So I have to say that Book 7 has brought a hell of a lot more than I antic­i­pated. While I’m sure every­one will argue over alter­ations to their indi­vid­ual classes, I def­i­nitely can’t bring myself to say that Tur­bine has skimped here. They’re con­tin­u­ing to set the stan­dard for con­tent updates as far as I’m con­cerned, even if some­one will always unfor­tu­nately remain disappointed.

I fig­ured I’d talk a bit about things that caught my eye. You can also read the full notes to see how your class is affected (I’ve largely ignored that here as I’ve not played them all and don’t nec­es­sar­ily know what’s impor­tant) and what else might be hap­pen­ing in Mid­dle Earth. It’s long, so get some­thing to drink! A lot of what I note is from their high­lights, which per­son­ally I was most inter­ested in as a more “casual” player.

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