during the night.



Near haradrim are strong and if you can live through the journey across the desert, you wont regret it. Near harad fertile is by far the most plentiful place out there, haradrim are enemies of Gondor, but their home in Near harad fertile is quite peaceful without invasions. The fertile land hugs the river and makes home to camel riders and lots of towns and food. Their units are not that strong.



Uruk hai are extremely evil and live in the Uruk highlands, it is a very dangerous race to be, with such a small territory they are susceptible to attacks by rohan constantly, but they are very strong, food is scarce here but ores aren’t, they are surrounded by enemies(rohan and fangorn) but also border the misty mountains, a great place to mine. If you are on their good side, you wont regret it, their units are extremely strong and very cheap, one uruk costs equal to one rohirim, but can kill 2 of them. But still, it is one of the most dangerous places to be.



Gundabad orcs roam throughout a vast area, they are very weak, but have strength in numbers, like all orcs, they are weaker than humans, but also cheaper to hire, and have greater numbers. They can be found all over, in caves, and everywhere you go, you will definitely encounter them throughout middle earth, but they have many enemies, and are viscous.



Rangers of the north have weak armor, and fight against the gundabad orcs, they have cloaks and can turn invisible to the enemy so they can shoot them down with their bows, an interesting AI(the same as elves) allows them to use both dagger and bow, but they are very expensive, and once spotted, they are easily killed, but they are masters of disguise and one doesn’t want to mess with them.



Angmar is a fallen orc faction, with trolls, evil men of rhudar and strong units, in angmar, you will not find much food, there will be a decent amount of ores and supplies that you can loot from all the buildings. They are enemies of elves and rangers of the north.



<p class="MsoNormal">Dol Guldur is similar to angmar except without evil men, and they are well known for their spiders. The mirkwood spiders crawl throughout mirkwood and will attack any maggot who gets in their way. These spiders can be riden if aligned with the evil orcs, the spiders can climb trees and climb over walls and make for a very good mount.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Elves are all similar unit wise, there is food to go around in each elf biome(Mirkwood, Lindon and lothlorien) and there is a decent amount of ores. They have good armor and lots of health and are able to use both bow and sword depending on the range of the enemy.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Dwarves live in the Iron hills and blue mountains and ride boars and live in holes. They are strong, cheap and have respect for a bearded man. Their homes are packed full of ores, but not full of food, there is a decent amount of food, but farming will be required if living here is what you plan. Their homes compose of snowy mountains, hard for enemies to attack, but hard to navigate around, so most time might be spent underground in dwarven mines. There are probably more orcs than dwarves in the Iron hills, so it is advised to stay underground in dwarven mines where the orcs cant get to you. They are small in numbers, but large in spirit.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Moredain live in far harad savanna and ride zebras, they are generally weak and they are enemies of Gondor and Rohan, unlike many factions, they don’t fill up their biome with npcs, they have towns with concentrated amounts of them, and elsewhere there is none to be seen. Moredain have dark skin, and they have a wide range of food in their home, from zebras and rhinos, to lions, all can be eaten and food is of plenty. There is lots of wildlife in their home.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Half trolls are ferocious, these enemies of gondor tower over men, but lack a ranged unit and are very expensive, there is not much food in their homeland pergotwaith and it is a long journey to get there, but if you are not an evil being, it is suggested you stay out, or you will pay the price.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Ithien rangers are similar to ranger of the north with cloaking, but they live in ithien and fight for gondor against harad and mordor.

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<p class="MsoNormal">So there are many choices, many different awesome factions, and I probably even missed a few, so it’s a hard choice, and all factions are great. <ac_metadata title="A reply to the &quot;best faction&quot; thread"> </ac_metadata>