Thought for the day.
lotro, melmoth, mmo, tftd, wow September 21st, 2009
The precedent has been set.
If Blizzard’s gamble pays off I wonder if Turbine will at some point scourge the Shire. It’s been mentioned that the new Skirmish mode of play to be introduced with the Mirkwood expansion will provide events that represent the beginnings of the scourge, but will it be possible for Turbine to go back and overhaul the starter areas to reflect the story? Would it even work as a concept? Granted it will be many a long year before the story of Lord of the Rings Online reaches that point, but already the hints are there that they intend to reflect the original story as accurately as they can, and perhaps it’s the case that Blizzard has helped them with this.
Or stolen their thunder.
Posted by Melmoth at
2:24 pm
September 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
It would be difficult to do this without breaking the story progression for new characters. I suspect that if Turbine do decide to implement the scourging of the Shire, it will be limited to instancing.
Perhaps as part of the Volume 6 Epic there will be a Chapter or two, or even a whole Book, devoted to helping to overthrow Starkey. At best I can imagine this taking place in a ‘Wall of Moria’ style instance containing just part of a reworked Shire.
September 21st, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I don’t think they’re allowed to do the scouring of the shire. They have the rights from the film, and that didn’t happen in the film?
September 21st, 2009 at 6:23 pm
They have the rights to the book, not the films. I think EA own the film rights.