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@@NewAge374 it is a rough ride but they make it worth it with the uruk hai in the end

Yeah I never noticed it myself either, although cant say I use the black arrow often, maybe it got recently added

@@puro7706 I do make it look a bit smoother in editing

@@jmvbyo thanks mate

@@mibri1598 thanks mate, I will look at the replay tonight and see what advice I can give, in a big free for all like that the best thing to do is survive and hope they all take themselves out

@@jmvbyo thanks mate, there will be more skirmish games every Wednesday and this weeks battle was truely brutal

@@Naodline2627can’t wait 👌 you deserve way more exposure

@@jmvbyo thanks

@@JakubTuszyński-t3m thanks mate

@@Al_Kabana if I had to choose only one I would say ered luin, but I enjoy iron hills with the ram riders and erebor watching my dale outpost become a merchant hub

With enough practice and patience it'll get easier

@@mibri1598 Even when Edain team nerfs the economy for some buildings, the nerfs are only visible for the player only not the AI. They nerfed for example the resource production for the Goblintown tunnel, but AI has no problem with that 😄

@@Lubos_B yeah definitely, any map an ai can get an early outpost for example are some of the toughest, especially Misty Mountains

@@Naodline2627 Misty mountains looked weaker at first, but it was just bad map for them to expand with goblintown, and they did not build Giant’s lair early, then I played Fords of Isen 2 and MM seemed as strong as before patch.

Yeah MM can have the biggest gameplay changes depending on the map its hilarious

@@viktor1337w I dont do PvP but I have done PvE with some people in the past

@@Naodline2627 pve is pretty fun

@viktor1337w it can be fun, I try different things like all cav

@@mibri1598 yeah I could do a few ranking videos detailing faction strengths depending on how long the game goes on for

@ would be awesome !!

@@LeonKilgenstein thanks mate, got another already lined up but I will do Isengard after that

@@Naodline2627 I'd rather see you actually play the new Isengard with the new units and buildings before doing this analysis

@NewAge374 I have played Isengard already, and their new stuff with the wildmen is great, also the video structure currently is I play a skirmish with a faction and then I do the overexplaining video for them the following Monday

@@Naodline2627 Sure, but you might not get the best strategies against all factions and give specific tips on timing the way you've done here with Lothlorién

Honestly for Isengard who you play against doesn't change how you should play, they are probably one of the easiest factions to play now since they have a linear playstyle. Start with dunlandings and keep with them if you get an outpost, if you are on a big map get warg riders to claim settlements and once your economy is rolling in the quadruple digits get fully upgraded uruks. Gondor and lorien have decent counters to early dunlandings with aoe powers but as long as they are spread out enough you wont lose much and thanks to the new outpost you have an incentive to play only dunlandings even in the late game unless they get wiped

@@Lubos_B ah ok that makes more sense and explains that one time I had archers shooting from a screen away haha

@@Sweeney732 they are alot of fun, the caras galadhon guards could do with a little something to make them more survivable against cav, or a small teleport ability to a mallorn tree perhaps

@@rahadianramadhan5554 thanks mate

@@AaalllBshsjs you need lossless scaling, not sure how it works myself thats just what it says

I think the best way to help you is if you play some games and you can send me the replays through discord so I can get an idea of how you play, and I can think of some strategies that can work for you. I believe everyone has a preference to how they play and that to help them is to either let them play until something sticks or watch how they play and how their opponents play and look for any little nuances that occur

@ that would be Perfect if you would do that 🙏

@@Sergo_Krest I'll have to have a look into it

​​@@Naodline2627Have you heard about SageMetaTool? This tool can theoretically unlock 60 fps in BFME (not tested by myself).

