I remember how much I love 3rd age now that I've got over 100 hours on Warhammer total war! Good to see there's still a healthy community around this mod :)
Every time I think I've seen the ultimate battle, you come and top it. This siege was awesome, thank you so much for the fun! P.S. Dol Guldur is a pain for defending siege weapons, happens to me often that they just move without being able to fire.
really good video pixeleted : ) i like so much your video. continue like this i will continue to follow you. sorry for the my bad english but i'm italian XD. you are the reason why i started to play total war games thamks! :)
Hey Appollo, I really enjoy this series and the 1212AD videos as well, they're awesome and so cinematic. I look forward to seeing a new one every time it's definitely a highlight of my day. Keep up the amazing work!
Oh yea, Apollo. Not as large as this, but the big war thing you were talking about, with lord of the rings. It's called battle for middle earth mayn. Why does everyone forget that game :( The voice comms for this mod even come from that game!
This Replay was awesome, one of the best I've ever seen, thank you Apollo ! You played like an Elven Hero (and your ally too btw) ! But that f*cking catapult ! I spent half of the video screaming "Shooooot ! For godsake shooooot" it's unbelievable how bugged or lazy are those Elven engineers or catalpult crewmen :P Those catapult's remains were also a real pain ... so many shots wasted grrrr .... Great video, keep it up Apollo, I really like your channel and your comments about lore, tactics and stuffs !
Hi there! Something i'd really like to see in third age is a historical battle series with reversed roles of good and bad, for example: Helm's Deep Uruks defend, Rohan attacks, Rhun's cavalry come to save the defenders and trolls come instead of Ents. At Minas Tirith you have orcs defending agains't the hordes of Gondor, with rhunic cav coming instead of rohan and elven archer cav instead of Mumakils, instead of the ghost army coming to save gondor you have a swarm of nazgûls/black nümenorians/mumakils coming as the last ditch effort to save the defenders. I think it would be really fun to see!!!!!
Your videos are amazing, i really like your ThirdAge and Warhammer total war vids. :d I hope you get to 2M subs because you deserve it, I only found your channel out a few days ago, I watched your videos when I was bored cos my friends wouldn't play out. And I brought snacks. :d
Apollo, I love your channel, you provide such awesome battles with super good footage and angles too. P.S. Elven women are quite commonly soldiers, so saying that the Elves are fighting to protect their women and children doesn't make sense.
Apollo you're doing a great job !!! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS and i watchedd every single video since i joined you and i watched a lot the old ones too. Just everyone of them is beutiful battle action :) What about another "the many faces of apollo" video?! Would be greatGreetings from germany :')
I am wondering if you could won that battle if you haven't wasted two cav units at the beginning of the battle... or better, if you had chosen two infrantry units for the 2 cav units instead.
Pixelated. 45k to 30k is the default moneys that people put for a 3v2 siege. It is the best balanced "standard" that we have in the third age community and it is by far the most common.
um what! No that is not balanced. Maybe a 3v3 that would be pretty balanced. For a 3v2 siege I think 30k to 38-40k would be more balanced. Also it depend on what factions are in the battle
Good one, PA. If you'd have to do this one again, would you consider taking two units of horsearchers instead of the lancers? Or perhaps archers and/or a catapult? Personally I prefer more even odds as I tend to assume the defenders are going to lose anyway. But props for making it this close.
i'm agree with you, i feel more afraid from the archers than the infantry, i mean they could kill all my army since far away and they won't lost lothing, at least i have or a lot of cavalry that don't di before to arrive to them or have also archers. Again,awesome video, i love see your battles
Hey apollo i sent you replay of a game last night of helms deep elves just wanted make sure you got it and it was a really close and devastating battle!
Great video man! Like always xD, Apollo, do you know balista is great against trolls? It leaves them useless, you kill one almost every time they shoot, you should really try that out next time, greetings from Mexico!
