What concerns me is that this was posted in September, there have been two massive updates since (if you include Roheryn's beta Book 12), and there's no sign of anything remotely like it coming. (Which is basically what was promised by the Dev back in the fall, so doesn't really come as a surprise. Just a disappointment.)

This is a stellar idea, fleshed out, thought out, eminently reasonable, fully in keeping with the spirit of LOTR and community-building. It would be such a great addition to the game.

I'm trying to keep my grumbling down. I know to each his own. But jeez, I would have given an arm for something like this as opposed to more PvP and fighting Balrogs. I guess it's small wonder the taverns are empty when you can go kill a Balrog: Morgoth's own creatures of shadow and flame, one of which killed -Gandalf-, immortal heavenly spirit and keeper of one of the Elvish rings. Killed him. And yet now a raid can bring one down. What's next? In Book 13 will we be able to kill a Valar? Why not Uru himself? I'll bet he has some -SICK- drops.

Seriously, Turbine, think outside the box. Please! Levelling and getting shiny armour and promoting bash-fests between toon warriors, and killing bigger & bigger bosses is so.... ordinary. Middle-Earth is anything but ordinary.

- Harry
Aethelberht, Hobbit Burglar Level 36
Hoping to come out of holding pattern some day. Just don't make me kill more boars.