Thread: Forth Eorlingas!

Originally Posted by Beleg-Of-Doriath

Sounds good so far. Just hope there will be something for PvMPers this time round.

Let's just say we haven't announced everything we have planned for 2012.

Originally Posted by Roberto_the_First

Both, according to Sapience

thx.

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Originally Posted by Roberto_the_First

Not the same things. I think you're reading more into that than was said.

It's from the press release, mate.

Great stuff, all around. Good job Turbine!

It would be great if you can keep up this new spirit of communication - customer relations is something that needs to be very strong. Kate we would love to hear from your more.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Let's just say we haven't announced everything we have planned for 2012.

I think you're giving people far too much hope.

Super pumped!

Can't wait.

I can't wait until the fruits of free-to-play start making it down the pipe!

Also, Coolest logo to date.



Edit to Add: I agree with OOWS; Kate, we would love to hear from you more.

Originally Posted by LeppardUK

I think you're giving people far too much hope.

I agree
its gonna be a tease to lure ppl im sure

When you can use your skirmish soldier in the open world for general questing, does that mean new content only or the whole world, including old quests?

Quite honestly I don't like the skirmish soldier too much, they are even dumber than Lore-Master or Captain pets. I wouldn't like to have difficulty adjusted in new contents to expect the soldier.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Let's just say we haven't announced everything we have planned for 2012.

Sorry Sapience. I dont want to say: dont belive you, but rly this cloudly informations kills me.
Many but many times before was many cloud informations about PvMP for PvMPers and many of them dont was realize.
I want see answer like this:

Yes or No.

Buy stronger mounts for mounted combat for only 5000 TP!!!

Originally Posted by Nereid

I’m very excited to finally be able to share with you some exciting news that we will be formally announcing today. This fall, we’ll be releasing our next major expansion, Riders of Rohan!

Great news! Please remember to hire a Beta-Tester before the major release though - I bet nobody wants to see the Draigoch fiasco all over again.

Originally Posted by Nereid

We can’t go to Rohan without introducing Mounted Combat, which will allow you to fight atop your new mount, the War-steed.

Am I right in understanding that we will need a unique steed for Mounted Combat? And normal horses will stay as they are?
If so, Turbine better put up all the 25$USD horses for sale before players realize that those horses will be more or less worthless.

Originally Posted by Nereid

While fall might seem like a long wait, there is much work to do, and many miles to travel before we arrive.

The wait for updates to PvMP seems to be slightly longer. Maybe in 2043?

Originally Posted by Nereid

We can’t wait to share more details with you as the year progresses.

Failure to communicate is why many players left already, hope you learn from your mistakes.

Originally Posted by Nereid

We think you’re going to be very happy with the all that 2012 is shaping up to be!

Will be an interesting year for sure, looking forward to all the fun to be had.

This all looks fantastic!! What about Tier 8 crafting?

Originally Posted by kedarid

This all looks fantastic!! What about Tier 8 crafting?

Tier 8??? I want Tier 19 crafting.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Let's just say we haven't announced everything we have planned for 2012.

Oh you tease....you've another Bird lined up for us?

Originally Posted by Beleg-Of-Doriath

Oh you tease....you've another Bird lined up for us?

Two birds, and another tree - in Hoarhallow.

Is there going to be anything to tie in with the hobbit movie release at the end of the year?

Originally Posted by sirwillow

Leveling up our war horse and equipping it? Is this going to be the LI mess all over again, or is it going to be done right, where we'll actually keep one horse the whole time and not have to keep replacing it?

I got a War Horse and it sank into the swamp of low lvls, so I got another. It sank into the swamp, so I got another. It got shot in the knee with an arrow, fell over, and sank into the swamp. So I bought another, and after 500 horseshoes of empowerment it finally stayed up.

Thought I'd throw out a quick set of links to some of the coverage and interviews we gave the press over the past week or so. Happy reading!

Massively.com
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01...maps-out-2012/

Zam.com
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=28838

Gamesradar.com
http://www.gamesradar.com/mounted-co...han-expansion/

MMORPG.com
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...n-in-2012.html

Gamefront.com
http://www.gamefront.com/lord-of-the...ombat-in-2012/

Eurogamer.com
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...mounted-combat

Try not to disappoint the pvp crowd too much. Otherwise looks interesting.
Edit: monthly store additions, just what I wanted to hear. Here's to hoping whatever is introduced to do wih mounted combat is a good enough system to exist by itself outside of the store.

Since I first read LotR many years ago, it was Rohan that I wanted to visit first - can't wait to see it brought to digital life (and sincerely hoping that the graphics team has a similar vision as I do).

I cant help but try to figure out the rest of the map tho, with The Hobbit coming this fall too, many are expecting a detour to northern Mirkwood, and we still have the Pelennor; I don't really see us reaching Minis Tirith for at least another 2 years.

I'm not sure about skirmish soldiers in the open world, mostly because several of them are pretty dumb - their AI needs a bit of work. I'm not sure if quests are meant to be duo'd by my character and the soldier, or if the soldier is there to help those who have trouble with landscape quests if the difficulty is set higher than what we saw with RoI. Guess we'll find out those details in due time.

Overall, the announcement brings a nice bit of excitement to a Wednesday morning.