Yeah, Apollo knows how catapults are dangerous in this map, am i right Pixie ? XD For those who has no clue what i am talking about, check battle - First to Strike on his channel ;)
0:30 How it is it not good to be an elf? It's always good to be an elf! They are immortal, wise, powerful and so much more perfect than mere men. Plus, when their body is killed, elven spirit wanders to aman and continues to live, residing in the Halls of Mandos. It's always worth to be an Elf, well at least in my opinion. :P
Hey Pixelated Apollo, your videos are truly amazing, i watch them 24/7 XD and I am getting third age right now but I have the medieval 2 total war kingdoms expansion pack from 2014, is that alright?
*SPOILERS AHEAD.* A couple points: 1.) No criticism whatsoever to army comp. All five players in this battle used the strengths of their faction to the fullest, and appropriately picked their units. However, I did notice two unit-specific mistakes. The Mordor players didn't save any trolls for the last choke point battle, which would have been incredibly helpful (not that it mattered much,) but the other mistake definitely matters. Had your Silvan Elf ally moved his catapult into a more advantageous firing position earlier on and stopped putting shot after shot into the destroyed catapult, I personally think that the outcome of that battle would have been quite different. He did a great job other than that game-changing mistake. 2.) Three things killed you in that battle: A.) The first thing that killed you was the weird troop formation at the center gate. Those Lindon longspears could've especially held the line longer in the right positioning because of how OP the pike animation is in Med 2. Because of that, t didn't hold as long as it could've, and that could've meant more first-line defenders could've made it behind the choke point before ... B.) The Olog-hai intercepting your retreating units was a disastrous setback. It was by no means your fault, but it was very unfortunate nonetheless. They could've held the line longer, but ultimately it wouldn't have amounted to much because... C.) By far the most disastrous event was the catapult bugging out. If more reserves made it back, that catapult firing would've almost guaranteed your victory. Even without them, that catapult was wrecking dreams while routing the orcs due to their relatively poor morale. Because it bugged, it turned a winnable battle into an inevitable defeat. 3.) As always, thanks for more Third Age! I really never tire of seeing this mod, and I'm appreciative you take the time to edit and upload these videos.
the retreat couldve been handled better and the trolls couldve been killed off way earlier by non flaming ballista ammo, but great battle overall. well fought
How silly did it sound when the music and audio would cut out and we would just hear Apollo talking specially when he was telling the swords men to retreat because they where just standing there
We really NEED Total War: Third Age the game.....I love this so much!
Pro trick: you can watch series at instaflixxer. Been using it for watching loads of movies recently.
@Solomon Beau definitely, I have been using instaflixxer for years myself =)
+Pixelated Apollo you are by far the greatest total war youtuber ever and my favorite youtuber, keep up the good work and good luck!!!
I love battles like these elite units vs hordes of orc great video man keep them coming love watching them after work to relax
will this mod ever get old.....think not. It's the best mod for a game ever! great video!
I remember how much I love 3rd age now that I've got over 100 hours on Warhammer total war! Good to see there's still a healthy community around this mod :)
Every time I think I've seen the ultimate battle, you come and top it. This siege was awesome, thank you so much for the fun! P.S. Dol Guldur is a pain for defending siege weapons, happens to me often that they just move without being able to fire.
really good video pixeleted : ) i like so much your video. continue like this i will continue to follow you. sorry for the my bad english but i'm italian XD. you are the reason why i started to play total war games thamks! :)
Thanks dude :D
+Pixelated Apollo I LOVE when you do videos with elves in it!
+Pixelated Apollo battle of bastards or we riot
+Pixelated Apollo btw your zodiac sign?
Wow the children will love to play on the red snow and some eat snow i hope they know that it's blood snow
23:20 That entire troll bit was hilarious! Seriously, your commentaries are top notch, Apollo!!
haha thanks man!
