While I agree that the patches soil of the bases look quite similar, there is a good reason for that. Tainted and defiled land look exactly like that. Both Isengard's and Mordor's soil looks like that because it is/was tainted and defiled. Grey and lifeless.
Remember people, changing for the sake of changing is never a good way to design a mod; I speak from experience. Thankfully, ET knows this quite well, so I am glad. Furthermore, I presume Orthanc's texture is more detailed than the default tainted land, meaning that it will strain performance for minimal visual gain.
With that said, I have no major objections. If the pros outweigh the cons, and ET agrees with it, I have no qualms and I will accept it.
i am not here to make enemys , i hope we dont go through this again Odysseus
Not sharing opinions does not imply immediately that we should be enemies. Nay, not at all
. That is what discussing and debating is all about. Sharing opinions, backed up by either evidence or your own reasoning and preferably both, is imperative if you wish to convince others of your proposition. Sharing different opinions is a common thing, and I am not your enemy.
In fact, I do hope we go through this again, because coming together and debating certain matters, makes the mind strong. Also, if we manage to find a consensus, it brings us together on better terms. It will also motivate you more to come up with improved proposals each time.
Sorry for being so dull, but you remind me of >me<, when I was on my first forum for Company of Heroes. I was always proposing things left and right, mostly visual changes that I thought would serve as improvements. They kept being shot down, one after another. I wanted to give up hope that my contributions were irrelevant and not needed. However, instead of being too proud and stubborn and giving up hope, I decided to spend more time on the forum, and listen to the reasoning of the devs, the balancers, the moderators, the beta testers and other contributors with experience, and see what kind of discussion they led.
Moreover, I spend more time with the actual design of the game:'' Why is this here? What does it do? Does it add up? Does it hold up?''
Then, taking all these thoughts and observations into considerations, I spend as much time as I could on my next proposal, crafting it, perfecting it, and then it was finished. I made that proposal and it let to a debate of 37 pages full of heated debate. In the end, my change came through and it was liked by a good majority. The feeling of hard work paying off and the feeling of acceptance was quite overwhelming to be honest. I told myself, I am content for now and I will see if I can come up with even better arguments for my next proposal! Ohhh, it gets me all nostalgic thinking about to those past days.
*Ahem*, my bad for talking so much. I will hold my tongue now, but I hope you will understand that I am not your enemy, and that I WANT to debate with you. It will shape you, mold you, improve you and it will make you a veteran proposer in no time.
Kind regards.