Battle For Middle Earth Patch

any word on cheats? im still stuck on helmsdeep since christmas :(

3. BALANCE CHANGES
- Drummer Troll now recharges health when it reaches level 2
- The damage radius for the Mordor Catapult's skull upgrade has been increased
- Ents now take more damage from slash and pierce attacks

WTF?

I expected much more than this...

Where are the fixes for:
Fire Arrows - INSANE damage to any unit AND buildings
Cave Trolls - Crazy Damage and HP (Even when dieing they kill units)
Evil "Heroes" - Add more please...Good heroes dominate in MP
The Witch King - He goes down like a bitch to fire arrows along with the rest of the Nazgul
Elven Archers - Fully upgraded they are unstoppable. Both ranged and melee powerhouses
Gandalf and Aragorn - Overpowered. You can spend command points to make them even more powerful.

I could go on and on. Multiplayer right now is in a sorry state because of needed balancing. I'll install this when I get home and see if some of the fixes are in there, but not listed in the readme. Slim chance, but maybe.

I have to agree with you all. So far, I'm back to play C&C Generals until this is all sorted out. BFME is a nice game, but the online play is too lopsided.

Its amazing how long it takes these guys to get out patches.

I agree.

Fire arrows had the potential to kill off buildings faster than pretty much anything, including siege equipment, with the least amount of effort. On the battlefield Archer units tend to mow everyone down, even the units that are supposed to counter them won't unless you have the Archer units outnumbered. If someone has a huge mass of archers, especially when upgraded and high level, it seems the only way you can get rid of them is if you have a wicked power (Balrog or Undead Army for example) or if you blindside them good and hard with calvary charge with some tough heroes mixed in.

On the subject of Cave Trolls, I understand Mordor's need for a big tank-like unit. Yes, they do cost a lot to help balance things out... but when you're in those long games where money isn't an issue anymore, you got a strong unit that only costs 10 command points.

The Evil Forces do need a wider range of heroes.

I'm unsure if I'd touch Elven Archers. Orcs, however, are another story. They may be free, but they cost 20 command points and you can't really do any kind of "flood" tactic until you get that one power, Call of the Horde or something like that. Even when you do get it, I think it's a bit late in the game to be really that effective. The long training time also makes cannibalize something you don't want to do unless you know you have A LOT of time to do.

That's all I can really think of for now.