Mirkwood expansion - some hands on time!

I'm just back from a half day of Mirkwood expansion... well the official European press launch anyway, thanks to Codies fantastic Faya who invited 'team Krispy' along :)



I'm uploading images from our hands on playing - so lots to view in the gallery .

There's plenty new - one of the highlights being the all new 'skirmish system' - which is a repeatable, join anywhere, 1,3,6,12 person instances which do have a 'story' and are fully customisable and have random events!  You can even tune the difficulty leave - more risk, more rewards.  It's not about single drops during the skirmish - you receive skirmish points, which can be saved and swapped for nice rewards.  So you can complete many solo skirmishes and receive just the same rewards as someone who has enough friends to do the 12 man skirmish, which seems a nice feature.  Anyone from level 30+ can start skirmishing, and you can do it from ANYWHERE in middle earth.  You do have to take a tutorial first though.  Initially there will be 12 different skirmish 'scenarios' - but more will be added.

Also of note;
12 man super raid (you've got to see the badies you've got to face!),
3 and 6 person instances,
customisable 'soldier companion' for the skirmishes,
HUGE new multi area map. 
Mounts now learnt as skills, so more bag space freed.
Oh and the level cap is raised to 65 from 60.
Legendary weapons can now level to 60.
Legendary weapons level faster later on - less grind required.
Emotes and interactions while on horseback (you can sell and get/complete questions while still on hourseback)
New legendary weapon rune slot - which is CRAFTABLE ONLY!  (so crafters are useful again)
Crafting of 1st age legendary items (also more feedback on how it's going to turn out).
A lot of 'useless' legendary traits removed - as per feedback from community.
100's of new quests, and lots of new deeds.
WAR MACHINES - in some of the skirmishes you get to use war machines

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