As much as I am biased against Gondorians and good factions (other than elves and hobbits) I think it is really not fair that only the bad aligned factions get explosives. There are the orc bombs, which have three different strength levels, and also the fire orc bomb, then there are the easterlings fire bomb (Khamûls Fire) which I LOVE and technically the Far Harads exploding termites. That is technically three or four bombs for the "bad guys". The "good guys" have zero. So, I suggest, an alternative for the good aligned players. Here I have made what I believe would be a fair make of a new item, called the Barrel Bomb. I did some research on different bombs in real life, and found this. So, in the picture to the right, the oak log in the middle is a barrel, then the gunpowder is gunpowder, and the glowstone dust is sulfur. This will make one Barrel Bomb, which is the equivalent of a level two orc bomb. (roughly two tnt explosions at once).
I think this item should be used by Gondor, as I have trouble seeing elves or hobbits carrying these things. There will be someone called a Gondor Bombardier, who walks around with a Barrel Bomb, and when he sees an enemy (negative aligned player or say a Mordor Orc) he will drop the bomb, which will begin the detanation process, and will soon explode.
That is it, and I really hope that you guys see the need for my suggestion. Basically, if you have a base and you are an "evil" player, even an invasion wouldn't scare you, due to the fact that no good NPCs have access into your base. Now, with this Barrel Bomb, bad players would have something to be afraid of as well. Thanks for reading!
The incendiary or explosive weapons for the "bad guys" is a direct descendant of Tolkien's service in the Great War, where he saw explosives, artillery, and bombs literally tear men apart. I doubt he would have his good factions use weapons he saw as so entirely evil.
And let's not forget that Vanilla minecraft has its own version of the Orc Bomb called TNT. It only requires the vanilla crafting table (which means everyone can use it), and only requires four sand blocks and five pieces of gunpowder. And you can light it with a flint and steel (which everyone can also use).
Oh, and one last thing: the only faction that even used bombs in the books were Mordor and Isengard (probably), so I doubt anyone else would have had explosive technology (aside from the Dwarves, maybe).
High King Ithilion wrote:
The incendiary or explosive weapons for the "bad guys" is a direct descendant of Tolkien's service in the Great War, where he saw explosives, artillery, and bombs literally tear men apart. I doubt he would have his good factions use weapons he saw as so entirely evil.
Afaic, explosives should be much harder to get, do more damage to NPCs and less to blocks, and be more expensive (also in terms of risks for user) for evil factions and not available for anyone else. And exploding termites should be removed from the mod and TNT usage should be blocked in Middle-earth.
Btw, I can't really see, in realistic combat, some guy running into battle with a barrel, slamming it on the ground, dropping a torch on it, and running away. It just doesn't seem like something you'd see Gondor (or any other human faction) doing.