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I don't know what to tell you, but once more the "gods" do not favour us! Personally I must have been blessed with something, cause I've had like 10 PC's since 1997 when I bought my first Pentium II MMX 333Mhz with 32MB RAM and 120 MB HD =p... to my current AMD 2GHz, 2 Gb RAM, etc... I never EVER had any HD crash of any sort except once, when a Seagate Barracude II had some bad sectors which made some JPGs damaged. But other than that - nothing. (I've always used IBM/Hitachi in case you wanna know).

Since I joined T3A, I've had several team mates suffer from this numerous times. I have no idea why or what it is that you do, and I don't. But indeed it does happen somehow. Flameguard had it last time, and now it's Digi, for the 2nd time I think, and thus - all the polished Rhun fortress stuff is gone, yet again! Except the fortress itself ingame and the basic models that I got here in my comp. But the animations such as buildups and the Mumakil monument for the centre is gone. We still need buildups for the fortress itself, and all expansions, we need the centre column (monument) created and the staircase adjusted...

I'm not going to ask Digi to once more work on this, so until I find another modeler willing to finish the - pardon my french - god damn fuggin fortress to 110% - the mod is idle yet again (at least from me). This crap makes me lose inspiration severely, since I've been trying to have that darn fortress finished for like 1,5 years now. And no, I'm not pissed at Digi OFF COURSE... I'm pissed at circumstances and that technical shit like this affects the morale badly.

I need a modeler to do this in 1-2 weeks, or we'll just stop here until further notice... No need to work on a new beta featuring a new faction if we can't finish the most important structure of them all that also have been a thorn in my eye for years now. Considering how insanely hard this have been, things are NOT looikng that promising for a Rohan and a Harad faction for Beta 4.8 either. I guess you understand why...

Well, we'll see what happens... I'll discuss with the very small team I have left and we'll just have tro cross our fingers that I can find a modeler willing to do this. Worst case scenario, I'll hire someone to do it =p

Later

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Today, I present an update featuring a pair of the Dwarf faction's heroes. Enjoy.




Glóin, the venerable father of Gimli, was one of Thorin Oakenshield's twelve companions during the Quest for Erebor. Sent by Dain to the Council of Elrond with his son, he joins the fight against the evil pouring from Mordor.

In The Dwarf Holds, Glóin holds the position of early game hero. Because of his advanced age, his offensive power is not his strength, but he retains the stubborn toughness inherent to all Dwarves, reflected in his health and armour values. He also functions as a support hero, sporting several useful abilities. Glóin's knowledge of Middle-Earth through his travels allows him to increase the speed of nearby units slightly, and skills of survival gained give him the abilities needed to heal nearby troops and heroes. At later levels his Emissary ability grants him near-invincibility - potentially very useful when deploying his support skills. He can also use cunning and skill to lay a trap for units, immobilizing them if they enter its effect radius. The trap remains so long as Glóin maintains it - if he is moved, the trap immediately dissipates.







Gimli, moved from Rohan to aid his Dwarven kin, has also received a few improvements. At Level 5, his assaying and prospecting abilities allow him to boost a single Dwarf Mine's income. At Level 8, he dons upgraded armour from the forges of Erebor, increasing his defence slightly. These changes make Gimli even more versatile on the battlefield.

Welcome all to the delayed November Monthly Modder interview.

This month I interviewed SDK Kwen the man behind Massive Middle-Earth (MME for short).


Radspakr:How did you start off in modding?



Radspakr:What do you hope to achieve with MME?



Radspakr:How goes work on MME?




Radspakr:What's the worst part of modding for you?




Radspakr:If there's one thing you could change about T3A what would it be?



Radspakr:If you were to describe MME to a non follower how would you describe it and what would be your selling point?



Radspakr:When modding what do you like usually have in the background?



Radspakr:Anything you'd like to say to the people?




I would like to thank Kwen for agreeing to do the interview and I hope you all look forward to next month's interview.

Sorry for it being a little late but my Internet was not working last night.

• Lone Wolf: Lots of text from Radspakr this week. First, read all about the nine Nazgul here and the planned changes for Beta 0.4 here. Second, Lone Wolf can be found on Facebook. Third, Lone Wolf 2 has been resurrected and will be a near direct port of LW to BFME2. Fourth, Mirkwood has been announced as the 16th faction in Lone Wolf! Fifth, check out a whole bunch of concept artwork here. Finally, you can download Beta 0.35 here.

• RC Mod: Vote on the November poll here and the HOTW poll here. Also, just a reminder that V1.04 has been released.
• War of the Gods: Check out some renders of the Scourge Soldier, Mage, King Mu'Gathu, and Keeper here.

• Wars of Arda: ElrondHighLord has made some new skins for The War of the Jewels era and they can be seen here.

The hostee list has been updated once again. Congratulations to the RC Mod team for all their hard work and the current release of Beta 1.04! The RC Mod has been rewarded the top spot this time around.

New Hostee List
RC Mod +4
Lone Wolf +0
War of the Gods +5
The Four Ages +3
The Elven Alliance: Community Edition -1
Kings of the West -5
Wars of Arda -1
Helm's Deep Last Hope -5
Massive Middle Earth - Reinstated
Age of the Firstborn -1
Rise of Sauron -1
Twilight of the Republic -1
Echoes +0

Archived
History Mod
Age of Numenor
The Fourth Age

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