September 27, 2011
Rise of Isengard has officially launched and Turbine has shared a launch trailer and some new screenshots of new monsters.
From the feedback we’ve seen, it seemed for the most part yesterday’s launch went fairly well. I had no issue patching and only a minor connection issue logging in. I know a lot of folks were having problems patching but I think having been launched a day early it sort of made up for it because tonight I know I’m set and ready to play! I say good job Turbine!
Goldenstar plays a minstrel as her main and enjoys the small things in LOTRO like festivals, parties, & clothing. In her spare time, she will join in fellowships to root out evil from Middle-earth.
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September 27, 2011 at 10:17 am
I agree! Good job Turbine!
September 27, 2011 at 10:36 am
Agree.. Great Trailer… Good On You Turbine!
September 27, 2011 at 10:47 am
Ooooo, that fair sent shivers down my spine – cracking trailer! Great music!
September 27, 2011 at 10:55 am
I had to wait a while before i got patched but after that i had no problem logging in last night… very good job Turbine!
I have not yet seen any of the new regions yet but i did hand in all my Cooks already made rep items so i got access to my Cooking Guilds next Tier
I will log in Caelas tonight to have a look at the new lands!
September 27, 2011 at 11:36 am
ooh I have hair standing up on the back of my neck. Awesome trailer and voiceover.
September 27, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Awesome video. I have to say, I was kind of mixed on this expansion before it came out… But it’s turned out to have far more to do than I expected, plus the areas feel much larger than you’d imagine.
I was kind of disappointed that there was only one new book in Volume 3 too, but it has 30 chapters… and some of those chapters contain as many as 10 individual quests, some of which have a few parts. It’s not short.
Pretty happy so far, but definitely looking forward to the December instance update too.
September 27, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Succesful patch in the Netherlands here
(and NO we do not live ‘in the Nether’:P )
Okay, there were a few login issues but that was to be expected and not half as bad as what ive seen in another MMO, wich shall be nameless in this post
I have no high level characters so i have no idea yet what to expect from what has been added. I did get the basic pre-order though and i’m thrilled with my accountwide pocket XP-booster.
I had only one big fright… my skirmish soldier(s) seems to have grown even more dim. They now spawn randomly ‘way out there’ when called and stays there until its too late. Im sure it will be taken care of some day though.
Been roaming the Ettenmoors on my free Reaver and its awesome.
All in all… big, BIG thumbs up from my end.
PS: CSTM isn’t too shabby either
September 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Great trailer…but what was with the weird bleep bleep sound with RK skills? :p
September 27, 2011 at 4:27 pm
didn’t have any real issue patching or logging in (heavy loads were always to be expected), made sure all my plugins were disabled and things worked pretty well. Far better in fact than most MMO expansions I’ve seen over the years.
the only bugbear issue that has cropped up for me is looting. Do it too quick (eg: before the corpse hits the ground) and I crash instantly every time. Just a matter of being patient for a second for the corpse to actually hit the ground before looting really.
Other than that, well done turbine, seems they’re learning from their errors of the past, which is more than I can say for other MMO companies.
September 27, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Did… did they actually make RK lightning skills sound like laser pistols? :O
September 28, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Theyve got to compete with swtor!
September 28, 2011 at 4:36 am
When I checked my minstrel, they changed the icons for the ballads
Major Ballad is a treble cleff
Minor Ballad is a bass cleff
Perfect Ballad is an alto cleff