Certainly LotRO has some massive zones but within a country dedicated to the art of horse riding, it seems only reasonable that it should have some of the widest, longest zones in the game. Obviously they can be too large, for fear of travel time that takes well.
What is important about the addition of a wide, expansive land in LOTRO Gold is that it appeals to a wholly under served type of MMO player: the explorer. An open and vast country like Rohan offers an almost wild west kind of appeal. It is an untamed land that begs for exploration or at the very least travel.
I have mentioned PvP and the open lands of Rohan, which brings us to the inevitable discussion of open PvP. To do this, however, Turbine would need to readjust its method of creating a PvP character - potentially making it more robust. While I do not claim that such a change could be preferable, I do know plenty of people who would become considerably more interested in LotRO if it were to expand the monsters side of play into something, well, more.
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