The pre-order options for Isengard are gone but there are a couple options available to buy now that Isengard is live.
Buying in the Turbine Web Store
You can buy the entire Isengard package (quest pack, Draigoch raid and the update 5 instances) for a single price in the Turbine Web Store. This is an out of game store that uses RL money, not Turbine Points.
The purchase options from the Turbine Web Store look very much like our pre-order options with minor edits.
The prices remain the same but the cloaks are no longer offered at all – these were special pre-order items, apparently. The horses and armour are still part of the packages. The 25% experience boost item is not included, but is available for purchase in the LOTRO Store. Other than that, these are the same bundles.
Rise of Isengard Base Edition $29.99
Includes the full Rise of Isengard expansion plus:
- A Rohirrim Style Mount with a red coloured blanket and sun emblem
- An in-game title – Guard of the Isen
Rise of Isengard Heroic Edition $39.99
Includes the full Rise of Isengard expansion plus:
- Your choice of one Rohirrim Style Mount with a red, green, or white coloured blanket and unique emblem
- A set of cosmetic armour that matches the colour of your mount
- An in-game title – Guard of the Isen
- 1,000 Turbine Points for use in the LOTRO Store
Rise of Isengard Legendary Edition $49.99
Includes the full Rise of Isengard expansion plus:
- All three Rohirrim Style Mounts with a blanket & emblem in the colours of green, red and white
- All three sets of matching cosmetic Rohirrim Style armour in the colours of green, red and white
- An in-game title – Guard of the Isen
- Access to the Path of the Fellowship Quest Packs including Trollshaws, Eregion, Lothlórien and Moria plus the Mirkwood Quest Pack as a special bonus
- 1,000 Turbine Points for use in the LOTRO Store
Since all that is different from pre-order options is a cosmetic and exp item, my opinion that the Legendary Edition is a good deal remains. Free or premium folks still in need of these quest packs would be getting quite a good deal.
Current store prices for the quest packs included in the Legendary Edition are:
- Trollshaws = 595 TP
- Eregion = 695 TP
- Moria = 1495 TP
- Lothorien = 695 TP
- Mirkwood = 995 TP
Total = 4,476 TP or approximately $45 US
Chances are even if you have purchased some of these zones, this is still a deal for you as the Legendary package $50 price tag includes the Rise of Isengard expansion, 1000 TP, title, cosmetic armour, and horses on top of these zones.
Note that these are all quest packs so you will not be getting the Moria expansion pack bonuses of Warden, Rune-keeper and two character slots with this purchase. [source]
Buying in the LOTRO Store
Currently you can select to purchase the quest pack or the Draigoch raid from the LOTRO Store in-game but it is expected that there will be a single price expansion bundle after Update 5 launches the new instances.
Sapience posted on the forums:
Also, for those who are comparing Moria, Mirkwood, and Isengard, you should notice that there is no “expansion” option for Isengard, jut the a la carte items. This is due to the instances coming later (currently slated for December). The LOTRO Store doesn’t allow us to put things in that don’t exist in game yet. So we can’t put an ‘expansion’ bundle in the store until then.
September 27, 2011 at 1:43 pm
This seriously Pisses me off. What was the point of me pre-purchasing if all of the add-ons I got with the Pre-purhcase legendary edition are now being sold after the game has been released
September 27, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Well, you still get the +25% XP stone on all your characters, rather than having to buy it for 995TP every time you start a new alt. Also, pre-ordering Isengard supposedly gave you a better chance to get into the Beta, and you did get to enjoy these “perks” for months before the expansion hit. That’s about it. Usually, pre-ordering gave a little more in the extras department, so I feel your pain on that. Makes it nice for folks who didn’t pre-order, though!
Full disclosure; I didn’t pre-order.
September 27, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Not the cloaks. Come on, cloaks are everything
September 27, 2011 at 2:25 pm
On a serious note, preorder bonus for games is usually pretty useless unless you love the game, like posters/cards/collectable items/in-game items.
However, like Ed of Gladden mentioned above, you actually got something useful in-game that would cost you real life money if not for the pre-order. The 25% exp stone can be used on ALL characters in the same account and server through shared storage.
Not to mention you still have to spend the SAME amount of money now for less items now. So it’s still a pretty good deal in the end.
September 27, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I did think this would happen, notice how theyre not actually going against their word so far, the pre-order horses arent available in the in game store after launch, just everywhere else, which was carefully not mentioned.
I decided not to pre-order.
September 27, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I don’t really care if other people get access to things I got when I pre-ordered. We were able to flaunt that stuff around for a while when they couldn’t… plus I had many weeks to make use of the XP bonus, which they’re selling for something like another $12.
September 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Just a tip for people buying from the LOTRO Store, this is a good time to use the “DEMOCOUPON” code for 5% discount if you haven’t use the code before.
September 27, 2011 at 5:56 pm
getting tps for december! xD
September 27, 2011 at 6:37 pm
wow, you mean the only thing i lose by not having pre-ordered is a *cloak*?? i fully expected to get screwed by the post-launch pricing; guess that only applies to people trying to use TPs to purchase it.
still, it actually encourages me to get around to buying RoI – although my motivation won’t really return until i’ve heard new information about the instances that (in one telling of the story) were due with the update.
September 27, 2011 at 10:40 pm
I pre-ordered for both of my lifetime accounts, and I am still very glad I did, but it seems that the new standard for communication from Turbine is that what they say will not mean exactly what you thought it meant.
September 28, 2011 at 8:14 am
The preorder bonusses have plummetted down to a cloak and the xp pocket. Given the cost for an altoholic to outfit with derudhs stone would buy roi twice over with tp’s it’s good to see that nugget kept in the bonus side.
I’d already bought RoI so the only preorder goodie I missed on was beta access which I wasn’t expecting to get anyway.
September 28, 2011 at 9:00 am
for crying out loud… for months they trumpeted that pre-order was the only way to get all the extra perks, and here is it is after launch… everything but cloaks is still available. Cloaks will be in the store soon I bet. yes it was cheaper to go pre-order but for crying out loud cut the ‘im not lying just withheld the deets’ crap.
bloody twisty tricksie thieves.