Hey Appollo, I really enjoy this series and the 1212AD videos as well, they're awesome and so cinematic. I look forward to seeing a new one every time it's definitely a highlight of my day. Keep up the amazing work!
do more life of a soldier
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I wake up im triggered,I take a shower im triggered,I put on my clothes im triggered
who?
I play total war i'm triggered!
I read comments im triggered
i fap im triggered
Its my birthdat im triggered
Right before the western gate battle started, that was a cool shot of all the arrows flying
The long time videos are the best ones!
Keep making videos you're awesome!
A fan from Belgium :)
Thanks dude!
Really good "Oh god you cant even see the ground any more" - battle.
Love your Third age commentary. Really great to see in my new vids!
Waiting for that Mount&Blade surprise ^^
lol You will know in about a week or so!
+Pixelated Apollo
....ok then but only week ... xD
And also this is norma Third age without submod?
yeah normal third age
Remember you have 167 hours ... kek
Wait, M&B surprise?!?
This was a great battle I couldn't tell who would win until the end
22:28 the trolls are yelling to the elves
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
Hehe get it
Pixalated Apollo whenever I watch your videos I always cheer for the Orcs Goblins Uruk-ai and Trolls.
Loved the question What to do when mordor surrounds you WAIT FOR ROHAN is the best answer ever!
Now we wanna see 2 armies of Mordor defending Dol Guldur against 3 armies of Elves :)
First thing I thought when he said he was in the battle.... He is on the losing team ;)
Oh yea, Apollo. Not as large as this, but the big war thing you were talking about, with lord of the rings. It's called battle for middle earth mayn. Why does everyone forget that game :( The voice comms for this mod even come from that game!
You were so close to winning. That was really close one. Great video.
This Replay was awesome, one of the best I've ever seen, thank you Apollo ! You played like an Elven Hero (and your ally too btw) ! But that f*cking catapult ! I spent half of the video screaming "Shooooot ! For godsake shooooot" it's unbelievable how bugged or lazy are those Elven engineers or catalpult crewmen :P Those catapult's remains were also a real pain ... so many shots wasted grrrr .... Great video, keep it up Apollo, I really like your channel and your comments about lore, tactics and stuffs !
Hi there! Something i'd really like to see in third age is a historical battle series with reversed roles of good and bad, for example: Helm's Deep Uruks defend, Rohan attacks, Rhun's cavalry come to save the defenders and trolls come instead of Ents. At Minas Tirith you have orcs defending agains't the hordes of Gondor, with rhunic cav coming instead of rohan and elven archer cav instead of Mumakils, instead of the ghost army coming to save gondor you have a swarm of nazgûls/black nümenorians/mumakils coming as the last ditch effort to save the defenders. I think it would be really fun to see!!!!!
Your videos are amazing, i really like your ThirdAge and Warhammer total war vids. :d I hope you get to 2M subs because you deserve it, I only found your channel out a few days ago, I watched your videos when I was bored cos my friends wouldn't play out.
And I brought snacks. :d
Trolls are not OP, right!🤣🤣 your commentary kills me dude never gets old!
apollo...dude... that thumbnail...just..just beautiful....epicness
"Okay so he is raming the gate...with his ram...which is what you do with rams" Ookaaay Mr Dimond City Radio
yes! been waiting for this :D its really good too been on the edge of my seat for most of the time
Apollo, I love your channel, you provide such awesome battles with super good footage and angles too.
P.S. Elven women are quite commonly soldiers, so saying that the Elves are fighting to protect their women and children doesn't make sense.
pretty sure there are no actual elven female 'soldiers' in lotr lore
+Tabasco Dragn actually it is
+Tabasco Dragn You just can't tell the difference.
It's like Dwarven women. You can't tell.
"get it? Because they all look the same?"
"We all look the same!"
Apollo you're doing a great job !!! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS and i watchedd every single video since i joined you and i watched a lot the old ones too. Just everyone of them is beutiful battle action :) What about another "the many faces of apollo" video?! Would be greatGreetings from germany :')
This is the most epic siege battle ever!
