Thread: Update 6 Live Monday!

As per Sapience in this thread. Thanks to a 3rd party website for leaking the tease and Sapience for 'defending' them. He he.

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.p...95#post6031595

Originally Posted by Elrendos

As per Sapience in this thread. Thanks to a 3rd party website for leaking the tease and Sapience for 'defending' them. He he.

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?448370-Turbine!-your-awesome!!!!!-Im-not-kidding.&p=6031595#post6031595

Thanks for the heads up! +Rep

Guess it pays to poke and prod Sapience sometimes, eh? He he.

+Sapience, Can you tell us whether the Great River will be in the lotro store for immediate purchase at u6 launch or if there will be a short period of VIP exclusivity?

Also the final prices of The Great River, and the Premium Barter Wallet.

Originally Posted by Crell_1

+Sapience, Can you tell us whether the Great River will be in the lotro store for immediate purchase at u6 launch or if there will be a short period of VIP exclusivity?

Also the final prices of The Great River, and the Premium Barter Wallet.

Everything will be available at release. I don't have final prices but they should be the same (or slightly lower) than what's currently on Bullroarer.

The Great River is free to VIP's with Update 6 though... correct?

Originally Posted by Elrendos

The Great River is free to VIP's with Update 6 though... correct?

Correct. The quest pack is free for as long as you remain a VIP.

And quick clarification on costs.

Wallet upgrade will be 995TP
Quest pack will be be less than the 895TP currently shown on Bullroarer. I don't know how much less.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Correct. The quest pack is free for as long as you remain a VIP.

And quick clarification on costs.

Wallet upgrade will be 995TP
Quest pack will be be less than the 895TP currently shown on Bullroarer. I don't know how much less.

Cool. So a couple of months of VIP and I should be able to get the Wallet upgrade. Thank you for the clarification, Sapience!

Originally Posted by Sapience

Everything will be available at release. I don't have final prices but they should be the same (or slightly lower) than what's currently on Bullroarer.

Thank you for the prompt reply.; My TP stash will be hurting come Monday morning.

Edit: And woah. lowered pricing details while I'm posting.. Woot.

Awesome! This is just in time to start my spring break. Guess I know what I'll be doing all next week.

Originally Posted by Cithryth

Awesome! This is just in time to start my spring break. Guess I know what I'll be doing all next week.

Grr. I miss being in School or working in the Educational field. He he. Its been a good 10 years since I've had any form of Spring Break or Summer Vacation. Have a good week of gaming though! Good time to test all the new content out. I may take next Friday off and have a nice long weekend.

Yay cant wait!

Wow this is much sooner than I had expected!....awesome news

Gratz on the release. From start to finish turbine kept the info flowing and engaged with the community. Its easy to slam when they dont do something, but its equally important to acknowledge when they keep their word.

Gandalf the White ?!?! Pic 2!

Originally Posted by OnyxSoulbane

Oh goodie. Cant wait to see all the wonderful surprises next week. Wondering whats gonna get broken now........

Well, on Bullroarer there are places all over the map where you suddenly stop running for a couple of seconds. I /bugged a few; don't know if they'll have fixed them or not.

As for surprises, not categorized under broken, wait till you see the spiders with level 72K and 145K Morale.

(No, I did not fight them.)

Off Topic : Why does Gandalf the White have the same staff as Saruman?
http://massively.joystiq.com/screens...reat-river/#/2

Excited for the update, hope my saved TP is enough.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Correct. The quest pack is free for as long as you remain a VIP.

And quick clarification on costs.

Wallet upgrade will be 995TP
Quest pack will be be less than the 895TP currently shown on Bullroarer. I don't know how much less.

Just how important or necessary is this wallet ?. I don't intend to buy one but I"m curious.

Originally Posted by Khallan1706

Just how important or necessary is this wallet ?. I don't intend to buy one but I"m curious.

Neither, really. It just frees up a ton of inventory space. I don't quite play enough anymore to warrant the purchase, but if I played regularly, I'd be more than a little tempted.

Originally Posted by Thorgrum

Gratz on the release. From start to finish turbine kept the info flowing and engaged with the community. Its easy to slam when they dont do something, but its equally important to acknowledge when they keep their word.

Agreed. Thanks for all the updates, words of wisdom and just retaining a presence on the forums Turbine. Gives a warm and fuzzy feeling to know someone out there cares

Wonder if this means the Spring Festival will be starting then as well?

YAY something to look forward to on my non main girl. <3 Thanks!

Aww man... monday?! I've never been dissapointed learning of a LoTRO release date before but, but, but... Mass Effect 3!? I don't even get my CE until tomorrow!

So not fair... I'm so going to get divorced.

Yes!

I just finished farming an extra 1000 TP for SotGR!

