The New Isengard is wildly Fun | Edain Mod 4.8

[@manwithapointystick3871]

I was waiting for this video. The wildling side has been quite improved as you've seen, my only qualm is that in maps with limited outposts you may have to choose between a stronger early game with the Gatherstow or a stronger economy and upgrades with the steelwork. That said they are both worthwhile options, since the Gatherstow can improve either the pillage ability or the damage vs buildings or experience gained when you build it (you chose damage vs buildings), and later can buff further Clan Steadings and Wildmen-Wulfgar with the upgrades and Brutes' leadership. It is also quite defensible, since it can buff Wildmen in a large area around it and each upgrade adds units to the garrison that gets buffed in return. I hope in the future you'll also show the Orthanc guards, which have unique interactions with Saruman and his citadel mechanic and are a curious addition to the Isengard roster. Personally I like this changes, although maybe I would have preferred new troops from the Warg and Uruk/Orc side, rather than only human ones.

[@Naodline2627]

@@manwithapointystick3871 I am a big fan of the wildmen additions, as for the lack of orc and uruk troop additions there isnt really anything else they could add and they are already strong given enough time to build up making for a much more stable gameplay experience

[@manwithapointystick3871]

@Naodline2627 yeah, I agree on the fact that with proper uruk troops the basic troop roles were already covered, I meant as expanding the early troop roster, like dividing uruk scouts in melee and ranged units, or add some sort of orc fodder/ranged Warg riders, or even make Orthanc guards some sort of elite uruks instead of humans. That said, these are just small details, but mechanically speaking they did a great job in revamping the faction as it is

[@mibri1598]

Hey Mate - great Video again. Would you say it's still worthy to build up the "better" Uruk Hai for the late game? And where would you rank Isengart now besides the other fraction? Thank you !

[@Naodline2627]

@@mibri1598 thanks mate, I would say if you lose an entire army of dunlandings start saving up and getting upgrades and prepare to bring the uruk hai to the field while still fielding wildmen as a way to distract the enemy with cheap units. As for strength they would be somewhere in the middle now, they can play strong but the early game is still their weakest point and if they cannot claim a settlement for wildmen recruitment they can fall behind

[@viktor1337w]

i tryed age of the ring a while ago but edian is just better

[@Naodline2627]

@@viktor1337w I prefer Edain as well, so much replayability with how each map is different

[@viktor1337w]

@@Naodline2627 i used the all in one laucher to switch easly

[@Al_Kabana]

I would love to play it, too. But somehow the game crashes immediately after the initial loadingscreen and i don't know what to do... I am at the end of my wits with this one...

[@Naodline2627]

@@Al_Kabana could be a few reasons why that is happening, if you crash before the game even begins you need to check the %appdata% files and make sure you have a maps folder and options file with gameplay settings. Another thing could be if you didnt run the installer as administrator it could have stopped a few files going through, best way to solve that is to uninstall everything and install it all again. Also you need to make sure your rotwk patch is 2.01 any other patch is not supported by edain

[@Al_Kabana]

@@Naodline2627 Thanks for the quick response! I just checked i have the maps folder and options.ini file in my LotR,RotWk-files folder and the 2.01 patch installed aswell. I might need to add i have Win11Home as my OS if i recall correctly there was an issue aswell don't remember what it was.

[@Naodline2627]

@Al_Kabana ah ok, not sure about windows 11 myself if there are any issues regarding that. Another solution is use the all in one installer instead saves you needing to go through all of these steps

[@Al_Kabana]

@@Naodline2627 Well, I have reinstalled everything: Base game + RotWk, 2.01 Patch (run as Admin), reinstalled edain 4.8 (run as admin) and deleted the Maps folder aswell as the options file and recreated it with the edain mod switcher fix. Now the game "starts" and shows the initial loading screen and just stops nothing happens after wards. I'll try the all in one launcher now and just hope it helps...

[@Al_Kabana]

IT RUNNS!!! YESSSSSS

[@__Smallvlle]

And that is fun to play bro ? This AI is so freaking easy. No challenge..

[@Naodline2627]

@@__Smallvlle yes this is fun to play, I purposely chose a map that would either be a challenge or be an easy one route map and got the easy route to test out the new Isengard