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[ To go over the pros and cons I see here... Defenses Curtain Walls Pros There are a total of eight walls protecting Minas Tirith, starting with the Rimas Echor. The outer wall is mostly a delaying tactic, but it is an important one. It allows Minas Tirith possibly days of even weeks of...

Minas Tirith perhaps, but Helm's Deep was I think just a small keep. Probably only had a small garrison. This looks like a similar sketch in style to Helm's Deep, but for Minas Tirith.

Well, on the face of it, it's not a bad fortress. It depends on how it was built. If they built the inner wall and the keep first, then the outer wall, and then the Deepening Wall, you can see why there would be flaws. These were added on later and hence not entirely well thought out. Of course...

Well, this is certainly a much better keep. Cons The outer walls and the inner walls are too far apart. It's basically a free stroll from one gate to the other. It's best to create a sort of maze, both to maximize firepower for the defenders against the invaders, but also to stall the...

Well, I had a similar memory of it, but looking back... A couple things come to mind. 1) The orc commander would not have been able to know the sheer size of the host that the King Theoden had brought with him. The only idea the commander could of obtained was by their formation. He might...

And I would have to disagree with that. Utilizing direct fire is not the problem here. The problem is when you do it with infantry ranks directly in front of you. The elven archers fired through the gaps of the heads of the front ranks. Regardless of what you think of elven archery skills, just...

While interesting, I somewhat doubt that's really something to make a big deal out of. In this case, I expect that it's more of an aesthetic change. And it's probably easier to make fake plate armor that looks better than fake mail that looks passable without resorting to things like knitted...

Well, in that particular battle, I believe that it were the mounted Rohirrim against infantry. And since they were a hunting party, they probably didn't have any of the heavy gear for war; no shields or spears or pikes that might have made a difference in that encounter. Adding to this is the...