@@mibri1598 thanks mate, I may make it look easy mostly because Ive been playing this game for 20 years now and Edain for about a quarter of that, if you are having troubles with beating ai try camp start maps against a faction that doesnt spam siege from their main base, Mordor, Imladris and Gondor are the best examples of this, ramp up your economy as fast as possible while keeping a small but effective army to clear mob lairs before the ai can and the extra income should help keep you going until the late game where you will likely have a strong upgraded army and levelled up heroes, it all comes with practice and patience

@ Thank you ! Would you say that also goes with isengart? I‘m always able to Build an army around 500-600 command points up with Wulfgar and the Wildmen - but they got beaten up so fast - The transition from wildmen to uruks is pretty Hard - Maybe it’s also all very difficult fraction to Play 🙈 But I will go with that 🙏

@mibri1598 for spam factions like Isengard wildmen strat, Mordor and MM you should invest into more command points, wildmen need a numbers advantage to be worth using, and because of their pillager ability they can make their money back so the extra spend for command points is worth it

@@TheBigKommet thanks mate, I only play Edain mod now these days, I prefer it to aotr

@@TheBigKommet its been a while since Ive touched aotr myself, but its ok if you struggle against certain ai levels, it means when you do finally beat them you know youve improved, aotr ai are no joke and never let you take a break before the next danger arrives

@@jeffreynewsome9907 its looking like I'll be making more overexplained content

@@mibri1598 thanks mate, for best early game I would have to say either Misty Mountains or Rohan, both have good spam potential and heroes that complement the early game, and best late game is between Imladris or Isengard, amazing units with unique upgrades and bonuses makes both very difficult to beat if they get to their final form, Isengard taking the lead over Imladris only if you get absolutely everything

@ Thank you so much ! You‘re so helpfull 🙏

@mibri1598 always happy to help

@@alessandrobruno5655 if you enjoy AOTR try the free build mode for edain if you can it will give you a similar experience compared to the fixed build system that I prefer

If you think that watching Naodline's videos makes the AI look weak, download it and try for yourself. Depending on the faction match-up in a 1v1 you might learn to beat Brutal, but then you should go for FFA with 3, 4, or 5 AIs and see how you handle that. If you're expecting clever AI, I'm not sure that's a priority for the Edain team. So far they get some/a lot of free money added at certain points during a match-up and they passively accumulate power points, and they chuck troops at you

@NewAge374 I remember in some of my 5/6 player ffa's one ai would snowball crazy fast and beat the other ai into submission

@ and that potentially makes that dominant AI more dangerous because their troops and heroes are more experienced, gaining access to more of their powers more

@@Al_Kabana yeah I would go through each dwarf and Gondor subfaction one by one if I have enough incentive to continue these

@@pedroduarte96 I think they got it right personally, their early game is meant to be a bit weak to make up for their stronger late game, Imladris has a similar situation done a bit better with focussing on only elite expensive troops that you need to take more and not keep spending resources

@@Naodline2627 well yes, but should the early game of Isengard be worse than Rohan? It is not fitting... That would be a simple fix, actually. Just make the Dunland camp work like a Rohan farm, resources and spam. Problem solved

@pedroduarte96 tbf the wildmen giving resources from attacking settlements can net you more than a farm especially with the outpost upgrade

@ I guess if the AI used that effectively, it could work... But i really think their main issue is unit quantity, especially spears. even the basic infantry is "elite" xD

@pedroduarte96 you do have wildmen spears with wulfgar for early anti-large

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

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

@@__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

@@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

@@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

@@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.

@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

@@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...

IT RUNNS!!! YESSSSSS

@@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

@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

Im not convinced they are overall easier, every faction has strengths and weaknesses for every map they play on and MM is the biggest example of that if they cannot build goblin town and gundabad or find an outpost they become much easier to beat simply by the situation they are in

@@marvinord6009 I have played Isengard, there is a video coming out tomorrow where I show off the wild side of them. For isengard late game if you have units that deal bonus damage to units with armour they will be valuable, also any magic or monsters can be strong against the uruk waves, but if they play isen well the best thing you can do is pray haha

@@sharymens8187 there is a large area on the map that sometimes is submerged in water and you cannot reach the settlements that are there, compare this video to the video I released yesterday and you will see the difference in the map

@@mibri1598 thanks mate, I would say Gondor is still the strongest, Ive tried a 2v4 and got destroyed because my ai ally did very little to counter what they did, a 2v3 I think would be possible with the right allies

@@Naodline2627 Me and a friend of mine were abe to defed 2 brutal AI in a 2vs2 but only because I had a lony gondor soilder that couldn't get any damage - didn't know how I created him but the AI was often try to kill and we could stop the steam roler lol ^^ Which Melee units you would recommend as Gondor - I often struggle to beat other melee units with my pikemen and normald soldiers....

