Comments - TiberiusOgden

Finally Gandalf's staff from Hobbit movie 😄
Great work!

A cadence of news like in the golden days of Edain! Great job! :o)

Radagast is clearly an elven nerd. Phenomenal work. I'd love it if Edain mappers would also look at the Lorien fortress map from BFME I or create a new one. The one from BFME I was never up to the standards of the likes of Helm's Deep, Minas Tirith, Edoras and other classic fortress maps.

First of all, thanks for another update.
Although I understand it's not easy to be creative all the time and hold Edain to the highest standard as in the past. Likewise, I understand that specifically for Smaug it was hard to create a concept that was unique and still fit the gameplay. Even the users on Modding-Union didn't come up with something like that, though they came extremely close to it and should be appreciated for their efforts and great discussions (I have participated in them myself in the past, by the way).
So, to be honest, I have two major reservations with this concept. First, it's not unique, as the gameplay is basically Gandalf the Black, only in dragon form. Slow and encumbered by a ring albeit with fire abilities. And the second is that dragons are meant to fly. It's not a lizard on the ground. There are only a few flying creatures in the game, and it's a shame that the ring dragon can only take flight for a limited time. It unnecessarily spoils the enjoyment of the game.
I don't see this as a criticism, of course it's to give it time and maybe re-evaluate it in the future (after all, a number of heroes have been re-evaluated for the better over time). I was just simply expecting more, as I really liked the redesign of the Misty Mountains from the original intent years ago, and the Ring Smaug was supposed to be the icing on the cake. Too bad it isn't.
Still, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the finishing touches on the whole faction and looking forward to finally playing it since it was first announced all those years ago. :o)

I kind of hope Edain stays true to the Peter Jackson trilogies ...

Keep up the great work and the existing high standards.
Have a great time everyone :o)

Nice work but what about his golden armor from Dol Guldur? Only Botta has such model: Moddb.com
But you have very talented graphic team! Consider it too :o)

More or less yes :o)

Voted! Such tremendous progress! Mirkwood and Dol Guldur brought me back to Hobbit trilogy! :o)

Voted!

Voted as always! :o)

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Jop ... I remember those days ... It's still the same story ... :o)
Of course you can support that idea on MU but bellow you have answers from team members, which is more important than votes or comments there.

And what about giving unique gift to every hero in the faction? ;o)
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MorguLord, someone who is still here after so many years, someone who was able to compete with Edain, AoE and other mods (last year he made it to top 100 in Moty), someone whose models are dedicated to movies and mainly someone who like Ea is skilful in 80% of the mod stuff ...
would be extremely valuable Edain team member who would represent entire international community ... or at least betatester/consultant ... I really glad to see him around here :o)

Congrats to ET for receiving honourable mention, again! :o)
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Just small wish for graphic department, which was quite supported on MU :o)
Gandalf's cart: Modding-union.com
Nice trailer, btw! ;o)

The year 2020 will be quite interesting. Return to Edain Middle-earth? Without any hesitation! :o)

But ... although the Christmas release is not realistic, the truth is that they could give us at least update about current state of the mod and how it looks not only inside, but for the future in general. After they'll receive honourable mention in the MOTY competition (which is matter of days), then will be great time for something like this.
Soon, it will be four years since the last version. Time really flies ...

And one last thing - shout out to all former members of ET (headed by almighty legend Ea) who worked so hard on this mod, as well as to current team members who still have interest and strength to keep working!

4.5. would be the best Christmas gift ever. Period.
Btw don't forget to vote! :o)

I wonder why I am thinking about reworked Witch King of Angmar ... :o)

I always thought that Edain is strong in small nice things, this is wonderful example.
Btw great to see RadagastTheMusical back! :o)

Why Ea deleted his Modding Union account? He created Edain and MU, it's quite disturbing. :o( I hope it's mainly because of time.

I think that's good idea, of course, team members should work on the mod, but this seems like opportunity for community moderators and video guys. Necro already showed something and can show more, DieWalkure can introduce reworked Galadriel in action, personally I would like to see waves of enemies on the siege maps etc. So yeah, why not. They'll probably discuss it.

Hey guys do not forget that we are probably in phase "silent before the storm" ... Any other promo update means additional work for them while they're implementing last stuff and finalizing 4.5. :o)

It's a joke that either release of 4.5. will be first or end of the world. It depends on luck actually. :o)
Near is very relative term by the way. Especially in this case. I would say that 4.5. is even pretty near ... but, you know, my pretty near can be different than yours. :D

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But as an optimist I think that 4.5. will be first. ;o)

Of course, they internally finished 4.5., shutted down Modding union and started new life. Let's wish them only the best.

4.5. is closer than you think! 🤗
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Because release of 4.5. is quite near (but I also have Edain deformation ... so dont take my "near" too seriously) I just wanted to stop and say that Hobbit missions look wonderful and especially the first one which I had opportunity to test as first from international testers is really enjoyable (like the rest of the campaign as I believe). Sad story is that Moddb Mod of the Year rules are against successful mods so Edain can not shine again in that contest. Such a pity, because I am sure that FG campaign would decimate rest of the contenders.

Yes, progress is slow, but I think that (and such thing you can appreciate only after some time) that lack in graphic departement eventually led to another masterpice - completely reworked and meaningful spellbooks which bring so much to diversity to siege patch, where we will finally have great battles with the feeling of siege, something what we liked so much in BFME1. Back to roots? Yes, but still going forward.

Keep up the great work! :o)

No need to hurry, take your time, as always. Thanks for info. And of course - good luck with the things from real life ;o)

Return to BFME 1 was the best Edain decision. Period.