Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-47.199.197.170-20161107213406/@comment-26890432-20161110184902

Indeed the only times Harad has seriously been able to give Gondor a run for it's money is when Gondor was also facing Mordor and/or the Easterlings as well. The notion of Harad being able to "singlehand" or "1v1" seems pretty ridiculous when you consider that once Easterlings arrive, Gondor will be constantly faced with them, Harad, and Mordor (One of the most powerful factions in the mod itself, as it should be.).

Not to mention the inherent gap of artisinal, smithing, and armouring skill between a well-established, unified (albeit faded) Dunedain faction and a faction that is largely variegated into different tribes, and disunified unless under the command/sway of Sauron. (Source: Tolkien Gateway).

I believe ther current balance between the two factons is adequate: their weapons do the same amount of damage, after all, with only a small disparity between armour ratings, which seems justified when given the histories of the two factions. Maybe to compensate for this Near Haradrim Warriors could be slightly cheaper to get a numerical advantage.