One time we were thinking, what instances could they release for Riders of Rohan. Fighting the raiding parties that would attack the small villages and town of Rohan. Assaulting them with our fresh new warsteeds. Perhaps even hinder warg raiding parties on the unsuspecting caravan that just left Edoras.
The Hobbit movies were also in theaters, but since Turbine didnt have the rights to that book we couldn’t get any new Mirkwood or Erebor raids surely with an expansion called Riders of Rohan. We were 180 degrees wrong, The Road to Erebor was a 2 update instance and raid cluster focusing on different moments surrounding the Hobbit movies. Little did we know it would take 5,5 years before we stepped foot our self in the Hobbit regions.
Split releases 3-man instances
The expansion had two seperate updates with the small fellowships being released in december 2012 Each of these instances was a scaled instance that along with the skirmishes would be the way to get your gear for that expansion.
3-person: Iorbar’s Peak
The peak of Iorbar has the mountain giants and Dourhands attack you and an egg of the Great eagles. This always felt a bit out place, but it might be considered a pre-quel to Rohan if you’re familar with the quests in the Great River. A fun and not too hard or lenghty instance that made a great introduction to tier 2 and challenges.
3-person: Seat of the Great Goblin
We return to Goblin town after our adventures in the misty mountains and after the dwarves have left. We’re stopped by a dozen goblins and is that the Goblin king? Or is it the other one? Anarchy and opportunistic golbins made the halls their home. They are creative and make some nice cave-paintings about our favourite non-hobbit-hobbit. On the flavour and challenge this one feels right inbetween.
3-person: Webs of the Scuttledells
The webs are as Hobbit-flavour as they come. Feeling the menace of the spiders of Mirkwood and barrow wights as they captured the Malledhrim elves in their cocoons and graves. The first boss , his adds and grims need a different tactic for each group. And they really like to take you to the barrows on tier 2. The final spider isn’t that much himself, but the webs and cocoons he has spinned are too much for plenty a player.
History – alternative gearing (hytbold)
While hytbold isnt really an instance it replaced part of the where you could get your gear. For a good while most of your gear was made up of loose pieces. You would pick the armour or jewelry that was the best option for that slot. You didnt have to worry about maintaining a set-bonus. Slowly rebuilding the town of Hytbold where you would do dailies across Rohan for each faction. Earning tokens and reputation which would unlock a plethora of options that would on their turn unlock more and more.Going for a specific goal such new dailies, a resource instance or the main hall for barter options would greatly increase your gearing. Skirmish marks, hybold set armour or one of the rare first age shiny gold armour was available at your fingertips.
Waiting for the raids
The road to Erebor was long and you had to wait awhile for the 6-man and raids to be released. With an mmo you always know that a better piece of gear would be released in the new expansion that eventually comes along. But knowing that this would just be one update in the future was a bit quicker then some would like. Alts and deeds were to be found in every region and plenty of people took the calm before the storm to venture out into Middle-earth or other games. But don’t worry, the road to Erebor is just one day away
*Shorter then usual, but Update 22 timelines pushed this article forward. The raid and bells of dale will be posted tomorrow.
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