God damn, that was stressful to watch. Also, would've loved to have seen the kill count for your ally's catapult. That thing put in some work.
Needs to say the Treebeard line in his voice every time the catapult fires. A FINE HIT :D
I will so edit that in future battles
YESSS DO ITTTTT
I WILL LUV YA FOREVS
All of your videos Apollo are the best I've ever seen
nice vid pixal I love third age total war keep up the good work!!!😂
Awesome dude!!! Still missing the dwarves but this was awesome
I am wondering if you could won that battle if you haven't wasted two cav units at the beginning of the battle... or better, if you had chosen two infrantry units for the 2 cav units instead.
your the best pixelated apollo i hape you never quit you make mye day better
"Yep, all the Olog Hai are dead" - pulls back to look at a few hundred elves surrounded by thousands of orcs lol
Good defense! Very entertaining to watch
pixelated would you mind doing another third age ffa? Also, love your videos please keep them coming out!
This is an amazing battle. Awesome job!
lol 22:52 nobody told those guys the wheels fell off their catapult xD
Pixelated. 45k to 30k is the default moneys that people put for a 3v2 siege. It is the best balanced "standard" that we have in the third age community and it is by far the most common.
um what! No that is not balanced. Maybe a 3v3 that would be pretty balanced. For a 3v2 siege I think 30k to 38-40k would be more balanced. Also it depend on what factions are in the battle
+Pixelated Apollo What happened in that lionh earth battle what where thinking with so much skirmish cav when he had so many monster and heavy cav
+Pixelated Apollo do face cam and by the way love your videos
+Pixelated Apollo lol "30k to 38k-40k"
Ever thought of doing an Age of Empire 3 or 2 video?
Sucha cool game. But he mostly plays total war rip.
You hear about the battle of Dol Guldur, but it seems that they don't show the battle in the movies.
keep it up Apollo loving your videos and i wish i cold play with you on TATW one day
Good one, PA. If you'd have to do this one again, would you consider taking two units of horsearchers instead of the lancers? Or perhaps archers and/or a catapult?
Personally I prefer more even odds as I tend to assume the defenders are going to lose anyway. But props for making it this close.
i'm agree with you, i feel more afraid from the archers than the infantry, i mean they could kill all my army since far away and they won't lost lothing, at least i have or a lot of cavalry that don't di before to arrive to them or have also archers.
Again,awesome video, i love see your battles
Nice work Pixie ! Keep going ! We will always be with u ! Good luck !
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Okay! Just saying.
That's ok bro
hey guys its 3:45 in the morning in new Zealand and I'm still watching
This is a replay of the twitch stream and this is awesome
Hey apollo i sent you replay of a game last night of helms deep elves just wanted make sure you got it and it was a really close and devastating battle!
very good video apollo! can you make live battled from you like in older times?
Love your videos mate, keep it up!
i found you a few months ago this was the 1st vid i watched im watching again
Great video man! Like always xD, Apollo, do you know balista is great against trolls? It leaves them useless, you kill one almost every time they shoot, you should really try that out next time, greetings from Mexico!
I love these types of games especially Lord of The Rings.
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awsome battle.love ur videos man!
i remember watching this on your stream!
Life of a soldier please! That is one of my favourite series!
god bless us all when sauron one day has the idea of making arrowproofed orcs...
PLEEEEASE Do more things with the orcs and elves siege I LOVE it!!
Yeah, Apollo knows how catapults are dangerous in this map, am i right Pixie ? XD For those who has no clue what i am talking about, check battle - First to Strike on his channel ;)
Really enjoying watching you videos :)
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THanks dude :D
was amazing siege battle! was a heroic defeat for the elves
That was so painful to watch as your ally wasted the potential of the catapult
This reminds me of gondolin, my favorite video of yours.
