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Titel: Cirith Ungol and Shelob
Beitrag von: Bombur am 21. Jan 2017, 22:02
I'm going to post this to resuggest something I already did somewhere, I don't remember where, maybe on Moddb. I think a member of the team said it could be cool but not sure anymore. Anyway, I suppose posting here will bring it more visibility.

So, if you remember, in BFME 1 there was that mission in Evil campaign at Cirith Ungol where you had to feed Shelob with Orcs until she joined you and, as a lover of spiders, I found this functionality amazing and also very fun. Now in Edain 4.0, Shelob was removed from Misty Moutains and given to Mordor as a spell, which makes more sense, but that also means that Shelob was no longer a permanent hero and, coupled with the fact that it's the only spider hero, I always found it very sad.

But I was thinking that bringing back that map mechanic if possible would be both an awesome way to profit a bit more from Shelob while staying lore-friendly and a nice particular add to that map.
Maybe the possibility could also be extended to all Evil factions...

What do you think?
Titel: Re: Cirith Ungol and Shelob
Beitrag von: mycaelspear am 31. Jan 2017, 16:16
I like this idea. I would make it a Mordor only easter egg on that map, similar to how Isengard has the one on Fords of Isen 2. Something like run a group of orcs to a specific spot and then get shelob after she eats them. I haven't played on that map in a while but I think her cave is still on it.
Titel: Re: Cirith Ungol and Shelob
Beitrag von: Isildurs Fluch am 22. Jul 2017, 14:41
In the past we had specialised spellbooks for certain factions on some maps.
I guess this would be an awesome solution for this map:

Shelob is always there as a neutral very powerfull creep.
For Mordor her spell is changed on this map to Sacrifice for Shelob.
This spell is used on Orcs and turns them into dead bodies in a spiderweb. As a result the player gains temporary controll other Shelob, but can always sacrifice more Orcs to increase the time Shelob stays under his controll.