All posts by BrickmasterE

They should absolutely be their own faction, or at least a hidden faction like the Dark Huorns or Ruffians. Actually that would probably be best, since they're not the kind of faction you should be able to pledge to.

And I don't think they should be ridden. The Eagles are a proud race and only helped Thorin's Company/The Fellowship because Gandalf is a personal friend of Gwaihir and saved him from a poisoned arrow, so Gwaihir is just helping him out in return. I doubt the Eagles would allow themselves to be ridden by anyone as a mount, that would be degrading.

Is this on a server?

"If Gundabad Orcs are Hobgoblins, then they should be renamed to Hobgoblin in order to not have every orc race be called an orc. Some orc races need to be referred to by their other names. This is one of the things I was trying to suggest. I wasn’t suggesting for the mod to add Goblins and Hobgoblins as a separate race. I was suggesting that some factions of orcs could be renamed to some of their other names. Gundabad Orcs could be renamed to just Gundabad and Gundabad Orcs could spawn as Goblins in the Misty Mountains and as Hobgoblins in the Grey Mountains."

1. Gundabad Orcs are not Hobgoblins. Gundabad Uruks are Hobgoblins. Hobgoblins are (theoretically) the larger, stronger versions of Goblins (which are Orcs), meaning that their equivalent would be Uruks.

2. If any Orc were to be renamed to "Goblins" it would be the Mordor Orcs, not the Gundabad Orcs. In the LotR Trilogy (so excluding The Hobbit) Orcs are referred to as "Goblins" 8 times: 2 times for Isengard Orcs, 2 times for Moria Orcs, and 4 times for Mordor Orcs (credit to OneBehindTheHair for tracking this). I bring this up because The Hobbit is an unreliable source when it comes to the legendarium, as it was created moreso as a children's book than as part of a huge narrative. That's why Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Orcs can all be mentioned in a list together in The Hobbit, while Orcs and Goblins are made into the same thing in LotR. Since LotR came out after The Hobbit, it is a more trustworthy source than it. And I will repeat once again, Goblin is just the Westron word for Orc. Nothing meaningful would come from a rename.

3. And really, I see no point in renaming any of the Orcs. "Some orc races need to be referred to by their other names", why? What's wrong with calling them Orcs, which is what they are? Renaming Gundabad Orcs to Goblins and Hobgoblins only further perpetuates the false idea that the Orcs under the Misty Mountains are somehow a different race of creature than the Orcs of Isengard and Mordor (cough cough, movies).

4. "I wasn’t suggesting for the mod to add Goblins and Hobgoblins as a separate race" ...Uh, I'm pretty sure you are suggesting that, dude. A mob can't just change its name depending on where it spawns, it would need to be a separate entity with its own name.

5. "Gundabad Orcs could be renamed to just Gundabad" ...what? Since when were the Orcs of Gundabad referred to as just "Gundabad"? That's the name of the mountain they live under. I might just be missing something but I can't find anything like that anywhere.

I disagree with most of your Vanilla vs Mod posts here, but this one I do agree with and I believe has already been confirmed by the mod dev Mevans.

I believe this has already been confirmed by Mevans, though don't quote me on that.

Barrels and Kegs are two completely different things. Barrels are used to store a chest's worth of items, whereas the mod's Keg is used to brew drinks. They don't even look alike! I get that you like Vanilla blocks more than the mod's blocks, but this suggestion is like asking to remove the Alloy Forge because we already have a Blast Furnace in vanilla. Those are two blocks used for two entirely different purposes.

Just to clear up a few things about your post:

Gorcrows are already in the mod, they spawn in Mirkwood and the Long Marshes.

"Hobgoblin" is theorized to be the Westron equivalent for "Uruk", just as "Goblin" is for "Orc", since they are described as "the larger kinds" of Goblins (which matches the description of urusk quite well). If you choose to believe this, then your "Hobgoblins" would just be Gundabad Uruks.

One thing I do agree with is the White Wolves though, I really want those to spawn in Forodwaith so that it's actually dangerous lol

There are no mobs or structures in Renewed yet.

"Another faction I think who should have this is the Dwarves."

I disagree, while they may be greedy I think they would still use the Trading system. I do agree with you about a value system though, the Lossoth wouldn't only accept something like fur to trade, they'd also take stuff like bones, blubber, and food.

"I think the easiest way to implement for now is just have it disable the shield like an axe. It's what they were used in battle for anyway so it would be weird if this wasn't added."

Exactly this, and the addition of this would distinguish the Gulf a bit more from the rest of Near Harad.

"OIC, but even normal Gondor stone has a mossy variant doesn't it? I'm sure I remember one...."

Nope. No normal stone in Minecraft or the Mod has a mossy variant iirc, only vanilla Cobblestone and some Brick variants.

Aragost, they mean Stone, not Stone Bricks.

Neutral-Good, as they aided King Arvedui of Arnor and are afraid of the Witch-king.

Even if they don't have anyone else, I'd say that's a pretty good case for the Dunedain being a Friend and Angmar being either an Enemy or Mortal Enemy.

Now I doubt it'd just be left to that, they'd probably be enemies with the other orcs and maybe even another friend or two, but at least those two I mentioned have precedent in lore.

"As examples of items they would buy... leads, branding irons and wheat (or other foods to tame animals) are the first things that come to mind."

Oh, I meant these NPCs are Captain-type merchants, where you open the Hiring Menu to buy the animals with coins (like Chieftains and Slavers, not standard Merchants). So they wouldn't actually buy anything other than Coins used to purchase the animals. If we were to make them buy things, then I think giving this "Purchase Livestock" feature to Farmers would be a better way to go about it than having them both have buy/sell menus, since they'd probably buy and sell rather similar items.

Love the horse-master idea though! Rohan would definitely get one of those, and I think Stablemaster is a better name for them.

There are no structures in Renewed.

There isn't a story. The closest is the Grey Wanderer appearing to give you the tutorial at the beginning, but after that there is no story. You don't take the Ring to Mordor or anything like that, you just play like normal Minecraft.

Looks cool! Gives me huge Where There's A Whip vibes in that first part.