I don't know if it's fair to call Mines of Moria a sleeper hit, but I know a lot of people have now turned their attention to Lord of the Rings Online because of the expansion, and I am hearing a tremendous amount of people giving it a shot.

To be fair, I've played this more than WoW since release and have yet to open up the EQ2 xpac box, so I guess that says something.

The two new classes really round off the character selection well, and honestly, it would be great if these were in from release. I'm very enthusiastic about this game going forward, from the plains of Rohan to the pirate infested coast of Harad and of course Mount Doom.

My real hope is that they break some new ground in the next expansion and implement the absolute best in mounted combat for Rohan.

It needs to be done to make this go head and shoulders over the competition. Mounted combat has historically been second best in MMO's. I don't just mean a few attacks, I mean tactical fighting, proper restrictions on movement and weaponry and a HUGE open pvmp area which will fit with the timeline very well. I can't stress how good this needs to be, as it should be core to their expansion.

Also with leveling, they introduced the fantastic concept of legendary weapons and how you can level them, they need to make this system work for mounts too. This would be absolutely brilliant if they can pull it off.

Great stuff so far Turbine, want to keep the pressure on you, now to listen to the podcast, thanks Massively!