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At long last, this claimed MMORTS has stared it's "RTS" part...
It's a obvious total war-likestyle combat, and most of all, it's free, let's meet each other in combat, commanders.
All JRRT military combat units had their own splendid records apart from Dol Amroth legions, all their combat power describtion record was only Minas-Tirith, yet they're described as eleite combet untis just as they shown for the first time, correct me if I was wrong, did this seem to be a...
I recently read a post (I've since lost it) about Sauron vs. Superman. The author points out that the types of 'power' and the logic of their universes are very different. A great deal of Sauron's power is that his overwhelming spirit will cow people and keep them from even trying to fight them...
I don't usually care for "What If" questions. To me, the book is good enough for me, warts and all. In my view, any warts that might exist are excusable considering The Lord of the Rings was not a book that Tolkien ever set out to write of his own volition, but rather to fill a demand.
But...
As title, any direct or implied sources from JRRT, about how to take down these beasts? Trolls had better be faced by firepower due to their size and horrible close combat power, but what if engaged personnel were out of ammo?
Of course, those already known can be discussed further, such as the...
As an poor labor class, he possibly got not enough military education. Was there any source or implication mentioned how Sam got the military combat skills so sophisticated enough to kick Shelob's ass?Was it gained by peers such as Frodo, Pippin, and so forth before Sam joined the Fellowship?
Hand to hand combat tactic always represents a standard of soldiers' quality, in particular when having a last stand in battles. Yet it seems Toilkein seldom or even never used it to describe any armed forces quality. Let's discuss about anything involves hand to hand combat in Middle Earth...
Today, we are proud to announce the project HORDE COMBAT, a free open resource 3D fighting fantasy game. It is the war between five races in Myth-earth:
Human: Wizard, Assassin, Barbarian…
Ogre: Orgk, Troll, Goblin…
Reptile: Dragon, Dinosaur, Lizardman…
Dwarf: Halfling, Gnome, Midget…
Elf...