Quote Originally Posted by sapienze View Post
You are correct. It doesn't have to be the same time frame in Middle Earth. There is a very compelling draw to any Tolkien material for those who enjoy his stories. Its only those players here, who have roosted in this slice of the time line due to being comfortable with this LotR creation, who will deny any possibility another world in time might exist which can become compelling. It is up to SSG to decide what they can do with the time they have left.

I am sure that more than 90% of the people who have ever played this game, even remotely attracted to the story, will try a new MMO representing the same universe.
If they don't go with same time frame, why Athlon have picture on their site with Gondor, Rohan and other places from current time frame?