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Lord of the Rings Online News - Siege of Mirkwood Release Date Announced
Posted by Michael Bitton on Sep 29, 2009 | 24 comments in our forums
Siege of Mirkwood, the recently announced digital expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online will launch on December 1st, 2009, according to an announcement released by Turbine today.
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The announcement of a new LOTRO Adventurer's Pack was also part of today's announcement. The new pack will launch simultaneously with the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion, and will contain 2 additional character slots, and a shared storage slot allowing for players to share their items across all their characters on the same server. Customers who pre-order the Adventurer's Pack will also receive two exclusive in-game items, the Harbinger's Cloak which provides an 8% speed buff, and a new Dusky Nimblefoot Goat mount.
Both the Siege of Mirkwood and the LOTRO Adventurer's Pack are available for pre-order now and will run you $19.99 each, though there are some special offers going on as well. Former subscribers who renew their accounts, or current subscribers who upgrade their accounts to a multi-month (3, 6, 9 month) subscription between now and October 31st will receive Siege of Mirkwood free. Also, Lifetime Subscribers who purchase the LOTRO Adventurer's Pack will receive the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion free of charge.
Speaking of Lifetime subscriptions, they're back, and will run you $199 if you're interested.
Pre-order the "Siege of Mirkwood" digital expansion and LOTRO Adventurer's Pack here!
Turbine has also sent us a batch of new screenshots of the upcoming Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion, which you can find in our The Lord of the Rings gallery.
New screen shots?
They have like 10 screens at lotro.com/mirkwood
They have like 10 screens at lotro.com/mirkwood
They said they had some new ones here, I do not see them.
The "upgrade to a multi-month payment" is an interesting way to get people to commit more, but leaving out current subscribers who already have a multi-month payment option but not the Lifetime option just strikes me as very inconsiderate. Morale of the story is... if you're going to play LotRO, make sure to keep Turbine guessing as to whether or not the next month will be your last.
They said they had some new ones here, I do not see them.
Sorry, these are being added to the gallery. They should be up shortly, I will update this post when they are!
If you are all ready on the multi-month plan...... YOU GET MIRKWOOD FOR FREE. (but you have to buy the adventure pack if you want it)
As for lifetime, did you not read? Preorder the Adventure pack, and ...... YOU GET MIRKWOOD FOR FREE.
I dug up a bit of clarification for those of use using the multi-month subscription offer.
Morale of the story.... READ.
Marketroid says:
"If you already subscribe via a multi-month plan you're all set. Just keep your plan active through the launch of Mirkwood and it's free!"
edit: Bah MrBlood beat me to it :)
All twelve new screenshots are now available in the gallery, I apologize for the confusion!
That is awesome. Finallly they have introduced evil men into the higher level quests.
They've definitely made this more complicated than they had to. I don't know why they didn't just make it $20 for everything to existing lifers, multi-month peeps and those that sign up for multi-month plans now.
And while people can figure it out if they read it carefully - making it complicated has (a) left a bunch of people confused; and (b) is a sign of a poorly thought out plan.
I've heard some lifers are annoyed because they feel they're being ripped off if they don't want the Adventurer's Pack (only want the expansion) compared to those multi-monthers that want the expansion only. Ultimately, I'm not concerned because I'm paying $20 either way (I'm a Lifer) but the fact that it's p*ssed some people off is not a good thing.
People on forums get pissed of no matter what you do... thats the golden rule. Even when they make a bonus deal for lifetimers and multi-month subscribers they get pissed off...
Did they ever update the super junk UI on this game like they promised they would last expansion and then did not deliver?
Im a founder (beta) subscriber but i was very dissapointed with moria as all it had was a gob more respawning mobs and rad raid instances which dont intrest me are you trying to be WOW? because thats exactly what im seeing,,, higher levels,, bigger mobs,, more mundain hack and slash shallow game play less and less casual play content,, and more item crap like faction, legacy, and crafting items we dont have room for.
TELL me that mirkwood is not gonna be more if the same uninspired rail at the end of the track?
whats gonna be next year? loanly mountain with a level 70 cap? and more "RAD REQUIRED" raid instances?
I use to be VERY loyal, but lately turbine as been loosing my faith and it started with that lame fishing though your total neglect of the housing didnt help!
get back on track,, be better! Id like to hear about something really interesting in mirkwood climbable objects would be a start
improved crafting and forragables
overhaul the housing areas to make them usefull
siege weapons
new craft skill fletching
better charactor design and animations
more bag space!!!
pick 3 craft skills
slippery ice
functional boats!
resizeable UI windows
much better auction sorting
more campsites
bank drop spot
probably need more hotkey bars now too with more skills
public works projects like bridges
progress bar under faction.
oh and they have 2 expansions each 20$ instead of 1 box expansion for 50$ sound cheap scam to me i prefer to buy the BOX set so that if I need to reinstall it doesnt take me days to do.
and yet ANOTHER CLOAK!! like i dont have 4-5 promotion cloaks ALLREADY!!! how about a hat or even BOOTS? gezs its not like we have room to STORE THEM!
