0Description The
Lord of The Rings - Battle For Middle Earth update patch 1.03 contains
new maps, performance enhancement and includes a number of game fixes.
ADDED
NEW MULTIPLAYER MAPS
Northern Ithilien
Black Gate
Eaves
of Fangorn
ADDED COMMUNICATOR
By
hitting Ctrl+Enter anywhere in the Online Menu, even in an online
match, you can bring up the new communicator. This utility will let you
add, remove, and chat with users that you choose to make your friends.
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
SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN FIXES
Osgiliath
- Eye of Sauron is not halted when attempting to cross the center of
level's three bridges from either side
Minas Tirith -
destroying the Citadel on the second level of Minas Tirith will no
longer destroy all your farms
Good Amon Hen - you begin the map
with all the heroes under your control and the second half of the map
will now load
Evil
Cair Andros - If you beat this mission and then load a Living World
save immediately after Osgiliath, unavailable maps will no longer be
available
Siege Towers can no longer path find to the top of
the second level castle walls at Minas Tirith
Bonus objective
"Ensure Treebeard survives" can now be completed if Treebeard is revived
In the single player campaign, neutral base sites are no
longer visible through fog of war
SKIRMISH/MULTIPLAYER
FIXES
Eye of Sauron can now move through castle walls
In
a skirmish match a Cave Troll will now engage the player or AI
Cavalry
banner units no longer kill infantry instantly when trampling over them
Ballistas
no longer get stuck in multiplayer map Emyn Arnen if an Isengard
Seigeworks is built in the center outpost on the top right plot
Game
no
longer freezes when hitting escape key and pressing either the mouse
scroll wheel or right mouse button as camera begins to spin when the
player wins a map
Units and Heroes will now gain rank points
for destroying a Gondor Marketplace
Resources can now be gained
from splash damage kills
Horse mounted units no longer get
caught on top of castle walls when a castle is being built