Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27200931-20170320042830/@comment-26172435-20170320130605

Dragonovith wrote:

AlteOgre wrote: The Nether is not part of the gameplay environment provided hy the mod. I see no reason to put effort in this. Of course, it will be convenient to those who feel not objected by making the Nether part of the mods gameplay, but I simply don't think such should be supported, rather not enabled at all.

Same holds for the Overworld, one could say, so why Elven and Morgul Portals? These had initially been an indispensible addition just to enable players to enter Middle-earth. Sadly, they're still required for many servers so they cannot be disbanded. Disbanding those portals would be a serious risk for the mod anyway, a risk of draining the pool of potential users. Actually, the Elven and Morgul portals are used to go from Middle-earth to the Overworld, not the other way around (that's what the Ring portal does). The Overworld is also not part of the gameplay environment provided by the mod, yet the means to get there are available. I understand that removing then would be a pretty bad idea for the reasons you mentioned of course.

But why exactly you don't like the Nether portal idea? The Nether is not part of the mod as it is not part of the world of Tolkien. The LOTRmod aims to bring Middle-earth to Minecraft, not Minecraft to Middle-earth.