I don't think the new Lotr: Rings of Power show is going to bring any new players to the game. They have done quite a bit to move away from Tolkiens...
1-30 still doesn't make as much sense as 50+. We already have a lot of zones in 1-50 and can skip half of it at least. Just doing the epic as of book...
I think Steed XP, LI XP and character XP gains from quest/task completions and mob kills all have the same mechanics, although the multipliers could...