Third Age: Divide and Conquer or MOS?

[JokerFett]

This is kind of a followup to my previous thread asking what your favorite mod was. Naturally, many people said Third Age. So what's the best submod for Third Age?

[Tacticus Winter]

Divide and Conquer had an update a few months back that i didn't know about, but I got that installed, and I can say, it's definitely pretty challenging economically.

It expanded the map even further and added some settlements. It's a really fun mod, the best well, I don't know.

MOS is more centered around balancing and finding your play style.

DaC is more of expanding your play style to fit different factions.

[Dr. G]

I personally prefer DaC; MOS was way less stable for me and I really like the faction diversity of DaC.

[JokerFett]

Originally posted by Tacticus Winter:

Divide and Conquer had an update a few months back that i didn't know about, but I got that installed, and I can say, it's definitely pretty challenging economically.

It expanded the map even further and added some settlements. It's a really fun mod, the best well, I don't know.

MOS is more centered around balancing and finding your play style.

DaC is more of expanding your play style to fit different factions.

Just to clarify because I myself don't remember too much about DaC, but they completely redid the map of Middle Earth in that one right? Also, do they encorporate new custom settlements?

[Tacticus Winter]

Originally posted by JokerFett:

Originally posted by Tacticus Winter:

Divide and Conquer had an update a few months back that i didn't know about, but I got that installed, and I can say, it's definitely pretty challenging economically.

It expanded the map even further and added some settlements. It's a really fun mod, the best well, I don't know.

MOS is more centered around balancing and finding your play style.

DaC is more of expanding your play style to fit different factions.

Just to clarify because I myself don't remember too much about DaC, but they completely redid the map of Middle Earth in that one right? Also, do they encorporate new custom settlements?

I don't know about the Custom Battles.

But they did expand the map and add some settlements, as well as some new units and unit cards.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4700/discussions/0/405692758703175699/

:P Not very old too, either.

[JokerFett]

Originally posted by aidenpons:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4700/discussions/0/405692758703175699/

:P Not very old too, either.

Thank you for pointing this out, some equally good points on that thread, I think when I get back into Third Age I'll try out Divide and Conquer since I've only used MOS for the longest time

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by JokerFett:

Originally posted by aidenpons:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4700/discussions/0/405692758703175699/

:P Not very old too, either.

Thank you for pointing this out, some equally good points on that thread, I think when I get back into Third Age I'll try out Divide and Conquer since I've only used MOS for the longest time

heads-up: Imladris may be OP but they do absolutely nothing except garrison Rivendell, whereas if you play as another Dwarven faction you'll be racing Erebor to the Misty Mountains (a friend played as Ered Luin, and the AI - yes, the AI - beat him to Gundabad).

Dwarves of Erebor are not only OP in Custom Battles but if they own all of the Misty Mountains they can get full stacks on a whim (seriously, the MM settlements all have elite Dwarf units :P)

[Pyrocrax]

it depends in my opinion atleast the divide and conquer has like 20 more factions and more music from hobbit and lord of the rings and more felling in it. The moss mod or what its named is also good it have more opions like if you want invasion enable and speecial heroes shal be invincible or something but it has the same factions as in normal third age which is 13 its probably more in moss but in my opinion you should download divide and conquer as i will do soon :)

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

On Music:

DaC uses music from EVERYTHING. In order of notability:

The Lord of the Rings films
The Hobbit films (at least the first and second, the third music is GHASTLY)
Battle for Middle-Earth I & II (slightly different to the LoTR soundtrack)

Now for the obscure ones:

Sierra the Hobbit (2003)
War of the Ring (2003)

:P

There are also some other tracks I don't recognise so they're probably from some other obscure game.

[Tacticus Winter]

Originally posted by aidenpons:

On Music:

DaC uses music from EVERYTHING. In order of notability:

The Lord of the Rings films
The Hobbit films (at least the first and second, the third music is GHASTLY)
Battle for Middle-Earth I & II (slightly different to the LoTR soundtrack)

Now for the obscure ones:

Sierra the Hobbit (2003)
War of the Ring (2003)

:P

There are also some other tracks I don't recognise so they're probably from some other obscure game.

Didn't really recognize anything from the Hobbit in there.

I feel like Dale needs their own music though

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by Tacticus Winter:

Didn't really recognize anything from the Hobbit in there.

I feel like Dale needs their own music though

Movie or game? I know the Dwarves have some Hobbit soundtracks - I've heard Roast Mutton & the main Dwarf theme, as well as Tauriel's theme.

As far as the game is concerned, I've heard the battle music & a couple of other tracks (again as the Dwarves).