Hi every one, dear conceptors of this wonderful mod,
I found a right version finally (a friend of mine helped me
) and I played a lot with Isengard 'cause... It's obvious, I really like it
So, I have some ideas that I want to share with you :
a.
Be a traitor one time or two ? A hudge part of the plot of Saruman concerns his way to betray everyone he works with. He betrayed the Valar for Sauron and after Sauron himself. However, when he betrayed Sauron, He did it only 'cause he was certain to obtein the One Ring before him. So, my idea is quite simple : does it possible to give the choice, as you give the choice with Galadriel to deny or to accept the One Ring, to betrayed or not Sauron ? If Saruman betrays Sauron, he becomes the Bless, using the Ring to improve himself. If he stay loyal to him, he becomes the Cursed
So, the effect of the Ring will not be "random" (I confess, I don't understand why he has to be random).
b.
Gandalf as a prisonner at the top of the Magician Tower : this is a key moment of the plot, when Gandalf was keep prisonner at the top of Orthanc. It would be a great moment if we could play it in the game ! Moreover, it's quite logic with the ability of Saruman to enter in the tower and throw magic from the top of it. We can imagine an improvement in the later game for one of the Magician Tower to capture Gandalf and to keep him at the top of the Tower improved. Then, the player could ask to Saruman to leave the battlefield to persue Gandalf to join him (as Gandalf the Grey but may be a "powerless version" of him, without Words of Power may be ?) and, if Saruman finds the One Ring, may be it could be influence Gandalf also ? Isengard hasn't lot of heroes, it would be a way gives it a newly and funny one ^^ Furthermore, we can also imagine that if the player deblock this improvement and keep Gandalf at the top of his tower but never send Saruman, Gandalf finally flee and the cost of the improvment is lost and the improvement definitly blocked until the end of the skirmish ^^
c)
Crafter of Rings : Saruman is obsess by Rings of Power and, when he becomes the Many Colours, he crafts is own Ring. I think it would be nice to change the description of the "Many Colours" to something less pejorativ. Saruman never was a "puppet" of Sauron, he was his rival and he betrayed him actually ; so, may be it's possible to write something like "Saruman deny his loyalty toward the Valar and increased his own power" . May be, if Saruman has the One Ring and becomes the Blessed, we could imagine that he was able to give "new Rings of Power" to his lieutenant to improve them (like Galadriel's Gifts ?). I think it was quite logical...
That's all for now ^^ What do you think about it ?