The Lord of the Rings Online site has been updated with a list of both North American and European worlds that will be closed beginning in early 2016. As of this time, no new characters can be created on these worlds and players will begin the transfer process by opening the test world for character copy.
All characters on all worlds will receive a gift box as a thank you from us as a remembrance of the worlds we will be closing that hold so many fond memories for all of us. The Free Peoples' gift box will contain a Title Picker Box “Of
with choice of any of the 29 worlds, hooded and hoodless variants of a cloak, and a housing banner decoration. Monster Characters will receive the monster version of the Title Box “Bane of ” with choice of any of the 29 worlds. The new Transfer Service will become available with this patch. You will be able to access it through the launcher at the World Selection screen after logging into your account. There will be a button that says “Transfer” underneath the “Play” button. Beginning August 3rd the service will be available for copying characters to the Bullroarer Test World. Free moves will begin later in August between the ten worlds (5 US and 5 EU) that will be remaining available after the end of this year. This is just the beginning of the process.
Check out the developer diary here and see which worlds are affected on the Lord of the Rings Online site.
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