re: Shadow of War: who here is planning on getting it in two days?

I keep forgetting to use the whole bodyguard system.

Last night was interesting. I dominated everyone in the snow area, did all the gathering and took the fortress. There was one misc orc quest so I did it to finish the area.

Big mistake. I killed the guy, he was pals with just about everyone. I had a blood brother attack and at the same time 3 betrayal attacks. Killed all of them which of course opened up more blood brother revenge attacks and more betrayal.

Went from having the entire region dominated to half of them dead.

Oh and I have a new Nemesis. Bastard killed me with his caragor and he jumped from level 15 to 39. I tried to revenge his arse without intel and he killed me again because he has just about no weakness and immunity to arrows, fire and poison. Not sure how I am going to get him back.

My only beef with the blood brother nonsense is that it makes it real had to upgrade your gear. I don't want to kill any orc and start a betrayal domino effect so I have to dominate when I would prefer to kill the bastards.

Just got a level 35 "no damage to poison" armor. That is awesome.

I don't want the game to end so I spent most of the night at the fight pits maxing my captains to my level (35) in the first area.

Not only that but I sent crappy captains at the good captains I wanted since you can immediately attack the winner and dominate them.

So...a betrayal domino effect in this little neck of the woods would be a disaster. Most of my captains are level 35 and most of them have a pack or gang of followers.

I think I have one mission left then I assume I move to act III. I've read Act IV is where the loot share pain kicks in.

I'm still in Act 2 and absolutely loving it as much (more actually) than I did the first game. The fortress mechanic is great. Systematically dominating the right bodyguards for a warchief betrayal never gets old for me. And I like letting my army take care of shite while I calmly and smoothly walk behind them to the defense points. That part of the game is alot of fun with how many different ways you can approach it.

The skill tree provides some flexibility with how you want to play, but it took me way too long to figure out that only 1 boost at a time could apply, and way too long to figure out that i had to buy the story skill boosts. The story quests are just enough LOTR lore thrown in to keep me happy, and the Shebob story is still intriguing so far.

I don't even think I'm 1/3rd through, and that's great.

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I think I have one mission left then I assume I move to act III. I've read Act IV is where the loot share pain kicks in.

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I finished Act III Saturday night. When I read about Act IV, it turns out it is basically just a redo of Act II. I thought the game was fun, but it was repetitive enough that I don't want to play through Act IV. I'm done and waiting for AC Origins.

You look like Corey Feldman when you get possessed

Took me about 90 minutes to dominate all of the clowns and retake the fortress.

Had some fun when a level 46 ambushed me and then a level 47 also decided to ambush me. Luckily we were on a roof so there weren't many orcs around to harass me as I murdered those ambush jackwagons.

I still think Legendary weapons are total garbage. I still haven't found 1 with bonuses that interest me more than the epic weapons I have.

Okie dokie. I didn't realize shadow wars was going to be 20 sieges with increasing XP level orcs.

I've been grinding since the start but I've only completed the 5th siege. If orcs keep increasing at the rate they have been, I am not sure how I am going to be able to keep pace with their level.

I can see Shadow Wars ruining the game for lots of folks. Doesn't ruin it for me. I've had a stressful blast. Last siege I nearly died about 3 times. Was so happy to finally see just 1 remaining bad guy with a level I could dominate.

Calling it a night cause I'm afraid to check the level of the guys at the next siege.