Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27810594-20160424155252/@comment-26347028-20160425164641

Catfishperson wrote: First, taking other "evil" factions out of the picture would be pointless, in the War of the Ring, Gundabad and Angmar were worth literally nothing, and Dol Guldur was part of Mordor. Despite this, Mordor was able to utterly crush all opposition in the battle of Morranon, Gandalf himself said that it was a suicidal attack, and that if Gondor should fall, the rest of the free people would quickly follow. The "full might and mustering of Gondor and Rohan" were the attacking force, and yet only a small portion of Mordor was present at the Black Gate. Although most of the elves weren't present, I question how much of a difference they could make. If they were so powerful, and Dol Guldur so weak, how come they didn't just capture Dol Guldur and like you said, "unite with Atagorn?" They tried, but Dol Guldur held out for too long. Indeed, not long after the start of the Fourth Age was Dol Guldur cleansed. But until then was Dol Guldur (and presumably reinforcements from Mordor) stalling them. But, had they managed to unite, Mordor would be crushed. That was the beauty of Sauron's plan; the disunity of his enemies that he kept.