The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth patch

As promised, Electronic Arts has issued new patches for The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth, bringing the English and all European editions (sans the French one) of their fantasy 3D real-time strategy game to version 1.02. This update adds a new Garrison feature, networking improvements, a large number of balance tweaks, some world builder corrections, and a sizable number of other bug fixes.

Balance Changes

• Gandalf's Istari Light, as either Gandalf the Grey or Gandalf the White, no longer kills the Mordor Witchking with one attack.

• Pikemen Heavy Armor upgrade gives less protection against attacks by soldier-class units. This should make infantry units a viable counter to them.

• Nazgul are slightly more resistant to archers and fire.

• Saruman's Fireball does more damage to hero units.

• Saruman now gains Leadership as a default ability.

• Nazgul normal speed increased slightly.

• Nazgul swoop speed increased significantly.

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News source: 3D Gamers