It looks like LOTRO’s latest expansion, Minas Morgul, will bring players back to The Last Alliance, according to a Q&A.
Summarized by Druidsfire on the LOTRO forums, the entire Q&A can be viewed here,
Watch Minas Morgul Dev Q&A Tybur, MadeofLions, SSG_RedPanda from LOTROstream on www.twitch.tv
Highlights of note include,
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Minas Morgul BR probably next week (next month, Tybur said, which starts next week)
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MM in cash market now, due in in-game store for points in March 2020. Xpac will be 2495 LP, stout-axes 1000 LP
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New instances will be proper instances, not resource dungeons, unknown if adding resource dungeons later
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Current plan: 3 3-person at release, a 4th 3-person might be the same or later
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A few weeks later, 3 6-person instances
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Shelob early next year
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Haven't finalized if or how much Light of Earendil will be used in new content
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No new Allegiance content
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No 50-120 Valar upgrade
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New 120 Valar (when available in the in-game store, will be 6695 LP just like current 105 Aria)
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Comes with 2 premade Second Age items (weapon and class item) pre-imbued with specific legacies up to a certain tier
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Trait points already set up, same as normally-leveled characters
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Still have to visit stablemasters (no word on hunter/warden ports)
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New virtue cap of 65 (120 Valars will get appropriate amount to match normally-leveled characters)
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Possibly 2 new class trait points
Check out the full notes here, or watch the entire Q&A above.