Maybe I am putting too much into the "I hope you like the smell of salt water" comment made by Scenario....

That to me would indicate we're going to see some coastline in the (near?) future.

- Not going to be Grey Havens or Minhiriath based on other comments.
- Mordor and Nurn have no ocean or coastline anywhere near - although there is a lake, but that would not be salt water.....
- Harad isn't going to be either based on earlier comments..... but no one said it could not be CLOSE to Harad.

We're looking for a potential level 140 zone in Q2, followed by a level 150 expansion in Q4, or something along those lines. A zone that is not in the area of grey havens, and not close to Minhiriath, but has the smell of ocean water wafting in upon its potential shores.

Looking at the map, and based on comments from blue names.... there are not a lot of locations where we can smell salt water.

- South Gondor/Umbar. - Not yet Harad, so could be a candidate.
- The area directly west of Tarlangs Crown west of West Gondor - could be named "Anfalas" or "Andrast".
- It could also be Forodwadth, a frozen wasteland.... but maybe has a coastline, and a portion could form a link between Forochel and Angmar, with ocean to its northern shore. Back to the Lossoth?

Again, maybe I am putting too much emphasis on the "salt water" comment by Scenario, but to me that would indicate a coast line to the ocean, not an internal body of water. I guess technically the "Sea of Rhun" could be salty, but I do not know how the lore describes it..... But since it is called a "sea", perhaps that area IS a possibility. There is a LOT of space between the Iron Hills to the north, Mordor to the south, and the Brown Lands in Great River to the West.

There IS, if I recall correctly, a closed off gate or path in the Brown Lands that leads further east that has been there since the release of the Great River zone, so that would indicate plans to go there at some point in time, or at least there is a possibility for it.

So, salt water..... Sea of Rhun? Or is that just a big fresh water lake and we're going to the coastlines of Gondor (either west or south) that have not yet been explored?

I'm still thinking we'll be going south.... perhaps South Gondor with Umbar as a port city and hub. Where a potential level 150 expansion will go, remains to be seen but does not have to be connected in any way with whatever the next level 140 zone will be....