Battle for Middle Earth

This was a great 2v2 of me (LiVe4BaLL) and GreenMonkey (The Isen's) vs Sagat (LAAkuma) and NUMENOR (the gondor's).

It was an action-packed game from the start with an intense ending. All around FUN game, and is a good watch. You'll enjoy it no doubt.

Please review.
and comment if you watch.

PLAYERS: Ball/GreenMonkey (ISE) vs Sagat(Laakuma)/NUMENOR (GON)
MAP: Harlond


This is a fairly fun game to watch, fun for FOL guys, not so much fun for FOD

Ball/GM]

Ball went with the INF start with 2 furnaces while GM went for Wargs. GM waited to buy his other furance opting for the 2 mills 1st. In my experience the guy who goes wargs 1st is in trbl 1st

-GM warg pit was to close up front, keep it back
-Wargs were expensive for you cos you opted for the furnaces, but it didn't appear to be a factor
-Ball, shoulda used your uruks more for econ harassing as opposed to "spying"
-GM, use your wargs to trample dont go toe to toe with INF on EW, run em over
-Both of you took awhile to get twrs up, don't sacrifice your defense
-IMO, Ball you shoulda saved for taint land as opposed to industry. Made your m8 pick up the slack
(Almost 1/2 map was EW. Not really, but I like to exaggerate )
-GM, personally I wouldn't stack howl and chant...W8 till one is done then use the other
-Ball shoulda gone for ballastie as soon as you saw his footies, 2 of em you have lvl 2 siege and that means mines
(Mines go boom KEY)
-YOu guys had the $, shoulda bought Lurtz b4 their Gandy came on the field
-Turning point was when you lost the middle OP, you guys lost the initiative and became defensive rest of the game. Not ISE's cup of tea
-GM made an attempt at middle, but Sauraman the 2nd time went by himself unsupported and got schwacked.
-Ball you had rain FOREVER, and took FOREVER to use it. I was getting animated saying "Use it" But after you use it the first time, no need to press again until they use daybreak...less you are bored
-GM lost Lurtz near the end, shoulda pulled him back, but it didn't matter

+/-Ball, you didn't go for armory 1st, instead went for fast siege, "Risky". But if you would have made ballasties leading to mines it coulda paid off. Both of you had the opportunity since they Gondor was occupied with the middle, bld some mines send south and north by roads less traveled and put around walls. That could have changed things cos now they have to worry about defense. As it was, they never did cos not one twr or SW was built by them (Key)
+/-GM did well by combo xbows with pikes, might help
+/-Purchase banners, they are worth their weight in gold since FOD doesn't have heal
+/-Use 2 pikes to defend keep

+Uruks for both attking econ in the beginning
+Good pip kill but one got away (he spied on you all game)
+Excellent worm tongue by GM on TWG, hi-larious
+Good Gandy kill at Ball's base, you should have pressed the attk from their, back to the mines
+Good effort of Balrog at the end

Laakuma/NUMENOR]

Almost flawless Gondor play. Both went CAV initially then Laakuma started with the INF/CAV combo followed by Numenor later.

-Late game, lost Gandy at Ball's base, but it couldn't have been helped, surrounded
-The 1st big attk agasint GM, when you saw Ball's forces moving south (which you did cos pip was there) Num, you should have sent full force against his base then. Lost the opportunity to end it earlier
-One time Num, sent cav in when Ball went south to assist. Should have sent the entire force in. You had the $

+/-Prepositioned EW everywhere, some side by side, but TL didn't come till the middle

+Good use of pippin to spy on Ball
+EW "wall" on both sides, it was like a weed it was everywhere
+Sagat had nice initial raid on GM
+Great teamwork for your attks, for the most part they were coordinated. Bait here, attk there. "Big Push" took ISE OP at turned the tide of the game
+Great use of TWG and Boromir, wargs became useless and lack of banners for ISE helped cos horn of gondor stunned units while you waylaid them
+2nd attk south by Laakuma was the watermark with GM going down swinging and Ball going to try to help, then Num goes for Ball.
+AOD 1st


OVERALL: Very entertaining game to watch. I like using both of these factions, but it did pain me to see ISE lose. ISE is not a defensive force, it is bred for one thing.....DESTRUCTION If you're an ISE player, you don't want to lose the initiative. Keep it. If you lose it, get it back. If ISE coulda started sending mines to the GON keeps while the action played in the middle, they might have never seen them and it coulda been a different game....I was on the fence for silver, but it was close.

RATE: 7/10

aww.. soo close to silver

Thanks for the review B*.

Thanks Brimestar for the review.

I thought we had em at first when I kept pushing Numenor's cav back into his base with my wargs and Ball had the middle base, but there was too much elven forest around to fight in. Even though wargs vs cav on elven forest I should win (since he probably had horsehields not armor) but it such a tight matchup I lose a lot of units. Too much elven wood

Good input about the mines, we could have kept pushing mines forward and protected them with pikes.

We'll take 'em next time!

It was my pleasure, and it was very entertaining to watch....I know all of you guys, but I was rooting for ISE on this one

Thanks for the pointers, Brime. Of course, you are right.

This game was so intense from the very beginning till the end.... A great battle, I say!

It was an honor playing with these very good players of BFME...

Count me in anytime, guys



Numenor

Promoted back to SILVER