Belefriends Raids / Minastir i Armenelos

Massively got a chance to sit down with Adam Mersky and Aaron Campbell to chat about the next couple of updates coming to Middle-Earth. Check out the full article, but I did want to cherry pick a few items:

* Update 3
o 2 Skirmishes in Dol Dinen (Levels 30-65) and Forochel (levels 40-65) both with jewelry and armor rewards
o 2 Instances Inn of the Forsaken (levels 20-65) and Halls of Night (levels 40-65) with new armor, weapons, a pocket item, and cosmetic items.
o The cryptic treasure hunt
* Rise of Isengard
o Level cap bump to 75 (not 70 like initially announced)
+ Including new class skills and crafting improvements
+ This leads me to believe we may have some considerable class advancement (or maybe hope is a better word)
o 3 new regions (Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Isengard) in total will be larger then Mirkwood in terms of content. So they may be physically smaller but with more stuff to do, or just bigger in both ways :) (Thanks @Sypster for clarifying this for me)
o The upcoming battle scope is still a challenge, but something they’re working on
o the new raid is confirmed to be a 24-person raid and not a 12-person like initially thought
o Mounted combat has reached the prototype stage
o An interesting clarification – Turbine only has the rights to the Trilogy and NOT the Hobbit, however Warner Bros. who owns Turbine does have those rights. In short, Turbine isn’t looking at the Hobbit currently.
o Some other random teasers but nothing else solid or confirmed.

Head over and check it out as I’m sure you’ll all pick up on different things then what jumped out for me.