After the Ring melts?

[Palantir]

So, psychotic little Frodo Baggins :freak: kicks poor innocent Smeagol :halo: off the overlook at Mt. Doom and into the bubbling lava below. :skull:

The One Ring melts :banana:, Sauron bites the big one :hissyfit: and Frodo sails off :ciao: on a all inclusive cruise :drink: to the West to the land of endless elf-madiens :hail: leaving everyone else behind in Middle Earth to get old and die. :curse:


Now where should Turbine take LotRO if anywhere?
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[Redwolf]

Aragon's evil son turns into a tyrant.

 

[Philippe_at_bay]

"Endless elf-maidens" ?

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Now where should Turbine take LotRO if anywhere?

East of Rhun, naturally.

I've been wondering about this myself. I guess they could play out the "epic" storyline indefinitely and just never get to Mt. Doom; I would have no hardship with that but it would be unsatisfying to many.

However, looking at my Middle Earth atlas, I note that the Shire shifted considerably in geography between the hobbits leaving, and the "scouring". Will the entire game environment at some point change for all players? Will you get booted to a different server once you advance the epic storyline from "pre-Mt. Doom" to "post-Mt. Doom" in order to participate in the scouring of the Shire?

There are possibilities there. Two Middle Earths, in effect. An epic storyline, in reverse, in which the hobbits come home, scour the Shire, the elves leave Middle Earth, Men rule M.E. once again, etc. Which could open up to explorations east of established M.E. geography.

You would then have the possibility of entire new epic storylines as well once that was completed. You know how Men hate to get along. And rounding up all the orcs and assorted beasts in the world - would it be so easy as snapping fingers?

Lots of possibilities.

 

[Palantir]

"Endless elf-maidens" ?

Do you know how many "High Elf" maidens there would be in Valinor after untold Ages of peace & prosperity?

 

[Philippe_at_bay]

Ever contemplate the Malthusian implications of deathless Elf-maidens that don't grow old and have normal sex drives? Fortunately for Middle Earth Tolkien was English and very old-fashioned.

Clarification: By 'normal' I mean that they don't lose interest after a couple of hundred years.

 

[Palantir]

Tons of Elf children born in Valinor?

Well- based on the named Eldar familes Tolkien listed those in Valinor did have a lot of children while those in Middle Earth had very few if any.

In Valinor: Feanor had 7 sons, Finarfin had 5, Fingolfin 3. Interestingly each of their children once back in Middle Earth only had 1child each (if any).

In Middle Earth: Elrond (half-elven born in the First age) had only 3 children in 3 Ages. Galadriel (who was born in Valinor) had in an unknown number of ages just 1 daughter (wife of Elrond).

For some reason Tolkien held down the number of children in M.E. while "blessing" those in Valinor with many. So I would guess after untold ages that Valinor was overrun with maidens. I'm sure even Gandalf smiled when getting off the ship.


So what ideas & direction for the game does anyone else have for after the Ring has a major meltdown?