Quote Originally Posted by Theozor View Post
I did a little exploring with my guardian, leaving him as-is other than picking up some mithril coins to unlock stables. I only had a couple hours or so to check things out, but here's what I noticed so far:


  • There seems to be a lack of lvl 121-122 mobs and quests, at least that I could find from entering the new zones from either the east or west. (Maybe I just missed something.) Landscape mobs were in the 123-126 range except for one area where they were all 130. Not a huge deal for a guardian with maxed out LIs but it'd probably mean I would spend more time in existing zones before venturing near Minas Morgul on any of my other characters.
  • Locations of lvl 123 mob spawns in North Ithilien could be problematic. I saw multiple mobs spawning in the vicinity of the noxious blossoms for the lvl 105 herbalist daily given by Mithrandir, which would pretty well render that quest impossible for someone leveling through NI.
  • I enjoyed what I saw of Cirith Ungol.
  • The location of the Minas Morgul stablemaster gave me a scare. Good thing those elite trolls seem to have short aggro ranges.
  • Hooray to a lvl 120 shield crafting recipe. Boo to the same ridiculously high material costs as the previous crafting tier.
  • I was happy to not encounter any new places with shadow/LoE needed. I hope the rest is this way.
  • The stable route from Magh Ashtu to (I forget the name, it's the only one in the new zones with a travel route from there) bugged out on me. I didn't even get to the top of the hill leaving TU before my horse got stuck. I tried to submit a bug report but the form never loaded.


Overall I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. It certainly didn't give me the "I hate this" vibe Mordor did.
Questing for levels 120-123 seems to be in Mordor Besieged area - you get there by doing the black book.