The expansion focuses on the elves as they prepare an offensive to push back the armies of Sarong into a series of confrontations. What we are doing essentially, what the players will be involved in, is a distraction action to pull the eyes of Murder away from the Ring bearer, Campbell said. All the story-based instances are scalable to party size and difficulty; it is an entirely new layer to the already existing story and brings the conflict that embraces Middle-earth more into focus for the players. One of the instances shown took place in Bree and involved defending The Prancing Pony from a series of attacks designed to destroy the inn. Getting into a skirmish is relatively easy-all players need do is hit Control-J to pull up a list of options and then pick a skirmish to join. For participating, players will earn Skirmish Marks, which can be used to purchase a variety of rewards. There is also a Skirmish Trainer in the camps that can offer rewards. As mentioned this element adds another level to the game, and helps pull The Lord of the Rings Online gold to the forefront of a long list of MMOs.
