Well, I don't think it's a good idea to have 4 or 5 people working on one campaign, because it will probably not be very "united". Different people have different styles. I suggest we should have 4 or 5 campaigns with each person designing one, and DO set your standards high, nobody want to play one of those "bring unit from point a to point b with nothing on the map but 2 lines of forest and a path in between" scenarios.
For campaign ideas, here are mine:
Campaigns:
The Hobbit:
-Prologue(Many Dwarves and One Wizard) <cutscene>
-Journey to Rivendell
-Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
-Queer Lodgings <cutscene>
-The Old Forest Road
-Sting and Spiders
-Prison of the ElvenKing
-Return of the King Under the Mountain <playable cutscene>
-On the Doorstep
-Slaying of the Dragon
-A Thief in the Night
-Battle of Five Armies
-There and Back Again <cutscene>Fellowship of the Ring
-Prologue(bilbo's party) <cutscene>
-Flight from the shire
-Flight to Rivendell
-The Council of Elrond
-Caradhras
-Moria
-Lothlorien <cutscene>
-Parth GalenThe Two Towers
-Prologue(departure of boromir) <cutscene>
-The Riders of Rohan
-Fangorn <cutscene>
-The King of the Golden Hall
-Helm's Deep
-The Voice of Saruman
-Taming of Smeagol <cutscene>
-The Passage of the Marshes
-Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit <cutscene>
-The Forbidden Pool
-Journey to Cirith Ungol
-Shelob's Lair
-Entering Mordor <cutscene>Return of the King
-Prologue(shadowfax rides to minas tirith) <cutscene>
-The Paths of the Dead
-Battle of Pelennor Fields - Rammas Echor Breached
-Battle of Pelennor Fields - The Ride of the Rohirrim
-Battle of Pelennor Fields - The Coming of Aragorn
-Healing and Debate
-The Last March
-Samwise the Elf-Warrior
-Through the Land of Shadow
-Mount Doom
-Celebrations of Victory <cutscene>
-Scouring of the Shire
-The Grey Havens <cutscene>
-What happens after <cutscene>The Coming of the Noldor
-Prologue <cutscene>
-The Disaster of Alqualonde
-Dagor-nuin-Giliath, the Death of Feanor
-The Seige of Angband <cutscene>Beren and Luthien
-Prologue(betrayal of gorlim)
-A Wild Man
-Under the Woods of Neldoreth
-Finrod Felagund
-Finrod vs Sauron
-The Coming of Luthien
-Huan vs Sauron
-She is bind to you <cutscene>
-Confrontation of Morgoth
-Beren Erchamion, the One-Handed
-The Hunting of the Wolf
-The Choice of Luthien <cutscene>Children of Hurin
-Prologue(Hurin's part in Nirnaeth Arnoediad) <cutscene>
-Childhood of Turin
-Turin and Doriath <cutscene>
-Turin's Exile
-A Band of Outlaws
-Mim's Betrayal <cutscene>
-The Hunt for Turin
-Agarwaen, son of Umarth, the Mormegil
-The Sack of Nargothrond
-Slaying of Brodda
-Mound of the Elf-Maid
-Of Morwen and Nienor <cutscene>
-That Ill-fated Riding
-The Tear-Maiden <cutscene>
-Slaying of the Dragon
-Of What Happens After <cutscene>Independent Scenarios:
Here, we could just have scenarios of the big battles that existed in Tolkien's world, presented in a similar way as MCrnigoj's historical campaigns presented.
There could also be other independent scenarios that describe events which do not belong to the campaigns, such as the Ruin of Doriath, Fall of Gondolin, etc...
Descriptive Cutscenes:
These would be a few really long cutscenes explaining non-war stories, such as the Voyage of Earendil, Aldarion and Erendis, Ar-Pharazon and the fall of Numenor, Amroth, Nimrodel, Celegorm, Galadriel, The Council of the Wise and what they've done before "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Ring", etc...
Multiplayer Battles:
These would be the battles in the Independent Scenarios modified for multiplayer.
Some of the names may not be good, if so, then change it. I assume that if you are interested in this thread then you would probably know enough of Tolkien's work to comprehend which scenario will cover which part of the story.
Remember, these are only ideas...
Edit: As far as I know, good campaigns take LONGER than just one or two months of work. It's also really painful to change something to the campaign once you are finished, so for every little issue with the campaigns you're making, I suggest posting them on the thread and make sure there's an unanimous agreement on it.
Also, set your standards high, a mod of METC's calibur only deserves campaigns that are rated at least over 4/5 in the blacksmith. Quality over Quantity, guys.
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[This message has been edited by magna gb (edited 03-24-2004 @ 07:26 PM).]