Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27200931-20170324041850/@comment-27200931-20170324160847

High King Ithilion wrote: The thing is, at the time of the Party the War wasn't beginning, Saruman hadn't attacked anyone, and Gondor had no strength. They don't fit the timeline.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 15:22, March 24, 2017 (UTC) We have to understand that the game isn't locked in Bilbo's party, and the more we play, the more the timeline goes forward, as it is registered by the in-game calendar. Of course in the lore the war only started some years after but we, the players, are new elements thrown in the middle of the story, and how can we measure the effects of our actions into Middle-earth? Maybe that raid you did yesterday on the Rohirrim sparked so much outrage and cries for justice that they decided to act before things got worse, thus starting the Revenge of the Rohirrim scenario. It's the Butterfly effect.

Or we could play a thousand of hours until we reach a suitable point of the timeline when these crazy scenarios can start to happen, but I bet Mevans doesn't want to spend time working on a huge feature that barely anyone will be able to enjoy. When possible, the lore should be compromised in favor of gameplay, and I believe this is the case this time.