It's so nice to see people on the forums excited again Looks like this is gonna be a busy year for LOTRO

We’ll also introduce the option to bring Skirmish Soldier along to aid you on your adventures throughout Middle-earth.

Option? Does this mean you're selling that option in the Store?

Originally Posted by Sapience

Let's just say we haven't announced everything we have planned for 2012.

The quote below is a very nice way of putting how a lot of PvMPers are feeling.

Originally Posted by Theandil

Sorry Sapience. I dont want to say: dont belive you, but rly this cloudly informations kills me.
Many but many times before was many cloud informations about PvMP for PvMPers and many of them dont was realize.
I want see answer like this:

Yes or No.

Speaking honestly, give PvMPers concrete information now because this teasing is only P!ssing people off. The PvMP side of the game has been stagnant since implementation, nearly all devout players are gone, leaving or have lost all patience and refuse to believe any sort of "hope" is coming for PvMP; tease or not I can't speak for everyone, but I honestly do not believe anything significant is coming for PvMP.

Why you don't fix more bugs before you introduce a new addon? Especially your support for european players is... so first try to make something of that better for YOUR players.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Let's just say we haven't announced everything we have planned for 2012.

hmmmm, guess this basically means no, just like other years

Originally Posted by RedlineJunkie

Level 85, awesome. And at almost twice the size of Moria, I may actually buy it from the web store instead of using stockpiled TP!
Any new classes this time around?

A Warden that works?

New classes? The "IWin." Heavy armour, top-tier DPS, group and self heals.
But you have to spend 3000000 TP to get it.

You left out the ten ton hammer article: http://www.tentonhammer.com/lotro/fe...iders-of-rohan

Mounted combat yeah !? Em not really personally i rekon it will be #### but i hope turbine can prove me wrong . Also can we have a finished expansion this time .

Originally Posted by Tangaar

Sapience any chance for new PVP region?or something anew about classes?both freeps and creeps

Originally Posted by Thorebane

This this this this this !

If I could make a suggestion....

Replace the existing Ettenmoors area with a new Anfalas area, south of the White Mountains, where the scenario could involve the (lore-consistent) coastal raiding that is attempting to prevent the full strength of Gondor from being gathered.

Possible new creep class ideas: Corsairs, Black Numenoreans / the Dead (may be a stretch, but Erech is fairly close by) as a caster type class

I am not a PvPer myself, but that seems quite interesting, and would seem a lot less like going backwards to the Moors.
South Gondor or Harad could be a future area, when the PvE circus moves on towards Mordor.

Alternatively, something better of your own devising.

Originally Posted by MechFierce

Speaking honestly, give PvMPers concrete information now because this teasing is only P!ssing people off. The PvMP side of the game has been stagnant since implementation, nearly all devout players are gone, leaving or have lost all patience and refuse to believe any sort of "hope" is coming for PvMP; tease or not I can't speak for everyone, but I honestly do not believe anything significant is coming for PvMP.

Serious question: If they did would you believe it? I wouldn’t blame Sapience he’s just putting out what he can and he should be commended for increasing interaction. That said, on the PvP side I wont believe it until I see it in game.

Fact is we have been told things before (mitigations have been fixed) and we know that it wasn’t true.

From the Zam.com article:

We’ll have the Eves of Fangron, and Amon Head, most popularly known as where the Fellowship broke up and one member died.”

http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=28838

I have to say I am excited about the skirm solider coming with you as you quest. Will be a big help I think with soloers. For me anyway.

In fact, Paiz and Mersky vowed that starting this year, players will be seeing LotROadopt Asheron's Call's monthly update model.

Best news in any of these threads, by far. But why are we hearing about a "spring update" instead of a February update?

Originally Posted by Thorgrum

Serious question: If they did would you believe it?

Probably not but that what happens when a company throws away its integrity. Trust is easy to lose and hard to win back.

Although I'm very excited about this new expansion and applaud their effort already, I can't help feeling worried...

Originally Posted by Thorgrum

Serious question: If they did would you believe it? I wouldn’t blame Sapience he’s just putting out what he can and he should be commended for increasing interaction. That said, on the PvP side I wont believe it until I see it in game.

Fact is we have been told things before (mitigations have been fixed) and we know that it wasn’t true.

There is a thin line between paranoia and good instincts.

My judgement is reserved only for myself, and I believe I qualify for the latter.

If concrete information is given I will take it at face value, I don't have a hidden agenda... I want the game... the company... to thrive. However, as you have said, any given information does not detract from their horrible PvMP track record.

I do think Kelsen is doing his best, but at every turn (update) he keeps getting screwed over. There is only so much one dev can do with an enormous system to update/overhaul (6 classes, quests, pvmp objectives, balancing, new map?).

Originally Posted by Nereid

This spring we’ll take our first steps along the path as we add another new region to the game and allow players to explore the shores of the Great River (Free for VIPs!).

I purchased Isengard in the IngameShop for TP and I'm VIP.
Is it free for me, too?

Originally Posted by ANewMachine

Best news in any of these threads, by far. But why are we hearing about a "spring update" instead of a February update?

We just did our January Update, Update 5.1, and Update 5.2 is coming and Update 6 after that. We're talking more about Update six because it has a new region that's free to VIPs.

Hurry up with the preorder page, Turbine.

Shut up and take my money!