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The job has finally been done and Two-blade Pete is no more. It’s a shame that stopping a local thug from filling a city’s water supply with poison has resulted in the death of a close friend, but the world is a little cleaner after the brawl in a local pub finished him and all his horrible schemes. This leaves only one option: you must move on, deal with your grief and continue to help the world as best as possible. Along the way you’ll see many things in Guild Wars 2; meet lots of people, but the people you saved from poisoning will never forget you, and the deeds you’ve done will always be spoke of.  You’ll be moving on soon enough, but first there are still people that need your help in Divinity’s Reach and, for now, it’s worth staying put.

Riders of Rohan, the latest expansion for Lord of the Rings Online, has been released, adding a whole load of new features. While we’re going to be taking a closer look at that over the next few weeks, I thought this would be a good opportunity to remember past expansions, in the same way we examined the expansions for World of Warcraft when Mists of Pandaria was released. We’ve already seen what has been added in Riders of Rohan, but how has the game evolved since its initial release in 2007? The world of J.R.R Tolkien has become far more open to exploration, but the gameplay has been fixed and improved upon as well, time and time again. How does Riders of Rohan measure up? Let’s find out.