Glad the update is close, but I hope they tweak audacity.

As it stands, healing is crazy over the top in PVP.

Originally Posted by ddave

Yes!

I just finished farming an extra 1000 TP for SotGR!

Lucky you I'm good on my Lifetime account but on my Premium I have.........33TP Guess I better get busy.


ISO - Quick TP farming secrets

For God's sake fix hunters.

Originally Posted by Thorgrum

Gratz on the release. From start to finish turbine kept the info flowing and engaged with the community. Its easy to slam when they dont do something, but its equally important to acknowledge when they keep their word.

I have to agree. Very NICE! Keep up the good work!

hmm...interesting

I'm really excited about the update coming out Monday. That's the first day of spring break for me, which I chose to spend on campus (so I will have access to a high speed connection). Granted I am nowhere near reaching this area, but I have a full week and a few extra days to play my little heart out between bouts of schoolwork. And since I've been saving up TP for something (not sure what that is), I will probably look into getting the upgraded wallet.

Originally Posted by Sapience

Correct. The quest pack is free for as long as you remain a VIP.

And quick clarification on costs.

Wallet upgrade will be 995TP
Quest pack will be be less than the 895TP currently shown on Bullroarer. I don't know how much less.

Although wallet upgrade is controversial thing I must say that both things are well priced, and big Thank You for the very informative news.

I am quite perturbed that this update is coming so soon. Wardens just lost most of their AOE aggro ability, and our aggro swapping tool. How on earth do they expect us to tank Lightning wing on tier 1 or 2 with no Aggression??? Sure we get an all new highly survivable Warden, but how will we be able to keep those defenses up when we have to spend most of our time building aggro.

I wish they'd just wait until they fix Wardens before they release U6. Unless at the very least Aggression goes back to what it was Pre-U6, Wardens will be almost worse off than before, especially in Swapping Aggro.

It appears Turbine really does not like Wardens.

[rant off]

If I didn't play a Warden, I'd be really excited about this.

~Rae

Originally Posted by Varenthor

I am quite perturbed that this update is coming so soon. Wardens just lost most of their AOE aggro ability, and our aggro swapping tool. How on earth do they expect us to tank Lightning wing on tier 1 or 2 with no Aggression??? Sure we get an all new highly survivable Warden, but how will we be able to keep those defenses up when we have to spend most of our time building aggro.

I wish they'd just wait until they fix Wardens before they release U6. Unless at the very least Aggression goes back to what it was Pre-U6, Wardens will be almost worse off than before, especially in Swapping Aggro.

It appears Turbine really does not like Wardens.

[rant off]

If I didn't play a Warden, I'd be really excited about this.

~Rae

I haven't really been following the Warden changes on BR (even though my main is a Warden, lol). What exactly is changed with Agression? I read about War Cry not doing as much threat... and now the longer gambits are the ones that do more threat... but what did they do with Agression?

It's a shame VIP player's are losing another benefit. Nice cash grab Turbine!

Might it actually be not Gandalf but one of the Blue Wizards... ?!

Originally Posted by aardnebby

It's a shame VIP player's are losing another benefit. Nice cash grab Turbine!

I'm curious, what benefit are VIPs losing?

Originally Posted by Sapience

Correct. The quest pack is free for as long as you remain a VIP.

And quick clarification on costs.

Wallet upgrade will be 995TP
Quest pack will be be less than the 895TP currently shown on Bullroarer. I don't know how much less.

Sounds good for the quest pack. I'll be getting it once I'm done with the RoI quests.

Originally Posted by Jenara

I'm curious, what benefit are VIPs losing?

I'm guessing he's referring to the expanded barter wallet not being free for VIPs. Since (I assume) all items that can be stored in the barter wallet will become Bind-to-account upon U6 WITHOUT needing to buy the wallet, it's purely a convienience/space saving purchase, and thus perfect for the store.

Now if those old "end-game" currencies only become Bind-to-account if you buy the expanded wallet, then I have a problem with it not being free for VIPs.

Also, while I don't really care, the Great River being available for everyone upon launch goes against the advertisement that VIP's get exclusive new content.

Originally Posted by Jenara

I'm curious, what benefit are VIPs losing?

You will no longer be able to gain DP at a reasonable rate. So when your DP-stock runs out you will lose something that was a clearly stated VIP benefit.

Originally Posted by PropJoe

You will no longer be able to gain DP at a reasonable rate. So when your DP-stock runs out you will lose something that was a clearly stated VIP benefit.

This is correct. The only destiny points you can get in U6 will be the tiny amount you get for gaining a level.

Example: to buy off a skirmish defeat penalty (8000 destiny I believe) you will need to level an alt from 1 to 41.

There is of course always the turbine store if 40 levels of grind is not "convenient" for you.