I don't believe I've ever talked about my experience with Lord of the Rings Online, but let's just say it was mostly pleasant and it is one of the better MMORPG's that I've played in the last six years. Soon after I stopped playing it, mainly because I hate paying that monthly subscription of $15, Lord of the Rings Online went free to play and it was one of the first big time MMO's to do so successfully. This MMO doens't do a whole lot differently than most of the other MMO's out there, but everything it does do it does really well and it has some fantastic recreated locations of Middle Earth. It's one of the few Lord of the Rings that has actually made me feel that theme. The game originally started with a big chunk of Middle of Earth, but there is still a lot that people have been really excited to see, like Rohan.

The first big expansion for LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online) was called Mines of Moria and it added that much wanted Dwarven ruins filled with goblins and giant tentacle monsters. It also added persistent legendary weapons to the game that leveled up with you, which I loved at the time and it was one of the things that kept me playing in that end game area. Since then they have added little areas every so often, but most recently they have added a sizable mini-expansion for Isengard, which added that area, a big new stronghold to conquer, the war based skirmish system and more. So they started with the Misty Mountains and have kept moving south since then. It would only make sense that Rohan would be the next expansion and after years of players claiming for glorious mounted combat, since horses are already in the game, Turbine Entertainment and WB Games announced the Riders of Rohan expansion back in February. Most recently they have added some videos of Rohan and revealed some of the details about the upcoming expansion, but before I go into any details take a look the first trailer for Riders of Rohan.