Quote Originally Posted by Valather89 View Post
It would feel a bit weird for this new connecting area to not be designed for low level players (around level 15), since, swift travel aside, elves and dwarves would have to traverse this zone to get to the Shire and Bree-land, where the main plot starts. It would be strange for poor travellers to suddenly find level 40 goblins near the road so soon in their adventures . Maybe with an early 2000s game design, but not in 2022.
They have in the past tucked a few locations which harbored a cluster of enemies that were higher level that the overall zone, the ruined stone buildings to the NW of Weathertop in the Lonelands for example. Perhaps the connecting area here could be higher than starter level but have lower level enemies just along the road. This would allow reasonable movement for the new characters without limiting the rest of the zone.