@mibri1598 your best early game troops for Gondor are Lamadon swordsmen, they come from the signal fire and deal bonus damage to units without armour

@@Naodline2627 Thank you ! I've forgot to ask: Do you know if the 2.02 delayfix works with the edain mod and does it actually help when playing with big troups?

Thanks for letting me know I will have to observe if I see these habits when playing against Gondor mordor and MM

Have to say if you going for a 2vs2vs2vs2 and Misty Moutins is part of they quite fast with building Mountain Giants ^^

@mibri1598 oh yeah Ive seen how little time it takes for them to get a single outpost and watch the chaos begin haha

@@valentynknyaziev3524 to play as a Gondor subfaction you need to play on a map as gondor that has the keywords in the title, either Arnor to play arnor, or Belfalas to play as belfalas

@Naodline2627 thanks for the reply. Are there any other subfactions or is that all there is in the mod?

@valentynknyaziev3524 Gondor is the only faction that has other factions they can become on certain maps, the dwarves have 3 sub factions, you can choose at the start of the game to play erebor, iron hills or ered luin

@Naodline2627 got it. Thanks tried them out. I know that this might not be the place but you have played a lot of edain and probably faced the issue of game running out of memory and crashing. I tried all the fixes I could find including the 4gb patch. I have never seen you crash in game though so I was wondering if you have some insight. Thanks.

@valentynknyaziev3524 I actually had an in game crash while making Wednesday's video, I have had some others in the past but they dont happen often. It used to be while playing the 3rd skirmish game around 20 minutes in it would crash but that was a few years ago. As long as the crashes dont happen regularly the occasional crash has never caused me any problems

@@predator4041 4.8 does have its own independent launcher you can install if you uninstall any earlier versions or you can use the all in one launcher

@@mibri1598 thanks mate, I can give you some useful tips for playing against Imladris though not sure how useful they will be in a PvP scenario. Imladris has a slower start than most and will often start researching in the library the second they have the resources to increase their resource production, get their better units and upgrades. If you can force them to bunker down in their base and limit their momentum it can give you more freedom to build up your strength and attack. Ranged units are very strong against imladris elves as well because if their small unit sizes every arrow shot is more likely to take down one entity which is the average equivalent of 3 normal soldiers in a battalion, which is why healing abilities are also very important for imladris, taking out the wandering company troops and focus firing at one unit increases the likelihood that healing abilities will gain less value and can turn the tide. If they tend to use cavalry go for pikemen and keep them near your archers. Dont make cavalry to attack the elves unless you know they have no pikemen of their own since their revenge damage can take out all but the strongest heroes in one charge. And if you get to the late game use destructive powers when a big fight begins, its one of the only viable ways to defeat a fully upgraded army of imladris elves

@ Thank you for that advice Besides lorien - which fraction would you recommend ?

@mibri1598 Angmar has some strong tools againg imladris, Rohan can rush them down with peasants or cav, and erebor dwarves if you dont need to worry much about cav

@ Thank you so much !

@@NewAge374 I hope so too, it will be interesting what they come up with next

@@Sweeney732 it is a great amount of content and it is all great

@@Boswell7717 thanks mate

@@viktor1337w nice well done

@@TheShieldery thanks mate, on the skirmish page you can adjust the starting resources by going into the settings near the top left of the page (its where you can also adjust the game mode, toggle custom heroes and ring heroes), also with assistance in times of need, you need to specifically press the little signal fire next to the main building (the part that burns when you summon troops)

@@G36Sperrfeuer an interesting concept but not one I can accomplish without rigorous testing waiting for a power to be used to then use a different power, also Ive found as a general rule while playing bfme it is better to not try and use a tier 4 power against another tier 4 power as many have different purposes, and it is worth escaping from the danger or sacrifice something instead