Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor: Player-dependent actions

You can either defeat the member of the Sauron's Army...

I have stated at the beginning of this chapter that the actions and the events, involving the members of the Sauron's Army may be activated, as a result of the actions taken by your character, of without your direct intervention. At this page, we will take an look into the former. Each orc can be defeated, or killed, where in the case of Captains and Warchiefs this is not easy to do and often requires you to fight a demanding battle that would be devoid of major slipups. After the victorious battle, the member of the Sauron's Army always drops a rune (they have been presented on one of the following pages) and you receive Power points.

There are two categories of victories, against Captains and Warchiefs. If you have defeated the orc by draining his health bar, not necessarily does he have to die and you may have to meet him again, in the future. The only effective method to ensure the death of the orc is to perform the execution on him, as a result of which he is decapitated.

Note - do not hope to be able to kill all of the members of the Sauron's Army, because the killed ones will be replaced by new ones, with time. In spite of what it may seem, this is not an unwanted situation, because thanks to the new orcs, you get the opportunity to obtain new rewards for killing them.

...you may be defeated...

The enemy orc may also kill you, whether in the course of a flawed battle or... on your own accord. In one of the previous chapters, I have pointed out that there are no repercussions to Talion's death. Also, your character's death does not need to be a negative event. This is so because, the orc that kills you, gains in strength and is promoted in ranks, which in turn raises the value of the reward for defeating him later on. What I mean here are runes, which you will learn more about from the following pages of this chapter.

...or he may flee

Yet another outcome of the battle with a member of the Sauron's Army may be his retreat from the battlefield, after he receives enough damage. Also in this case, you can do one of several things, i.e. try to catch up with him and kill him, allow him to flee and learn how this will affect his position in ranks. It may happen that the orc will be demoted and replaced with another one, or even murdered by his kin.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

September 30, 2014

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