User blog:Glflegolas/What I first expected when I got this mod...

Hello there,

Man, has it already been almost two and a half years since I first downloaded this mod? Hard to believe, isn't it? Here's what I first expected when I downloaded the mod:

Back when I first downloaded the mod, here is a list of what I expected:
 * No new dimension, just new NPC's/mobs that spawned in the Overworld.
 * Elves would spawn tree-houses in forests.
 * Dwarves could be found in the mountains.
 * Humans (either Gondorians or Rohirrim) would appear in plains. Rohirrim might ride horses.
 * Hobbits would spawn in hobbit holes, which would rarely appear in hilly plains.
 * Orcs would spawn in most biomes at night, and would always be hostile
 * Wargs might appear in more desolate biomes, again at night.
 * Some basic types of faction armour/equipment.
 * Weapons from the lore, i.e. Sting, Anduril, etc.

Here's a (very incomplete) list of what I did not expect:
 * A separate Middle-Earth dimension that was geographically accurate.
 * Gandalf.
 * Major structures, i.e. Minas Tirith, Helm's Deep, Orthanc, etc.
 * Barrel Brewing.
 * Invasions and Bandits.
 * Utumno.
 * Alignment, let along faction-based alignment.
 * Roads.
 * The beautiful mountain terrain generation, along with Biome Variants.
 * The ability to hire troops and farmers.
 * A totally revamped melee combat system, complete with weapon reach, attack speed, and knockback.
 * That any of my suggestions (Pine trees, Maple trees, Larch trees, and Fir trees, would be added to the mod.
 * That I would find all these awesome people on the Wiki.
 * That I would become a wiki administrator.

If you want to read the full story of my adventures within Middle-Earth, you can read them right here.

In short: This mod is awesome, and, to this day, it far exceeds any of my greatest expectations. Thank you, Mevans, for spending hundreds of hours of your free time -- with no personal gain -- to bring us this amazing mod.

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