Trolls just seem so op. I know that without them mordor may never break the lines but it's just those elite ones that may need reducing.
whew that choke point battle wouldn't have been so dreadfully long if mordor still has at least 1 troll unit.
just from watching videos on this game. I think that the trolls really are extremely OP
ah yes, its 2 am in the morning and im watching this nice stuff
make more elven vs what ever faction vids like this. a good siege with a close call end
I swear Apollo said I am in it so it is very close. Battles aren't close if Apollo isn't in them
no lol It means that Since I was playing in the battle, I know the outcome.
Lol funny
2:10 ahaha he hit a soprano note there ahah
0:30 How it is it not good to be an elf? It's always good to be an elf! They are immortal, wise, powerful and so much more perfect than mere men. Plus, when their body is killed, elven spirit wanders to aman and continues to live, residing in the Halls of Mandos.
It's always worth to be an Elf, well at least in my opinion. :P
10:29 Holy shit the guy on the left just did a pirouette!
Love all of your vids! Keep it up.
Thanks man!
Such a good battle keep on doing this goods and you'll cut your way though 1 m subs
Also pixie can you put your M&B content on RUclips as well
I love your videos, you caused me to buy medieval 2 total war
Nice dude keep up the great work!
Hey Pixelated Apollo, your videos are truly amazing, i watch them 24/7 XD and I am getting third age right now but I have the medieval 2 total war kingdoms expansion pack from 2014, is that alright?
Man the catapult was clutch
I like doing the little questions on these vids, and Apollo most of your knight will fight mordor :)
if its possible to have multiplayer battles in the Divide and Conquer submod you should deffinetly try it. There are loads more factions and units!
I loved this one like all the others lol thanks for the great videos apollo😀😊☺😆😄😃
*SPOILERS AHEAD.*
A couple points:
1.) No criticism whatsoever to army comp. All five players in this battle used the strengths of their faction to the fullest, and appropriately picked their units. However, I did notice two unit-specific mistakes. The Mordor players didn't save any trolls for the last choke point battle, which would have been incredibly helpful (not that it mattered much,) but the other mistake definitely matters. Had your Silvan Elf ally moved his catapult into a more advantageous firing position earlier on and stopped putting shot after shot into the destroyed catapult, I personally think that the outcome of that battle would have been quite different. He did a great job other than that game-changing mistake.
2.) Three things killed you in that battle:
A.) The first thing that killed you was the weird troop formation at the center gate. Those Lindon longspears could've especially held the line longer in the right positioning because of how OP the pike animation is in Med 2. Because of that, t didn't hold as long as it could've, and that could've meant more first-line defenders could've made it behind the choke point before ...
B.) The Olog-hai intercepting your retreating units was a disastrous setback. It was by no means your fault, but it was very unfortunate nonetheless. They could've held the line longer, but ultimately it wouldn't have amounted to much because...
C.) By far the most disastrous event was the catapult bugging out. If more reserves made it back, that catapult firing would've almost guaranteed your victory. Even without them, that catapult was wrecking dreams while routing the orcs due to their relatively poor morale. Because it bugged, it turned a winnable battle into an inevitable defeat.
3.) As always, thanks for more Third Age! I really never tire of seeing this mod, and I'm appreciative you take the time to edit and upload these videos.
I never feel to bad about elves dying because they just go to valinor, unless your Feanor
Great vid PIXEY!!!! I love u!!!!!
10:00 that guy in the green is going in.😁😎
the retreat couldve been handled better and the trolls couldve been killed off way earlier by non flaming ballista ammo, but great battle overall. well fought
15:19 trollapult
Wait Pixelated Apollo replied he's my favorite RUclipsr
How silly did it sound when the music and audio would cut out and we would just hear Apollo talking specially when he was telling the swords men to retreat because they where just standing there
34:09 that ballista went f##K physics
Third age makes this game 10 times better
really great video! keep it up!