Posts tagged The Lord of the Rings Online

In our first Wayback Wednesday of 2013, we take a look at Lord of the Rings Online, a perennial favorite around here. Rob takes a look at a few parting goodies the team let out there before heading out for the holidays. Find out what's in store for LOTRO players as 2013 gets underway. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

In the twitter Q&A, the team consisting of Aaron Campbell, Lead Systems Designer Matt Zimmitti, World Designer Matt Fahey, Senior Content Designer Lauren Salk, Senior Content Designer Joe Barry, and Sapience (aka Community Manager Rick Heaton) fielded 25 questions that were submitted to them by users containing the hashtags #LOTRO #DEVCHAT.  One of the most pressing questions was the first one received from fans. “How do you feel mounted combat has been received?” 

Read more of Rob Lashley's Lord of the Rings Online: Wayback Wednesday: LotRO Galore.

Riders of Rohan news from Kate Paiz, Executive Producer   We’ve had a very successful Beta program with some of the largest and most active beta player populations we’ve seen since Moria. The amount and quality of  feedback on our largest expansion ever has been fantastic.   Thanks to some great efforts from beta players, we’ve identified issues that we think need to be addressed before we can launch. In order to address those issues and meet our expectations for quality we’re going to need more time. As a result, we’ve elected to delay our launch to October 15th.   We understand that many players have been looking forward to joining us in Rohan as soon as possible and will be disappointed by this news. As a token of our appreciation for your patience we are granting a gift to all pre-purchasers of Riders of Rohan.   We thank you for your feedback and patience and hope to see you all in Rohan in October.     As a result of the delay, players who have pre-purchased The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan will receive 500 Turbine Points and a goodie bag of consumables. Points will be awarded More >

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment unveiled today The Lord of the Rings Online™: Riders of Rohan™, the latest expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine. Riders of Rohan expands the online world of Middle-earth where players join forces to ride into the Plains of Rohan. Riders of Rohan launches in the Fall of 2012 with an increased level cap, the vast plains of Rohan including iconic locations such as Amon Hen and Fangorn Forest, the new Mounted Combat system and much more!

  Adventuring never looked this good! From February 9th to the 16th it’s Fashion Week here in LOTRO. Pull out your finest fabrics and make sure to participate in these various community and in-game events.     Is your wardrobe to die for? Do you have a closet that would put most celebrities to shame? Well, break out your finest ensembles for our Fashion Screenshot Contest! We’re looking for this year’s hottest styles and you won’t be judged solely by the Community Team. This contest features two special community awards – one handed out by our team of fashionistas, and the other by the community itself.     Make sure you’re color coordinated between February 10th and 12th, because our resident Fashion Maven will be walking the many trails of Middle-earth. If you’re spotted in-game by her, you might win the coveted title of “The Fashionable” if you can impress this discerning maiden. Wear a fashion faux pas in front of her, however, and you might be known as “The Eye-sore.”     Be sure to check the lotteries frequently during Fashion Week! Fashionable items of gold and silver plus cosmetics of all types will be found in random lotteries More >

The full list of patch notes for The Lord of the Rings Online's Rise of Isengard expansion, which launches tomorrow, are now available.

The new expansion introduces three new regions (Dunland, Isengard, and Gap of Rohan) to the game replete with hundreds of new quests and deeds (including a new Book quest) and even bumps the level cap to 75. Players who make it to Isengard's endgame can look forward to a Tier 1 and Tier 2 raid against the dragon Dragioch, where they may be rewarded with new  second age Legendary Item rewards and raid-level crafting recipes.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Ries of Isengard is currently available for pre-purchase in three different configurations: Legendary, Heroic, and Base. The editions are priced at $49.99, $39.99, and $29.99 respectively. Find out more about what each edition offers here.