I want them to add content that makes sense with middle earth. I want storylines that make sense to middle earth. Not the sci-fi Moria storyline with a fungus.
I'm not looking for generic fantasy world number 125. I want a game that is in Middle Earth that makes sense to Middle Earth.
Actually, most people will get "2 expansions" for $20 total - which is much better than $50 for a 1 box expansion.
In terms of the cloaks, yeah, I'd like to see some better freebies. But, in terms of the space they take up, at least some of the items can be deleted and the restored using a special command. I forget what the command is because, after a point in time, who needs to keep all those cloaks you don't use?
fletching would be for any bow or crossbow
they are consumables used in place of the standard default shot
once the 20 say... frost arrows are used up then it foes back to the default shot
you could have extra damage arrows,, or extended range arrows just to name a few
what other craft would you sugest in a MMO with a combat based economy? pottery? basket weaving? candle making?
Id actually like to see animal raising but like thats gonna happen!
as for slippery ice forochel is nothing but white colored dirt! same for misty you would be SUPRISED how much fun it is sliping and sliding around on slippery ice,, but i think that every zone should have some side attraction because when you finish most of the quests in forochel.. man that place is DEAD! it has no FURTHER USE and its really bad to have DEAD ZONES like everquest commons where its rare to ever see another player. new people come in and see how DEAD it is and quickly leave.
you need to have projects and hobbies that players can work on that isnt bound by time or level
how about water slides in moria? or an orecart (rollercoaster) taxi ride?
mountain climbing even tree climbing for mirkwood.
use your imagination.
Why create a new craft skill that is only useable by hunters when they could expand the bow chants that the scholars currently make? They essentially perform the same purpose and adding new bow chant recipes would be easier to implement than changing hunters to allow them to use special arrows.
And no thank you on the slippery ice. I remember playing Fire & Ice on the Amiga and I currently live in Upstate NY - slippery ice would not be a fun addition to the gameplay IMHO. There are ways to implement it though without having people slide all over the place (which I think would be frustrating). You could increase the "knock down" chance to reflect playing on an icey surface.
At the end of the day though - this is a game. Most people prefer to play a game rather than something that simulates real life too closely (look at the niche audiences of FPSes that go for realism compared to the mass audience FPSes).
I play this game from the realse but now i just stop playing.
its just crap they dont give a shit about pvp players.
And the only thing you can do now when you reach lvl cap is raiding raiding and gear gear gear it just sucks
Crafting is useless well you can get some money thats all but you only need it for pots and scrolls (for raiding lol)
it was one of the best games i ever played but after Moria its just crap
2-3 Years in the same pvp area Turbine wtf you just dont give a shit about pvp
It like you read nothing about the expansion.
The fact is, I went off of what MMORPG had posted, which mentioned nothing about what current multi-monthly subscribers got. Nor was there a link to the original announcement. Even if you read the original announcement, it's a bit confusing as it mentions that "if you renew before Oct 31st". So what if your payment plan is set to "renew" after that date?
You also had to "dig up a bit of clarification" in the forums just to find something definite.
As for the lifetime, I DID read it... you didn't bother to read my statement correctly at all. "leaving out current subscribers who already have a multi-month payment option but not the Lifetime option." The only reason I didn't repeat the Lifetime part in my last sentence is because I had already stated that Lifetimers were doing fine.
Morale of the story is... maybe you should read yourself before freaking out over something that obviously confused other people as well. I'm glad that they clarified this point and that they didn't leave these players in the dark.
The fact is, I went off of what MMORPG had posted, which mentioned nothing about what current multi-monthly subscribers got. Nor was there a link to the original announcement. Even if you read the original announcement, it's a bit confusing as it mentions that "if you renew before Oct 31st". So what if your payment plan is set to "renew" after that date?
You also had to "dig up a bit of clarification" in the forums just to find something definite.
As for the lifetime, I DID read it... you didn't bother to read my statement correctly at all. "leaving out current subscribers who already have a multi-month payment option but not the Lifetime option." The only reason I didn't repeat the Lifetime part in my last sentence is because I had already stated that Lifetimers were doing fine.
Morale of the story is... maybe you should read yourself before freaking out over something that obviously confused other people as well. I'm glad that they clarified this point and that they didn't leave these players in the dark.
Your welcome, and I am glad I could clear that up for you. The love letter was not needed.
You try and help some people, eh?
Anyways, at least they are offering anything!
I for one will take advantage of the multi-month offer and snag the expansion for free. 30 bucks for 3 months and expansion? Yes please, thank you.
And as a lifer, $20 for the expansion and the adventure pack is a no brainer. I would have paid the $20 for the expansion alone, even without the adventure pack functionality.
Yep, Turbine once again just offed the best deal in MMO gaming, and people still complain.