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Perhaps I am glowing a bit too much, but as a time-limited player who loves a good dungeon crawl but hates waiting for a full group to form, the scalable nature and randomization of these encounters makes me hope Turbine only has more in store for the system, like say tying all future books to it so that they can be Lord Of The Rings online money completed by any party size? The Skirmishes are intended to be a sort of side-feature to the main content in LotRO, but perhaps because of their newness I find myself doing more and more of them each time I log in. Addictive is the appropriate way to describe them.
The skirmish system also comes with its own mini-feature: The Soldier. Each player has access to their own soldier for use within Skirmishes only. They are intended to bolster the parties within the skirmishes to fill in any roles that might be missing or needed. Add in the fact that each player can customize their soldier abilities and even looks and you have what is effectively Middle-earth Pokémon. Some will laud it while others will loathe the feature, but since they're only for use within Skirmishes and not required, there is little to moan about.
