Middle-Earth: Lord of the Mods (Private Beta I)

@aaglo: I love the sherriff. I say, keep the hat. Since when did hobbit sherrifs travel around wearing helmets? I'm not quite sold on the flail though, I will have to see an animation. I would have prefered a pitchfork...

@everyone: No responses to the hobbit+pony idea mentioned earlier? :confused:
 
I forgot about the pony idea. Hey mrtn or PCH, was there plans of a hobbit and pony unit?
 
Pony's aren't exactly war-horses, if you know what I mean. So I'd say it would hurt the history side of things, and we don't need it.
In fact, IIRC, wasn't there some mention that Bullroarer Took was so tall he could ride a horse into battle? Which made him special?
 
@pch: I was thinking of something along the lines of a unit 4x the cost of a regular hobbit unit. It would provide them with scouting, quick movement, etc.... But, as I said, I couldn't think of any examples within the texts. Also, there is a considerable difference between a pony and a horse. I would recommend giving this unit mobility but limited attack/defence.
 
That's a good idea, making a hobbit pony rider a scout. Would be more realistic.
 
Those are really good units, aaglo. (They're probably already posted in the Unit Forum, but I haven't made it there yet.) Our mod is deeply indebted to you.

I hadn't expected armour on a Shirriff, but hey! Who knows? I sure don't! And for some reason, I had always figgered the hats were sort of the "Robin Hood" style. Dunno what I was smoking for that idea, but anyway, that's what it was.
 
PCHighway said:
Pony's aren't exactly war-horses, if you know what I mean. So I'd say it would hurt the history side of things, and we don't need it.
In fact, IIRC, wasn't there some mention that Bullroarer Took was so tall he could ride a horse into battle? Which made him special?
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Yes, Bullroarer could ride a horse. Thus I don't think pony cavalry would be beyond the pale. Seeing as ponies are smaller than horses, and all. ;)
Whether we want it is a different question, I've not made up my mind yet. I know that if we do, it should be lightly armed, probably with a spear. Or a hobbit pony-archer? :crazyeye:
 
@mrtn: The pony archer is actually a much better idea. I wish I had thought of it myself. :blush: I can't really imagine a hobbit wielding a lance or throwing javelins from their mount. However, should that fail (or be considered inaccurate), we might try a caravan-type unit (like Gandalf's wagon) with a cart behind a pony (or donkey/horse/etc...). How else did the hobbits ship their pipeweed out of the shire? By boat? I vote that we include something of this sort (my vote goes to pony archer) although I agree with Alctrv in that we should finish off the lines we have already started first.
 
This is something just in from the AMP (Associated Mordor Press): The Mouth of Sauron (second from the left) has announced that the specialist popHeads for the evil civs have been finished. This is a great success for the free peoples of Mordor, and a key attainment in the fight to keep China British.
 
Hey, awesome! Y'all finally got a beta going!

I really appreciate naming me as an honorary member, even though I didn't contribute all that much... just a few dumb ideas here and there. :p

Unfortunately I don't have access to my copy of Civ right now, since I don't keep any games up at school. Now I wish I did. :( If this is still going come May, I'll definitely want to try it out. I'm really looking foreward to see how it turned out.

Also, I have to say that aaglo's hobbits are simply awesome. Never thought I'd see actual hobbit units.

I just have to comment on the pony idea though-- I had the idea awhile ago of calling them Bullroarers, and having them carry clubs and be the Hobbit's elite unit. Maybe it doesn't make too much sense, but Bullroarer sure sounds cool. Also an idea is to make them upgrade to Thain's Bullroarers-- the elite of the elite. Maybe aaglo could make two versions of the same unit, just one with different coloring to differentiate between the too?

Just had to add that... I always wanted to request that specific unit, but figured there would never be a creator willing to take it on. Do with it what you will! ;)
 
@GEChallenger: Hmmm. An interesting idea. While these units would be cool, I think they might start to emphasize horsemen (pony riders) too much. I think they should be an accent unit, and not too involved with the overall hobbit strategy.

@mrtn: Nice ldrheads. Can't wait to see them in the beta.

@pchighway et al: Speaking of which, where is the beta? Are we going to start beta testing soon? I have the weekend free from assignments/papers/exams. I would love to start...
 
Great popheads, mrtn!

We could just call pur pony archers "Bullroarers," then, instead of having bullroarers in addition to pony archers.
 
Mithadan said:
We could just call pur pony archers "Bullroarers," then, instead of having bullroarers in addition to pony archers.
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Not a bad idea. The only problem is - was the Bullroarer a scout? Or the strongest unit in the army? If he was the strongest unit in the army (which I believe he was) then that kind of nixes the whole 'weak attack/defence pony-archer' idea. Also, the unit's cost would have to represent the fact that it is so strong. Besides, simply because the Bullroarer could ride a horse, does not make him a pony-archer, right? :confused:

@Alctrv: Ahhh. That explains it. So then the beta will be released next week once we all have work to do. That makes sense. :cry:
 
zxe said:
Not a bad idea. The only problem is - was the Bullroarer a scout? Or the strongest unit in the army? If he was the strongest unit in the army (which I believe he was) then that kind of nixes the whole 'weak attack/defence pony-archer' idea. Also, the unit's cost would have to represent the fact that it is so strong. Besides, simply because the Bullroarer could ride a horse, does not make him a pony-archer, right?
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Well, we're already mucking with the facts by considering more than one Bullroarer. The only thing going for my suggestion is that the name "bullroarer" sounds a heck of a lot more Middle-Earthy and hobbitsey than "pony archer" does. Everything else about the name would be flat out innacurate. Is that something we can swallow or not? :confused:
 
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