Turbine has announced that the next patch for its MMO, Lord of the Rings Online, is scheduled for release sometime next week.
The exact date of the patch will be announced "as soon as the schedule is firm". The relatively small update, Book 7 Patch 2, features the new Quest Guide system, which is now finally out of beta. Players will find the system is turned on by default, but it can be toggled off in the options panel in UI settings.
New raids, class updates, festivals and more are on the calendar.
Now this makes me feel old! I remember playing the beta while I worked at Gamestop. I honestly didn't even know this game was still online! A quick search showed that it's even F2P now, so I may check it out for nostalgia's sake.
I only subbed at launch for 1-2 months bc I was already caught up in WoW at the time. I love the LotR universe though and would like to see how it's being handled these days.
Before the Shadow is the latest expansion to the still-thriving MMORPG, Lord of the Rings Online, introducing new regions and mechanics.
From MMORPG: "Some Lord of the Rings Online players may have been aware of an unofficial rogue server project that was set to release this month called Echoes of Angmar. Aiming to create a true vanilla version of LOTRO, trait lines and map-less Old Forest and all, the server ran the real risk of drawing legal ire down on its head because of the unlicensed use of a very much still-operating and still-in-development MMO.
PLAY LOTRO FOR FREEAnd in fact, the Echoes of Angmar’s team received a cease-and-desist letter from Middle-earth Enterprises today demanding the cessation of all work and operation: “It is thus with a heavy heart that we must ask that you immediately cease all of your unauthorized use of Echoes of Angmar, and all other Tolkien-related IP on all platforms.”
It's quite interesting that they call their patches and version numbers pages and books!
How many people still play LotRO btw?
I'm very positive to the game, it's not an insult or anything =P
I heard LOTRO was the 2nd most popular MMO out there at the moment, looks like it's doing well ^ ^
I love LOTRO!!!
I hope the rumours end being true that Turbine is working on a console version of LOTRO!!!
Doesn't seem like that major a patch. Still, I daresay the LotRO players will love it.